Events coming up this weekend and in the coming weeks in and around Racine County.
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Chief Meteorologist Matt Holiner has the day off. He will return with his video updates soon. In the meantime, you can get the latest forecast on our weather page.
One person was pronounced dead on Monday, July 4, after a multi-vehicle crash just outside Lake Geneva that involved a total of 11 patients.
A plant that will produce billions of tons of carbon dioxide over its lifetime cannot be considered a climate change solution, said Katie Nekola, general counsel for Clean Wisconsin.
SO. MUCH. CANDY!
More photos from Racine's 86th annual Independence Day parade.
More photos from Racine's 86th annual Independence Day parade.
The City of Burlington's July 4 fireworks have been "postponed to a later date," the city said Monday afternoon, due to safety concerns related to expected storms.
Happy Fourth of July! Here are some of highlights from Racine's 86th annual Independence Day parade.
America’s birth and continued existence has inspired thousands of songwriters and an incalculable number of songs. Not all of them have survived to today, but some of America’s most memorable songs are in excess of two centuries old.
Fireworks have a broad range of good weather conditions in which to be set off and viewed.
Casimir Lobacz was born on Jan. 13, 1919, in Kenosha to parents Kazimierz and Kamila Lobacz. Casimir Lobacz joined the U.S. Army and was deployed to Europe. He never came home.
The Journal Sentinel reported that a 3-year-old boy was in critical condition after he was struck by gunfire Saturday evening in an apparently accidental shooting.
Here's who will be marching on Main Street today.
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200 protested in favor of abortion access in Kenosha on Saturday. In Sunday, about 12 gathered in Downtown Racine for the same purpose.
More than 200 gathered in Kenosha Saturday. About 30 gathered in Racine Sunday afternoon.
The Burlington Area School District is being sued by an area woman for closing a meeting that had become unruly. Muskego-Norway is facing a community petition after its school board didn’t approve a book about the World War II-era internment of Japanese people in the U.S. for an English class for unclear reasons. In February, Racine Unified was one of an untold number of school boards nationwide facing a bizarre threat from a community member who wanted to file claims against the school boards “surety bonds,” even though that was a legal impossibility.
Those are three local examples of many that are parts of a growing phenomenon led by adults from across the political spectrum who feel they are being shut out of decision-making about what’s going on inside their community’s schools, even when they don’t have kids attending the schools.
While these situations are unavoidable for those who attend and watch school board meetings, and unavoidable for the public officials whose email addresses and phone numbers are public, it’s almost impossible to tell how much of a difference the efforts are making in increasing transparency, protecting young people from harm or even influencing education in classrooms.
Take a peek at fixer-uppers with potential to beautiful old homes around Racine County
A ribbon-cutting was held Wednesday.
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A teen facing allegations he killed a man and then bragged about having “one under his belt” was in Racine County Circuit Court last week for a preliminary hearing.
A 3-year-old Milwaukee boy died after finding a gun and accidentally shooting himself, police reported.
Burlington city officials are unable to point to any specific achievements one year after a task force formed to improve race relations. Not all of the members of the task force are identified, although some are speaking out.
A bucket truck hit the bridge Friday afternoon.
“I had no idea that it would eventually be taught in schools,” Julie Otsuka said of her novel "When the Emperor Was Divine," which likely won't be taught in an area school.
June 27-July 1
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UNION GROVE — Three mobile homes were to have suffered damage, and may have been completely destroyed, in a fire that was extinguished after firefighters from more than a dozen agencies responded to the Hickory Haven mobile home park on Schoen Road Saturday afternoon.