MILWAUKEE – Gov. Tony Evers proclaimed today (July 22) as “Bucks In Six” Day in Wisconsin as the city of Milwaukee hosts a victory parade celebrating the Milwaukee Bucks’ championship win over the Phoenix Suns in […]
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Free Parking at Lake Ave Parking Ramp for DeerDistrict Racine Tonight
City of Racine – Today, Mayor Cory Mason announced that parking in the City’s Lake Avenue ramp on 3rd Street and Lake Avenue will be free all day and specifically […]
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Racine’s Monument Square To Become “Deer District Racine” In Support Of The Milwaukee Bucks During the NBA Finals
City of Racine – Today, Mayor Cory Mason announced that Racine’s Monument Square will become “Deer District Racine” for the remainder of the NBA Finals. With support from the City’s […]
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A Day in the Life of a Producer: Jose Castillo
UW-Parkside alumnus Jose Castillo was born and raised on the south side of Milwaukee and always dreamed of making it to the NBA. After graduating from UW-Parkside in 2012 with […]
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Bucks star, WNBA champ here Sunday
Milwaukee Bucks star Matthew Dellavedova and Dallas Wings coach and Australian Rules footballer Erin Phillips will be attending the Mateship Cup this Sunday (Oct. 14) during US Australian Football League […]
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11-year-old entrepreneur to compete in Project Pitch It
Eleven-year-old Alex Hart-Upendo will compete against a number of other entrepreneurs in the second season of “Project Pitch It,” a competition for Wisconsin entrepreneurs similar to Shark Tank. Sponsored by […]
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5 Wisconsin sports questions for 2018
The year of 2017 A.D. was another successful sojourn around the sun for Wisconsin sports teams. The professional teams had thrilling playoff games (or in the case of the Milwaukee […]
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Milwaukee Bucks Playoff History: A Recent Retrospective
As a rule, NBA fans should be excited when their team makes the playoffs. Playoff games have high intensity, enthusiastic crowds, and the underlying sense that something historic is about to […]
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Milwaukee Bucks Choose Oshkosh For Development League
Racine will not be the future home of the Milwaukee Buck’s Development League Team. But Racine Mayor John Dickert says this doesn’t squash plans for a downtown event arena. Alex Lasry, senior […]
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Ask and Answered: Why Can’t The City Consider Other Arena Locations?
Editor’s note: Ask and Answered is a new feature for the Racine County Eye. We’ll take readers questions about municipal issues they have east of the interstate and our columnist […]
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Dickert On Arena, Hotel: ‘We’re Going To Figure Out How To Make This Happen’
Racine Mayor John Dickert vowed during a 2017 budget address on Wednesday to keep fighting to find a way to fund a $46 million hotel and event arena project in downtown […]
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Mental Health, Pritchard Park Expansion Highlighted In County Budget
Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave presented his 2017 budget with a focus on “the big picture,” which included expanding the county’s mental health services, and a turf football field and […]
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Momentum Building for D-League Team, Downtown Arena
Last month I wrote a post arguing that Racine faced long odds to become the future home of the Milwaukee Bucks’ D-League affiliate. Since then the odds have been shifting in […]
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Vote Here: Should Racine Build a Basketball/Hockey Arena?
The City of Racine is one of three cities in the running to house a new, D-league basketball team, which would mean the city needs an arena. A D-league team would […]
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NBA D-League to Racine? Handicapping the Odds
If it all goes according to plan the Milwaukee Bucks will have an NBA Development League team by the fall of 2017. This is an exciting development with additional intrigue because – along with Grand Chute, […]