By Patricia Bogumil Editor A 20-year-old Franksville man who was a passenger in a vehicle stopped for a traffic check appeared to be passed out, but as deputies tried to speak with him, he suddenly lunged and allegedly punched a deputy in the head. According to the criminal complaint filed […]
Union Grove
News from the Union Grove-Kansasville-Yorkville area
Village Board works with students on community project
By Jason Arndt Correspondent More than two-dozen students of Union Grove Elementary School are coming together to form a common goal. One of those goals was met May 13, when the Union Grove Village Board approved the Healing Hands’ mission of creating a community garden on the site of the […]
Child killed in Mount Pleasant, man charged
By Patricia Bogumil Editor A 3-year-old Mount Pleasant boy didn’t die from the punches to his head, face and mouth; nor the whippings to his legs; nor even the numerous bruises and bed bug bites all over his body. According to an autopsy done by the Racine County coroner’s office, […]
Restaurant knife attack distasteful
By Patricia Bogumil Editor The usually friendly atmosphere of the Union Grove Family Restaurant was anything but May 11, when a fight between two employees left blood splattered in most of the kitchen area, the women’s bathroom and hall area. Simon Cabrera-Barrueta, 45, who worked there as a cook, has […]
Fire chief concerned about Conserv’s expansion plans
By Jason Arndt Correspondent Kansasville Fire Chief Scott Remer is requesting a meeting with Conserv FS officials in June’s Town Board meeting after learning his agency was never notified of all the details regarding its expansion of anhydrous ammonia. The details emerged at the Town of Dover Board meeting May […]
All that glitters
All was glitz and glitter April 27 when Union Grove High School held its junior prom. Court members pictured are (from left), Cassy Goodrich and Tony Beck; Hailey Klug and Justin DeLong; Claire Larson and Tom Kwon; Mary McSorely and Riley Mann; Queen Becca Vogt and King Joel Vogt; Brianna […]
A dream come true
Concert makes a big impact on local college student By Julie Rossman Correspondent It wasn’t Justin Timberlake, it wasn’t Taylor Swift. But, for 22-year-old Sean Krause, a trip to Milwaukee to see and hear the Gaithers in concert was a dream come true. “I love their music, all the time,” […]
It’s MyLIFE!
Union Grove High School students learn what it really means to get a life By Gregory Wall and Jeff Nielsen, Community State Bank Contributors On any other school day Jacob Noll, a junior at Union Grove High School, goes to classes, studies, hangs out with his friends and generally does […]
Restaurant employees injured in knife fight
A knife fight between two employees of the Union Grove Family Restaurant Sunday evening left both men with non-life threatening lacerations and one of them with broken bones. Racine County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the restaurant at 1400 15th Avenue about 5 p.m. for a report of a fight between […]
Get ready to celebrate the village’s Dodransbicentennial on the Fourth
The Union Grove Parade Committee has chosen the theme of “Celebrating 175 Years!” for this year’s Independence Day parade, which begins at 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, July 4. The parade starts at the Racine County Fairgrounds on Highway 11 and ends at Union Grove Union High School on Highway 45. […]