Burned building was 50 feet from primary residence A Racine County Sheriff’s deputy woke members of a Yorkville family early Wednesday morning and evacuated them from their home as an adjacent building of their property burned. The building – a former farmhouse that was no longer occupied – was fully […]
Union Grove
News from the Union Grove-Kansasville-Yorkville area
A time to heal
Family finds closure with cold-case homicide conviction By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Zachary Zdroik was only a youngster when he found out his mother, Juanita, was murdered and left on the side of a Village of Raymond road 21 years ago. Zdroik, now 34, admits he didn’t talk about his […]
Committee digs into snow plowing
Village officials explore ways to expedite task By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Should overtime be tapped to expedite snow plowing? What areas of Union Grove should receive top priority after a high-accumulating storm? These were among the questions a village committee hashed over at a recent meeting. After receiving a range […]
Space heater suspected in blaze that destroyed home in Dover
A space heater is a suspected cause of a fire that destroyed a home in the 600 block of Britton Road in the Town of Dover Tuesday morning. A father and son were able to escape the blaze, which was reported at 6:27 a.m., along with three dogs, according to […]
Union Grove officials fill board vacancy
Amy Sasse, 42, selected from field of five hopefuls By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A three-year resident with leadership experience in the hospitality industry has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the Union Grove Village Board. The six incumbent members of the local elected body named Amy Sasse, 42, to […]
Hometown Hero: More than an athlete
Grove’s Slattery strives to help the community By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Angela Slattery is more than just a two-sport student-athlete with multiple athletic accolades at Union Grove Union High School. Slattery, the youngest of three children to parents Paula and George, holds a 3.95 grade point average while staying […]
Village wants residents to keep sidewalks shoveled
Trustee calls for more enforcement of ‘miserable’ conditions By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After winter’s first big one-two wallop of the season, renewed calls for prompt, robust snow cleanup were made at a recent Union Grove Village Board meeting. Trustee Peter Hansen sounded off on the state of the village’s sidewalks […]
Plans for Canopy Hill advance
Residential development to feature 188 single-family homes By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A Union Grove committee devoted to development-related issues within the village gave its consent to a number of big-picture and granular details linked to a large-scale housing proposal that has been under the microscope a number of times in […]
No easy solutions to affordable housing challenge
New housing that meets that criteria is impossible in Union Grove, builder says By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A group of disparate professionals offered viewpoints on what can be done to address a perceived lack of affordable housing within Union Grove during a recent discussion. Finding a silver-bullet solution, however, might […]
Deputies rescue driver from fiery crash
She’s been charged with OWI, reckless driving Racine County Sheriff’s Deputies rescued an unconscious 18-year-old woman from a severely damaged car as it burst into flames early Sunday in the Village of Yorkville. The woman, Rashae Ashanti Martin, of Pleasant Prairie, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was treated at a nearby […]
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