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Tag: Flight for Life
Posted inHealth, Police and fire

Burlington Municipal Airport Serves as New Base for Flight For Life

by Emma Widmar

The Burlington Municipal Airport will serve as a new base for Flight for Life. The expansion will advance Flight For Life’s mission to aid Wisconsin with effective critical care transport services. This addition will decrease response times to emergencies and injuries in Southern Wisconsin. Racine, Walworth, and Kenosha Counties will benefit from the new base location. Overall, patient […]

Posted inLocal news, Police and fire

Man Seriously Injured In Motorcycle Accident

by Paul Holley

TOWN OF BURLINGTON – A 39-year-old Waterford man was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in the 7700 block of Fish Hatchery Road here Saturday evening, according to the Racine County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies responded to the single-vehicle accident about 7:10 p.m. Saturday. They found the motorcyclist laying on the ground unconscious but breathing. He […]

Posted inLocal news, Police and fire

Caledonia Man Seriously Injured in Car-Pedestrian Accident

by Paul Holley

CALEDONIA – A 54-year-old Caledonia man was seriously injured after being struck twice by vehicles at Six Mile Road near Beechnut Drive here Wednesday. The Caledonia Police Department (CPD) responded to the reported accident about 6:32 p.m. Police investigators learned that the man was walking westbound on the north side of Six Mile Road when […]

Posted inLocal news, Police and fire

Flight For Life adds ground transport service for Racine, Kenosha areas

by Rex Davenport

After nearly 35 years of providing premier clinical care and transport, Flight For Life has launched an Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Critical Care ground ambulance service. With demand for ground transport services on the rise, especially in the ALS and critical care space, Flight For Life has added two ambulances and 36 new team […]

Posted inBreaking, Police and fire

UPDATE: Union Grove Woman Arrested On Attempted Homicide Charge

by Denise Lockwood

UPDATE: A Union Grove woman is being held on $50,000 cash bond for attempted second-degree intentional homicide after she allegedly shot her husband early Tuesday morning. The Racine County Sheriff’s Department is still investigating the incident, which is being called a domestic situation that happened at 12:05 a.m. at an apartment building located at 1400 […]

Posted inBreaking, Police and fire

UPDATE: Man Dies Following Car Versus Garbage Truck Crash

by Denise Lockwood

A City of Racine employee has died following a car versus garbage truck crash that happened Wednesday morning on Washington Avenue at Oregon Street. Mark Gates, who worked for the City’s Public Works solid waste department, died Wednesday afternoon after he was struck by a speeding vehicle. He was collecting recyclables at the time of the crash, […]