By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor In what Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling called a “horrific scene,” two area men died Tuesday morning after a crash on Highway 75 in the Town of Dover. Jarett Heck, 20, of Salem, and Zachary Faulhaber, 22, of Kansasville, were pronounced dead at the scene, according […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Union Grove Union High School students decided to step a bit farther out of their comfort zone this fall to push their Stuff the Bus food drive to new levels. After collecting 1,000 pounds of food last year for the Racine County Food Bank, the Student […]

By Jason Arndt STAFF WRITER While Andrew Obregon remains jailed on 32 criminal charges, his mother was placed on probation for a year last week for her role in helping the alleged murder suspect. Susan Obregon, 60, originally charged with two felony counts of harboring a felon and a misdemeanor […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor For two of the previous three years, Union Grove Union High School graduate Jo Wilks has had that painful “left out” feeling – her Furman University Paladins women’s volleyball team losing in the championship match of the Southern Conference tournament. So, when Furman, which is in […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor While the holiday season turns into a time of gift-gifting for many, there are many who don’t have the money to partake in the tradition. As a result, the Union Grove Area Foodbank is stepping up with its Giving Trees program. Mulberry’s Pancakes and Café and […]

A 78-year-old Town of Yorkville man died Nov. 10 after a crash on Highway A at 55th Drive in Yorkville. Robert Skeans was taken to All Saints Wheaton Franciscan Hospital in Racine following the crash, where he later died. According to the press release from the Racine County Sheriff’s Department, […]

By Maureen Vander Sanden Correspondent For a third season, the Kiwanis Club of Union Grove is giving families the sentimental experience of picking out “the perfect tree” from its old-fashioned tree lot. The club’s third annual Christmas tree sale, beginning Friday, Nov. 27, will be brightly lit up and stocked […]

By Maureen Vander Sanden Correspondent The Union Grove Board of Trustees last week approved a deal with an economic development agency that would continue its longstanding joint working relationship for business growth within the village. After some fine-tuning of the original document presented in September, at the Oct. 26 Board […]

By Maureen Vander Sanden Correspondent The Union Grove Village Board approved a developers agreement this week with the fast-growing Custom Truck & Equipment (CTE), which one official said is a “win-win” for both parties. Village Attorney Timothy Pruitt presented details of the developers’ agreement as well as the Tax Increment […]