An investigation into a theft from a Mount Pleasant grocery store led police to a theft of a vehicle and other charges being filed Thursday in Racine County Circuit Court against a 20-year-old Racine man. Trevon J. Bunck was charged by the Racine County District Attorney’s Office with two felony counts of driving or operating […]
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Ruben Carreno Proudly Served In The U.S. Marines
Ruben Carreno, 87, passed away on Thursday August 2, 2018. Ruben was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 11, 1930, the son of the late Jesus and Angeline (nee: Rodrigues) Carreno. He graduated from William Horlick High School “Class of 1948”. Following graduation, Ruben proudly served in the United States Marines. Ruben was the produce […]
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Patricia Robash Gave Selfless Love To Her Children
Patricia Ann “Patti” Robash, 68 passed away on Thursday after a brief illness, in the presence of her family. She was born in Racine on November 20, 1949, to the late Joseph and Charlotte (nee: Metzger) Barranco. Patti was a lifetime member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and a graduate of St. Catherine’s High School. […]
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Julianne Belkin Treasured Time With Family
Julianne Marie Belkin, 69, passed away on Thursday at Oakridge Care Center in Union Grove. She was born in De Pere, Wisconsin on June 22, 1948, the daughter of the late Robert and Catherine (Nee: Bins) Richter and graduated from St. Catherine’s High School. Julieanne was employed by Piggly Wiggly in the Deli for over […]
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Betty Kowalsky Cherished Time With Family
Betty J. Kowalsky, 84, passed away on Tuesday at St. Monica’s Senior Living. She was born in Racine on March 30, 1933, and was the daughter of the late Don and Blanche (Nee: Haman) Hauch. Betty was a graduate of St. Catherine’s High School, “Class of 1951”. On April 11, 1953 Betty was united in […]
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VIDEO: Community Steps In After Elderly Woman Robbed
When Mykicia Lovelace saw three women chasing another woman near the Piggly Wiggly grocery store on Highway 11, she stopped to see what was happening and witnessed a heroic moment. Realizing that the three women were chasing the woman because she had stolen an elderly woman’s purse, Lovelace started to take video. Lacy L Lanciloti, […]
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Combat Veteran Charged With Possessing Silencer After Being Evicted
Racine County Sheriff’s deputies recovered a number of firearms and an illegal silencer from the home of a combat veteran who resisted arrest while police were serving an eviction. In December investigators went to Pepijn Schmidt’s home within the 4000 Block of Main Street. Schmidt refused to open the door completely and to leave, according […]
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Illinois Man Charged In Tri-City Bank Robbery
An Illinois man was arrested Sunday for robbing a Tri-City Bank, 3900 Erie Street. Around 3:45 p.m., Jason A. Crawford, 34, walked up to the bank counter located in a Piggly Wiggly and handed the teller a note saying he was armed and demanding money. Crawford was pulled over two blocks away from the grocery […]
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MKE Fresh Meat Market Receives Nod From City
Racine residents will soon have another grocery store and butcher shop called MKE Fresh Meat Market available to them. Owned by Jaspreet Gill, the store will be located at the old Value Village, 2917 Durand Avenue, site. Gill received a preliminary recommendation from the Public Safety and Licensing Committee on Tuesday for a retail fermented malt […]
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Backpack Giveaway Set For Thursday
Helping children start the school year off right, MH Imaging LLC, 6800 Washington Ave., will hand out 250 backpacks filled with school supplies to students on Thursday. MH Imaging provides medical imaging services. The health care provider aims to help children in poverty access basic school supplies because one in five children don’t have the […]
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Man Charged with Dine-and-Dash at Denny’s
A 45-year-old Racine man is facing multiple misdemeanor charges after police say he ate at Denny’s and left without paying as well as stealing a bottle of liquor from Piggly Wiggly. Kevin Struebing was charged Friday in Racine County Circuit Court with one misdemeanor count each of fraud against a restaurant, retail theft, and disorderly […]
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Trauma Advocates Available in Union Grove, Racine for Debriefing
Following a county-wide manhunt for a man suspected of kidnapping a woman and shooting at police in Union Grove, the Women’s Resource Center will have trauma advocates for those effected by the event. Law enforcement officials apprehended kidnapping suspect Stantavious Armond Sillas, 20, on Monday afternoon after a shootout in the parking lot at Piggly Wiggly, 4400 67th […]
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Update: Stantavious Sillas Dies from Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
**Updated 8:30 p.m. Stantavius Sillas, a 20-year-old man who led law enforcement officials on a countywide manhunt, died at 6 p.m. Monday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Mount Pleasant police Chief Tim Zarzecki confirmed Sillas’ death in an email message to Racine County Eye. Sillas shot himself during his apprehension Monday, a press release from MPPD confirmed. […]
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Cat Found In Abandoned Store Looking For A Home
A cat found living in an abandoned Piggly Wiggly store on Grove Avenue in Racine is now healthy enough to adopt out, but this cat needs a special home, according to officials with the Wisconsin Humane Society. Given the name Wilbur by the Wisconsin Humane Society – Racine campus, this red tabby cat needed extra attention. With matted […]
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Greater Grain Gluten-Free Goods Store To Close, Training Program To Relocate
The Greater Grain Gluten-Free Goods grocery store, located at 4811 Washington Ave., will be closing, but the training program Careers Industries operated will move to a new location inside the Piggly Wiggly store, 5201 Washington Ave. Careers Industries, a non-profit organization, runs the store and provides retail training to people who have developmental and cognitive disabilities. The […]
