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Thursday, April 25, 2024
News from the Union Grove-Kansasville-Yorkville area
New concession building should be up this fall By Julie Rossman Correspondent For about six years, it’s been a vision of both Scott Smith and Jackie Fonk – a permanent concession stand and bathrooms at the Yorkville Youth Baseball/Yorkville Girls Fast Pitch diamonds located behind Yorkville Elementary School. With generous […]
By Jason Arndt Correspondent Village of Union Grove trustees Tim Mallach and Adam Graf will team up to push forward the Village’s “green initiative,” after the Village Board voted July 8 to approve formation of an ad hoc committee to bolster Union Grove’s environmental record. “Tim (Mallach) has been working […]
The members of Union Grove Lodge No. 288 Free and Accepted Masons, with matching funds from the Wisconsin Masonic Foundation provided in part through gifts from Genevieve Collins, Estelle Jenkins, and George and Sara Walter, are proud to present grants of $500 each to Riley Mayer and Ryan Rebernick. Riley […]
A four-time convicted drunken driver has been charged with an alleged fifth offense of operating while intoxicated after his arrest in Burlington last week. Brian L. Mehring, 50, of Kansasville, was charged July 11 with OWI – fifth offense, a Class H felony, in Racine County Circuit Court. He was […]
June Holler leaves the post office after 35 years with the community By Julie Rossman Correspondent As June Holler walked her mail delivery route along 11th Avenue in Union Grove for the final time, she admitted she felt a bit emotional, but quickly said, “It’s time … my body says […]
By Jason Arndt Correspondent Village of Union Grove Board members approved strategies and suggestions to add more moderate-priced and senior housing to Union Grove at their July 8 meeting. The measure was approved after consideration of findings known as “Plan: 2035,” presented July 1 by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning […]
By Jason Arndt Correspondent In an effort to keep up with the high demand for permits, the building inspector for the Town of Yorkville/Village of Union Grove will start holding office hours twice monthly. The inspector will be on hand to answer inquiries from contractors and citizens seeking permits for […]
By Patricia Bogumil Editor An Ohio man allegedly burglarized a Caledonia home July 1, then returned the next day to steal more food and recharge the I-phone he had taken a day earlier. Tyler J. McElroy, 19, whose address is given as Homeworth, Ohio, is charged with two felony counts […]
By Patricia Bogumil Editor A Union Grove man who reportedly managed to run off with just a pack of cigarettes from the Dover Food Mart, despite threatening to kill the clerk unless she gave him all the money in her cash register, faces multiple charges in Racine County Circuit Court. […]
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Members of the Racine County Metro Drug Unit set up a buy/bust operation June 25 at the Renaissance Cinema on Highway 20 in Sturtevant. As a result, besides drugs, they recovered guns, ammunition, and marijuana growing equipment. According to the criminal complained filed in Racine County […]
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