Sturtevant trustees Tuesday will address whether or not to pay Mount Pleasant $17,000 for 2016 South Shore Fire Department equipment purchases a Sturtevant committee late last month voted against. Trustees Chris Larsen and Chris Wright on Facebook are urging residents to attend Tuesday’s board meeting to voice their concern over the SSFD item on the agenda they […]
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New Sturtevant Development District Could Include Cobble Court
Sturtevant board members will talk Tuesday about the status of land they’re eyeing for future development on Highway 11 that is believed to be in foreclosure. Cobble Court was originally planned as a mixed use, walkable community development with commercial and retail buildings fronting Durand Avenue and townhomes and single family homes rounding out the […]
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Update: Johnson Plans to Appeal Doctor’s Lawsuit Win
**Updated 8:45 p.m. After a jury in Suffolk County, MA, awarded almost $500,000 in missing wages and benefits to a doctor who said Fisk Johnson never paid him for three years of work researching cancer-fighting drugs and processes, Johnson released a statement saying he plans to appeal. KJC Law Firm in Boston announced Friday that […]
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SC Johnson Helping ‘Ellen’ Fans Go Home for Holidays
Fans of the Ellen DeGeneres show are getting the chance to go home for the holidays thanks to SC Johnson. Fisk Johnson, CEO of SCJ, was in the audience of the Ellen show Wednesday and presented $500 Visa gift cards to every member of the audience as part of the company’s partnership with DeGeneres. “SC […]
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Breaking: SC Johnson To Relocate Some Employees To Chicago
SC Johnson officials told its employees that the company will relocate 175 employees working at its Racine-based headquarters to Chicago, according to a story by WTMJ 4. While no jobs are being eliminated, the manufacturer of household cleaning supplies plans to upgrade a number of buildings at the SC Johnson campus at 1525 Howe St. […]
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Lakeside Playground Starting to Take Shape
The new playground in the Mount Pleasant Lakeside neighborhood continues to take shape across the street from the Mount Pleasant Police Department’s first COP house. The playground is at the corner of 23rd and Mead Streets. A $275,000 grant from SC Johnson is making the playground a reality in a neighborhood that has little green […]
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SC Johnson Expansion Plans at Heart of Misunderstanding with Sturtevant
The possible expansion of SC Johnson’s Waxdale manufacturing plant and the company’s lack of disclosure about its plans there is making some Sturtevant trustees wonder if all the fuss over Willow Road – and now the village’s yard waste site – could have been avoided. Specifically, SCJ CEO Fisk Johnson and spokesperson Kelly Semrau have both made public statements about Willow Road and how […]
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Opinion: Deal Between SC Johnson & Sturtevant Should be Done
When Sturtevant trustees earlier this month decided not to sell their yard waste dump site to SC Johnson, that should have been the end of the Willow Road relocation story. But, SCJ isn’t quite ready to let go, so village officials continue to meet with company representatives to try and hammer out a deal. For […]
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Sturtevant Tells SC Johnson No Deal for Yard Waste Site
Sturtevant trustees Tuesday unanimously approved the rejection of land purchase offers from SC Johnson for both a straight deal for the village’s yard waste site and to buy a parcel for a new waste site. Village President Steve Jansen said the board agreed the 8.5-acre yard waste site located north on 87th Street at the […]
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Willow Road Committee Dissolved, SCJ Makes Offer for Village Land
As expected, Sturtevant trustees Tuesday unanimously approved the dissolution of a negotiating committee charged with working out a deal with SC Johnson to re-direct Willow Road ahead of a state plan to widen Durand Avenue. The decision followed the news that SCJ is interested in buying vacant Highway 11 frontage properties as well as the […]
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Negotiations Between Sturtevant & SC Johnson Result in Dead End at Willow Road
Negotiations between Sturtevant and SC Johnson have ended in the dead end of a cul de sac for Willow Road. At the village board meeting Tuesday, trustees are expected to approve a resolution dismantling a special negotiating committee that was tasked with working out a deal with SCJ over a 2.6-acre parcel of land needed […]
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Sturtevant Cancels Eminent Domain, Willow Road Resolution Close
Sturtevant trustees Tuesday voted unanimously to rescind eminent domain action against SC Johnson over a 2.6-acre parcel of land the village says it needs to relocate Willow Road ahead of the state’s Highway 11 widening project. After meeting in closed session for 90 minutes to discuss the progress of meetings between a Sturtevant committee appointed […]
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Sturtevant Talking SC Johnson, Willow Road
Sturtevant trustees will meet in closed session Tuesday to discuss on-going negotiations with SC Johnson representatives about the Willow Road relocation project. Eminent domain action earlier this month, specifically, a relocation order, was tabled for two weeks so a new negotiation committee could continue meeting with SCJ reps to hammer out an agreement for 2.6 […]
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Sturtevant Forms Committee to Negotiate Willow Road with SCJ
After listening to comments from various SC Johnson employees and two state lawmakers Tuesday at the Sturtevant Village Board meeting, trustees unanimously approved holding over a relocation order for Willow Road and continuing negotiations between the parties. Specifically, the relocation order was tabled for two weeks – until the next board meeting – so a […]
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Sturtevant Votes to Keep Talking to SCJ, Tackle Willow Road in 2016
Sturtevant trustees Tuesday voted unanimously to carry on conversations with SC Johnson about a 2.6-acre parcel of land the village needs to relocate Willow Road next year ahead of the state’s Highway 11 expansion project. What that means, Village President Steve Jansen explained, is that village staffers will continue to meet with representatives from SCJ, […]