RACINE COUNTY – What started Wednesday as a routine traffic stop on Interstate-94 just south of the State Highway 20 exit ended with a separate vehicle crashing into a Wisconsin Highway Patrol vehicle. PHOTO by the Racine County Sheriff’s Department A deputy with the Racine County Sheriff’s Department stopped a car for a traffic and […]
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MKE man held on weapon, drug charges after I-94 traffic stop
RACINE – A Milwaukee man remained in custody on weapon and drug charges following a traffic stop on I-94 on Monday. The Racine County District Attorney’s office has charged Donald M. Turner, 27, with possession of a firearm by a felon, obstructing an officer, possession of a controlled substance and carrying a concealed weapon. The […]
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Semi loaded with caramel starts on fire on Interstate 94
RAYMOND, WI – No one was injured after a semi transporting tubs of caramel for an ice cream maker started on fire at 10:33 p.m. Wednesday on Interstate 94. Traffic had to be diverted away from the southbound off-ramp at County Trunk Highway K and two lanes of traffic were shut down for about an […]
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Update on I-94 North-South Traffic Switch
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is reconstructing I-94 North-South (North Segment) from County G in Racine County north to College Avenue in Milwaukee County. As a part of the next phase of the project, traffic will be decoupled and shifted to their respective sides of the freeway by 6 a.m. on Sunday, December 22. […]
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UPDATED: Semi Truck Fire Causes I-94 Closure: Report
RACINE COUNTY, WI — A semi truck fire has I-94 traffic at a standstill in Racine and southern Milwaukee Counties Wednesday morning. According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, a semi truck caught fire on I-94 near Highway G at just after 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities have the northbound lanes of I-94 closed at Highway […]
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UPDATE: Northbound I-94 shutdown at Highway 20 due to crash
UPDATE 5:15 p.m.: Officials with the Racine County Sheriff’s Department are opening the northbound lanes of Interstate 94 at Highway 20, but a full closure of northbound lanes at Highway G will remain in effect. The department had to close those lanes following a car crash that happened about 2 p.m. on Interstate 94 at […]
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Douglas Ave., Washington Ave. projects proceed; Foxconn roadwork speeds up
The summer of punishing road projects in and around Racine feels like it has been going on since LAST summer, but that’s not really the case. And, in fact, progress is visibly real in some cases. One of the more challenging projects, in terms of following the signs for lane realignment, has been Washington Avenue […]
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Historic USDOT grant supercharges Interstate 94 project
The state announced Wednesday that Wisconsin will receive $227.4 million in new federal funding for state roads and bridges in fiscal year 2018. Gov. Scott Walker labels this a “significant boost” that will be used to advance a number of transportation projects, including Interstate 94, across the entire state. The largest single segment of the […]
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WisDOT meeting set Thursday to address temporary signage for I-94 businesses
Highway prep work for I-94 is rolling right along to support what will become the Foxconn campus in Racine County. Businesses that utilize County Highway KR, State Highway 11 and County Highway K are about to be affected in the areas in and around the northbound exit and entrance ramps to Interstate 94 West (or northbound). A […]
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Teens Sought After High-Speed Chase On I-94
Law enforcement officials are still searching for two teens involved in a high-speed chase at 11:36 p.m. Sunday night on Interstate 94 for about 4 miles. The chase included one car, but a total of five cars stolen out of Illinois were reported to have traveled together at the time, according to a press release […]
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Temporary closure planned for I-94 entrance ramp
The southbound entrance ramp at Hwy. 20 and I-94 will temporarily close starting next Tuesday evening (Sept. 13) to accommodate pavement repair work, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The planned closure will also affect part of a southbound lane of I-94 near the interchange. Three southbound lanes will remain open. Traffic from the […]
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U-Haul Driver Arrested After I-94 Turnover Accident
A 54-year-old Chicago man is facing possible drunk driving charges after the U-Haul he was driving overturned Friday night in the northbound lanes of I-94. Racine County Sheriff’s deputies were called at 10:55 p.m. Friday to I-94 just north of the Highway C overpass for a report of an overturned U-Haul. When they arrived, the truck […]
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Southbound Lanes On I-94 Re-opened
The southbound lanes on I-94 near HIghway 20 were closed for over an hour after a semi tipped over due to high winds, but they are now open, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The two southbound lanes were closed at 2:50 p.m. and re-opened at about 4:15 p .m. Traffic was at about […]
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BREAKING NEWS: Rollover Crash Reported On I-94
Deputies with the Racine County Sheriff’s Department are on scene for a rollover car crash that happened at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27 in the southbound lane of Interstate 94 and Highway K, according to Racine County Eye reader James Hauser. Preliminary reports indicate that one car had rolled over and there was about […]
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Police: Drug Deal Gone Bad Results In Police Pursuit, Car Crash And Dead Dog
An Illinois man is behind bars after he beat a man with a ladder and stole his pit bull for not buying drugs for him, said Lt. Gary Larsen, of the Caledonia Police Department. Numerous police officers pursued the man in his car, which ended in him being involved in a car crash and the dog […]
