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Highway V Closing Monday for Most of October

Drivers who use Highway V be aware: the road is closing to all traffic Monday for approximately three weeks. The installation of a large – 48-inch – sanitary sewer pipe under the roadway is prompting the closure between Washington Avenue and Spring Street though construction is weather dependent. Racine County Director of Racine County Public Works and […]

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Mount Pleasant Approves Reconsidering Highway V Assessments

Mount Pleasant trustees Monday voted to reconsider the special assessments against the properties on Highway V that would have paid the village’s portion of a sewer and water project aimed at attracting development in both Caledonia and Mount Pleasant. The final vote was 4 -2 with Jon Hansen abstaining. Trustees Gary Feest, John Hewitt and […]

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Letter to the Editor: Martini Takes Maier to Task Over Highway V

**Editor’s note: This Letter to the Editor was submitted by Mount Pleasant resident John Martini in response to a commentary from Mount Pleasant Planning Commission member Joe Maier that appeared in The Journal Times. I’m offended at the tone of the tales listed by Joe Maier, of Mt Pleasant. He captured the story as told […]

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Opinion: Mount Pleasant Should Rescind Highway V Assessments

Mount Pleasant trustees Monday will consider rescinding special assessments for residents on Highway V to pay for a sewer and water project designed for looming development in Caledonia and future development in Mount Pleasant. “Development” is the operative word here and is why board members need to cancel the special assessment and bond for the […]

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Highway V Sewer Project Funding Under Discussion

How Mount Pleasant pays for the Highway V sewer and water project is under discussion Wednesday during a special meeting of the Finance/Legal/License committee. Trustees in March voted to enact special assessment powers over residents who live on Highway V to pay for a new sewer and water system meant to attract commercial and industrial development […]

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Letter to the Editor: Open Letter from Highway V Residents

**This letter to the editor was submitted by a group of Mount Pleasant residents who live on Highway V. You may have read about Caledonia’s water/sewer project that will cost 65 Mount Pleasant residents nearly $2 million in assessments for water and sewer service which was not part of the original contract between the two villages. You […]

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Trustees Approve Highway V Funding

Mount Pleasant trustees Wednesday night approved 5-2 a funding and assessment plan for the sewer and water project on Highway V. In short, the village will bond for the project, and residents have the option of paying part of their assessment in six months and have the rest deferred for 20 years with another 10 […]

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Video: Highway V Residents Hold Press Conference to Protest Assessments

Highway V property owner Heather Cramer along with more than 20 of her fellow residents held a press conference Monday before the Mount Pleasant board meeting to talk about how proposed sewer/water assessments are having an impact on their lives. Cramer and her husband, Matt, have long planned for her to be a stay-at-home mom, […]

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Highway V Press Conference, Public Meeting Monday

Before a planned public information meeting Monday about the Highway V project and its associated costs, residents who live on V will hold a press conference at Mount Pleasant Village Hall. In a press release issued Sunday morning through Community for Change, the residents say they want the larger Mount Pleasant community and the media […]

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