RACINE – InSinkErator, a home-grown brand of food waste disposers and instant hot water dispensers, is being sold to home appliance giant Whirlpool Corp. for $3 billion. Whirlpool, based in Benton Harbor, Mich., and Emerson Electric Co., of St. Louis, and InSinkErator’s owner since 1968, announced the planned all-cash transaction Monday morning. The acquisition, which […]
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10 Outstanding farm stands to visit in Racine County
Racine County offers a variety of produce, crops, and locally-grown goods. Shopping at farm stands allows you to support small businesses and find products made or grown close to home. Items like fruits, vegetables, eggs, honey, canned goods, and much more can be found at a local stand near you. Check out these farms stands […]
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Disability Pride Month: Racine’s accessible beach makes a difference in wheelchair user’s life
Colten Stapleman, an 8-year-old boy from Mount Pleasant, isn’t letting his disability stop him from soaking up the sun at North Beach, 100 Kewaunee St., in Racine. During Disability Pride Month, the child and his mother, Jill Stapleman, are choosing to share their story, in hopes that others take advantage of the Mobi Mat, a […]
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Business Spotlight: Neuro Advantage Rehabilitation
Owners and best friends, Megan Kramp and Elizabeth Olley have embarked on an exciting journey together that they hope will provide an underserved population some much-needed relief. Neuro Advantage Rehabilitation, 13200 Globe Drive, Suite 206 in Mount Pleasant, opened on May 17 this year and provides a unique niche in the rehabilitation world, neurologic-centric physical […]
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Speedway employee charged with stealing thousands in gift cards
A 22-year-old Mount Pleasant man could spend almost 10 years in prison after allegedly stealing more than $4,000 in gift cards from Speedway. Chloe Marie Frost who refers to himself as Jeremiah Frost, 22, was charged Monday in Racine County Circuit Court with a single felony each of identity theft and theft in a business […]
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RUSD girls co-op Swim and Dive Team starts Aug. 9, swimmers needed
Racine Unified School District will be launching The Racine Unified Co-op Girls Swim and Dive Team. All girls that attend an RUSD high school are welcome to attend and join. The swimming and diving season starts before the 2022-2023 school year. There will be no individual schools with swimming and diving teams. The Racine Unified […]
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Willkomm’s Mobil closes; to be replaced by 4th Rocket Wash
MOUNT PLEASANT – Willkomm’s Washington Avenue Mobil, 6840 Washington Ave., here has closed and will be replaced by a Rocket Wash automated car wash. Willkomm Companies confirmed the June 30 closing on its Facebook page and website. They reported that the convenience store/restaurant and car wash buildings currently on the Washington Avenue site will be […]
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Man charged with 10 child pornography charges also going to trial for sexual assault
A Mount Pleasant man already scheduled to go to trial for the alleged 2021 sexual assault of a mentally ill person was also charged last week with 10 counts of possessing child pornography. Casimir Kielbasa, 43, was charged in Racine County Circuit Court Friday with 10 felony counts of possessing child pornography. If convicted, he […]
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Man charged with ID theft after visit to cell phone store
A man from Brooklyn, NY, is facing almost a decade in prison for ID theft and more after he allegedly tried to exchange the SIM card in a stolen mobile phone at a local cell phone carrier store. Keene Charles, 33, was charged in Racine County Circuit Court with one felony count of ID theft, […]
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Pay it forward: Stranger fills gas tank at Kwik Trip in Mount Pleasant
Pay it forward. We have all heard the phrase, but some of us have never experienced the action. For some it’s a cup of coffee, but for others, it’s much more. For Willow Ahnen, June 21, 2022, started out as any other “normal” day. However, it quickly went south when she looked down at her […]
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New polling location for some Village of Mount Pleasant residents begins Aug. 9
MOUNT PLEASANT – Residents in Wards 9, 13, 14, and 24 of the Village of Mount Pleasant will have a new polling location starting Aug. 9. The new location, which will be ready to welcome voters for the upcoming Wisconsin Partisan Primary, is Racine Bible Church, 12505 Spring St., in Sturtevant. This is located between […]
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Man charged after accomplice, technology led police to him
A 24-year-old Mount Pleasant man is facing 10 years in prison after an accomplice and technology helped police apprehend him. Evan Leimbach was charged Tuesday in Racine County Circuit Court with one felony count of theft of goods totaling more than $10,000 in value. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison and/or […]
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2020 election critics challenge local GOP incumbents; Vos, Wanggaard targeted on August 9 primary election
RACINE COUNTY – Two long-time Racine County legislators are being challenged in the August 9 Republican primary 2020 election by candidates that are questioning the integrity of the 2020 general election in which President Joe Biden narrowly defeated Donald Trump. Wisconsin Voter Alliance, an organization critical of the 2020 Wisconsin election, placed billboards like this […]
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Police: Man stole bank card from car & used it at Kwik Trip
A Racine man is facing more than three decades in prison after police say he stole someone’s bank card and used it at Kwik Trip within the span of a few hours. Theodore Kern was charged Tuesday in Racine County Circuit Court with four felony counts of identity theft, three misdemeanor counts of fraudulent use […]
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Police: Man with 3x legal limit facing 3rd OWI
Sturtevant Police say a Mount Pleasant man had a blood-alcohol level almost three times the legal limit Wednesday when they pulled him over on Highway H. Charles Kaplan was charged Friday in Racine County Circuit Court with one misdemeanor each of driving while intoxicated as a third offense, failure to install an ignition interlock device, […]