By Patricia Bogumil Editor A possible dispute over illegal drugs not taken for awhile, as well as the issue of who should sit in the Lazy Boy chair, allegedly lead to an attempted first-degree homicide charge filed against one of three Michigan men selling meat to Milwaukee bars from the […]

A Detroit man is in the Racine County Jail on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing incident at a truck stop in the Town of Yorkville Sunday. Nathanial O. Collins, 53, of Detroit, was being held Monday on $50,000 cash bond for charges of first-degree attempted homicide, according to […]

Timothy G. Ruff Welch, formerly of Raymond, will perform in a voice and piano concert being held Thursday, July 26, at 7 p.m., at Bethania Lutheran Church, 4120 Wright Ave, Racine. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the church’s “Thread by Thread” clothing ministry. Welch, who now lives in […]

Access for emergency and rescue vehicles still needed By Karen Mahoney Correspondent With the walking trail nearly complete for Lincoln Woods Memorial Nature Walk, the village’s Department of Public Works Director, Mark Osmundson and members of the Plan Commission expressed concern Monday night, that there is lack of space to […]

By Karen Mahoney Correspondent Unless soon rectified, several violations threaten to revoke the conditional use permit issued to R&R Club LLC, which allows the bar/tavern to offer an outdoor dining area at 1017 Main St., Union Grove. When the Village approved the R&R Club conditional use permit in August 2009, […]

Rob Ostrander of Union Grove is among those students recently earning an Associate of Arts and Science degree from the University of Wisconsin Colleges. On May 19, Ostrander received his degree with his fellow classmates —with one key difference. He completed his degree over the Internet from his home in […]

Racine County dispatcher Emily Johnson received a Lifesaving Award June 19 for helping a Yorkville family when their 2-year old child was found in the family’s swimming pool and not breathing last month. Johnson was on duty at the Racine County Communication Center on the night of June 9 when […]

  By Julie Rossman Correspondent Rodney Overson recently had the honor of boarding the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight to Washington D.C. to visit the WWII and other memorials. The June 2 trip was a day that Overson, of Union Grove, says he will never forget. “It was just special […]