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 […]
Union Grove
News from the Union Grove-Kansasville-Yorkville area
New Sheriff’s contract eyed
By Jason Arndt Correspondent Village officials are beginning negotiations with the Racine County Sheriff’s Office for its annual contract, which is set to expire at the end of 2013. Union Grove officials have worked with the Sheriff’s Office for more than three decades and during a village meeting held June […]
Fourth of July in Union Grove
Independence Day festivities offer something for everyone Everybody loves a parade – especially when it’s the 175th (Dodransbicentennial) anniversary Independence Day celebration in the Village of Union Grove. The 2013 parade is sponsored by the Bixby-Hansen American Legion Post 171 and the Greater Union Grove Area Chamber of Commerce. It […]
Officials keep an eye on state residency rules
By Jason Arndt Correspondent Village Fire Commission members are closely monitoring the developments of State Assembly Bill 40, due to the potential of loosening the Union Grove/Yorkville residency requirements. Wisconsin’s budget bill is currently pending final approval from Gov. Scott Walker and could ease requirements of firefighters employed with the […]
Facility study now under way for Raymond School
Preliminary report expected in September The Raymond School District Board of Education recently hired Eppstein Uhen Architects (EUA) of Mil- waukee to conduct a comprehensive facility assessment of Raymond School, which was built in 1961. The study includes a detailed evaluation of the school building and site, and will offer […]
Board seeks to attract new businesses, spruce up existing ones
By Jason Arndt Correspondent Union Grove Village Board members continue to pursue downtown revitalization efforts by working to recruit new businesses and encouraging existing ones to contribute to beautification efforts along Main Street. The issues were discussed June 10 at a meeting of the Village Board. The Community Development Authority […]
Coleman Tool donates fire-fighting tool
The Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department extends thanks and appreciation to the Coleman Tool & Manufacturing Corp. and specifically, President Doug Coleman and Vice President Mike Coleman, for a generous donation. Recently the Department found that its old smoke-generating machine had reached its lifetime effectiveness and was beyond repair. Chief Tom […]
Misplaced trust becomes an expensive lesson
By Patricia Bogumil Editor After trusting their 19-year-old granddaughter with the keys to their house and car, police say a Mount Pleasant couple was robbed of thousands of dollars in cash, jewelry and weapons – not to mention the cost of new replacement bedding. According to the criminal complaint filed […]
Public hearing will shake out concerns about R&R patio
By Jason Arndt Correspondent Public input is sought about the annual conditional use permit issued to the R&R Club in downtown Union Grove, following debate touched off Monday night at the village’s Plan Commission meeting. “I am tired of getting ambushed and picked on anytime I come in here,” Club […]
Get ready for a really big show on the Fourth
The Union Grove Fourth of July Parade Committee reminds all parade participants to return the Details of Entry form by Saturday, June 15, so the parade line-up can be finalized. The form can be downloaded from the Greater Union Grove Area Chamber of Commerce website at www.uniongrovechamber.org. There is also […]