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Thursday, May 8, 2025
The Racine County Courthouse has been evacuated and will remain closed until 1 p.m. Monday due to a bomb threat. The threat was made about 8:27 a.m. today and Racine County Sheriff’s officials responded by evacuating the building in downtown Racine, according to a news release issued by the Sheriff’s […]
A motor vehicle crash along Burlington’s bypass highway reportedly caused a power outage at Burlington High School Monday morning. Superintendent Peter Smet informed parents of the power outage in an automated telephone message shortly before 8 a.m. He said the school was using backup power generators where needed and classes […]
Sheriff said he pointed shotgun at two officers By Jason Arndt Staff Writer A 47-year-old Paddock Lake resident is dead following an officer-involved shooting Saturday. Darren Myron Fude, who reportedly pointed a shotgun at two of three Kenosha County Sheriff’s deputies at a residence in the 6100 block of 236th […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor While the investigation into the murder of Tywon Anderson continued this week, the main suspect in that case was still in an Illinois county jail as of Wednesday morning. After two weeks of pursuit by several law enforcement agencies, Andrew Obregon, 32, of Brighton, was captured […]
By Maureen Vander Sanden Correspondent A new trustee will swear in Monday at the Union Grove Village Board meeting, filling a seat vacancy that has been open since Sept. 1. Alan Jelinek was chosen from a pool that had three other candidates to join the Village Board. He will assume […]
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent After Friday night’s WIAA Division 2 Level 1 playoff games the conference score is Southern Lakes 3, Woodland 0. The Wolverines defeated Wauwatosa West 28-0 at home on the strength of a power running game that accumulated 294 rushing yards and an angry defense […]
Catholic Central will host Level 2 game next weekend Second-seeded Catholic Central High School shook off a slow start Friday to explode for 41 unanswered points and rout Blackhawk 49-22 in a WIAA Division 7 level one football playoff game at the Topper Bowl in Burlington. The Toppers trailed 8-7 […]
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Senior Alyssa Leffler and junior Allie Miller had just about seen everything in their Union Grove high school tennis careers. Then came last Friday, Oct. 16, when the Broncos number one doubles team found themselves in the round of 16 at the WIAA state […]
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Waterford Union High School football team will not lack motivation when it hosts Wauwatosa West at home tonight in a Level 1 WIAA Division 2 playoff game. “We’re going to focus on the fact that they don’t think going 8-1 and being […]
The final Friday night of regular season high school football was worth all the hype. There was plenty of history made, a ridiculously impossible comeback and a considerable upset. Catholic Central won its first conference title since 2010, and Union Grove earned its first playoff berth since 2009. Lake […]
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