A number of residents living in the path of the Foxconn Technology Group development were frustrated with what they felt was a lack of information at an informational meeting in […]
Tag: David DeGroot
Posted inBusiness
Mount Pleasant President Takes Trip To Japan, Tells Board After
The question of where Foxconn Technology Group will locate in Racine County burns in the belly of many in Mount Pleasant and a recent trip to Japan by village President […]
Posted inGovernment
Mount Pleasant Village President Censured
Mount Pleasant Village President Dave DeGroot was censured by his fellow board members Monday for an outburst he directed at a resident that attempted to speak during the previous board […]
Posted inBusiness
Foxconn Announcement Expected Wednesday
Foxconn Technology Group will likely build their next plant, which will bring thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of investment to the region, in Mount Pleasant and Sturtevant, according to […]
Posted inBreaking
5 Shot Down For Mount Pleasant Village Board Job
The Mount Pleasant Village Board failed to confirm five different candidates to fill an open trustee seat on the board Monday. Nearly all five candidates were voted down along established […]
Posted inBreaking
New Industrial Building Planned For Mount Pleasant
The Land and Lakes Development Co. plans to build a 308,000 square-foot speculative industrial building starting this summer in the Park 94 business park. Part of a 60-acre business park development, […]
Posted inGovernment
Gridlock: Mount Pleasant Stuck On Village Trustee Appointment
In a three to three vote, the Mount Pleasant Village Board of Trustees failed to confirm new president Dave DeGroot’s choice to fill his empty trustee seat. The vote split […]
Posted inGovernment
John Kis Tapped For Mount Pleasant Trustee Spot
Newly elected Mount Pleasant Village President Dave DeGroot appointed John Kis, a member of the Village Plan Commission and an executive with Tri City National Bank, to fill his village […]
Posted inGovernment
DeGroot Goes Solo At Candidate Forum
Mount Pleasant Village Trustee Dave DeGroot had a candidate forum all to himself Wednesday night after Village President Jerry Garski declined to participate in the event. DeGroot is running this […]
Posted inGovernment
Mount Pleasant Lifts Public Comment Restriction
An ordinance many thought to be unconstitutional was repealed by the Mount Pleasant Village Board Monday after 11 years of being on the books. The rule, which dates back to […]
Posted inPolice and Fire
DeGroot Blames Village President Supporters In Egging Home, No Arrests Made
Mount Pleasant Trustee David DeGroot circulated a press release Friday March, 10 alleging that supporters of village president Jerry Garski egged his house in a politically motivated attack, though investigators […]
Posted inGovernment
Campbell Woods Development OK’d By Mount Pleasant Board
After months of deliberation and public hearings, Campbell Woods, a senior living development in Mount Pleasant, moved forward Monday following approval of a re-zoning ordinance. The $40 million development will […]
Posted inCommunity, Government
Mount Pleasant To Buy Land For New Fire Station
The Mount Pleasant Village Board approved the purchased land across from the entrance to the Village Hall at its meeting Monday for a new fire station for the Southshore Fire […]
Posted inGovernment
Police Borrowing Ok’d, Firing Range Expected Late Summer
Mount Pleasant trustees approved – with a 5-1 vote – the police department borrowing up to $350,000 from the village’s sewer utility to complete the MPPD firing range. The loan […]
