MOUNT PLEASANT – The first phase of restoring Lamparek Creek – a Lake Michigan tributary impaired by stormwater pollutants – is now underway here. The project is a joint initiative of the Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network (WIN), the Village of Mount Pleasant and Racine County. It will eventually restore the creek, which is currently a […]
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Mount Pleasant hair salon shooting: 1 person dead, suspect in custody
MOUNT PLEASANT – Officers with the Mount Pleasant Police Department arrested a person suspected of shooting a man outside a Mount Pleasant hair salon Saturday afternoon. The shooting took place at 2:34 p.m. in the 2200 Block of Durand Avenue. Witnesses said the person shot was lying on the ground, according to a press release by the […]
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Associated Bank Closing Durand Avenue Office
MOUNT PLEASANT – Associated Banc-Corp. plans to close its Associated Bank branch office at 5439 Durand Ave. here later this year. The Green Bay-based company filed a notice of closure for eight branches in the region with federal regulators. A spokesperson told the Milwaukee Business Journal the closures “are part of an industrywide trend” that […]
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Storms Brings Scattered Power Outages
RACINE COUNTY – Severe thunderstorms that swept through the county early Thursday resulted in scattered power outages. As of 10 a.m. Thursday, the We Energies website showed 976 Racine County customers without power. The greatest number (435) were in the Town of Burlington. Smaller pockets of outages were shown in the City of Racine, Mount […]
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National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) Delegation Tours Racine County Water Shed Areas
RACINE COUNTY – County Executive Jonathan Delagrave met with the leadership contingent from the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) last Friday during a visit to Racine County. The group came to Wisconsin as part of their 75th Anniversary celebration and annual summer meeting being held in Chicago. Members of the NACD viewed the new […]
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Driver Suffers Injuries in Mount Pleasant Rollover
MOUNT PLEASANT- A driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a rollover vehicle crash Friday afternoon in Mount Pleasant, authorities said. Police responded to a reported crash about 4:55 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Washington Avenue and Oakes Road, according to a Mount Pleasant Police Department press release issued Saturday. Officers encountered a red 2015 Chevrolet […]
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Driver Hits Mount Pleasant Police Squad During Traffic Stop
MOUNT PLEASANT – A Mount Pleasant Police Department (MPPD) squad was hit by a driver during a traffic stop along Highway 32 (Sheridan Road) near Chicory Road here Tuesday evening. An MPPD officer had just returned to the unmarked Ford Crown Victoria squad to run some information through its computer when the vehicle was struck […]
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Highway C Resurfacing Project Starts Next Monday in Mount Pleasant
MOUNT PLEASANT – A resurfacing of Highway C (Spring Street) between the I-94 East Frontage Road and Highway H here is scheduled to begin next Monday (July 12). The project will be completed in two phases. In Phase I, the highway will be closed between the East Frontage Road and Highway V to allow the […]
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Mount Pleasant Man Charged Following Metro Drug Unit Investigation
MOUNT PLEASANT – Michael J. Jurgens, 52, of Mount Pleasant was charged by the Racine County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday with three counts of manufacture/delivery of THC (marijuana) and four counts of maintaining a drug trafficking place following an investigation by the Racine County Metro Drug Unit. Jurgens was also charged possession with intent […]
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Ryder Last Mile Leases Mount Pleasant Warehouse
MOUNT PLEASANT – Ryder Last Mile Inc., a national logistics solutions provider, has leased 75,290 square feet in a warehouse at 1570 International Drive here. The speculative warehouse development is one of three constructed by Chicago-based HSA Commercial Real Estate in the 184-acre Park 94 business park. The 116,000-square-foot building, completed in 2020, is described […]
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Vincent Joseph Arenas Earns Degree from University of Maryland Global Campus
Vincent Joseph Arenas of Mount Pleasant earned a Bachelor of Science Summa Cum Laude in Public Safety Administration from the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC). The university held a virtual stateside commencement on May 15 for more than 5,500 graduates of the Class of 2021. Worldwide, more than 13,000 students from all 50 states […]
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Mount Pleasant stabbing ends with two arrested
MOUNT PLEASANT – A 30-year-old man was hospitalized following a Mount Pleasant stabbing that happened early Saturday morning in the 1000 block of the Southeast Frontage Road. Antonique Carter, 26, of Racine, was arrested for attempted homicide and bail jumping for stabbing Rashad Lewis, 30, of Racine. Lewis was also arrested for disorderly conduct, domestic […]
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Local Officials React To New Foxconn Deal
RACINE COUNTY – Local elected officials sounded happy and relieved that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. (WEDC) and Foxconn Technology Group reached a new agreement on subsidizing a manufacturing complex in Mount Pleasant. The original agreement was developed in 2017 by Republican officials, led by former Gov. Scott Walker. The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature approved the […]
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Amended State, Foxconn Contract: Smaller, More Flexible
MADISON – Contract amendments approved Tuesday by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. (WEDC) Board of Directors and Foxconn Technology Group significantly reduces the scope and anticipated employment levels for a manufacturing facility in Mount Pleasant. Foxconn, a Taiwanese contract manufacturer, will now be eligible to receive up to $80 million total in performance-based tax credits […]
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Woman seriously injured, driver arrested in Quarry Lake Park incident
MOUNT PLEASANT – An 18-year-old Racine woman was seriously injured after falling off a car trunk “doing doughnuts” in the Quarry Lake Park parking lot late Saturday. The driver was arrested and charged with multiple offenses, according to the Racine County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies and emergency personnel were called to Quarry Lake Park, 3533 Northwestern […]
