Things to do in and around Racine County
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RACINE — The City of Racine Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department announced that North Beach, 100 Kewaunee St., is now open. Life…
STURTEVANT — The Racine Symphony Orchestra's first Summer Pops concert of its 90th season will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 25, at Founta…
WATERFORD — What better way to enjoy the front end of a summer weekend than by sitting along the banks of the Fox River listening to live music.
RACINE — The SC Johnson Community Aquatic Center is now open at Pritchard Park, 2800 Ohio St. The center’s regular schedule begins on Wednesda…
RACINE — The Root River Environmental Education Community Center, 1301 Sixth St., will be open for public kayak and canoe rentals from 10 a.m.…
WATERFORD — The Village of Waterford will host a Movies in the Park series at Village Hall Park, 123 N. River St.
BRIGHTON — Wisconsin-based traveling theater company Summit Players Theatre is returning to live, outdoor performances and will be performing …
RACINE — The Racine Zoo, 2131 N. Main St., is offering these breakfast and dinner events:
YORKVILLE — Racine County Breakfast on the Farm will be held in a drive-through format this year.
CALEDONIA — River Bend Nature Center, 3600 N. Green Bay Road, is offering an Evening Paddle on the Root River on Friday, June 11.
SOMERS — Have you ever wanted to take a safari through the African savanna? Or travel to India to see some of the exciting wildlife?
RACINE — Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, a campus of the Racine Art Museum at 2519 Northwestern Ave., continues a significant tradition with the o…
This year's lineups for Music on the Monument on Fridays and Saturday Sounds on the Square have been announced. The concerts are free and open to the public. All concerts are from 4:30-7 p.m.
RACINE — The Racine Heritage Museum's Heritage Walking Tour will return this summer.
RACINE — Calling all seltzer beer lovers. The Downtown Racine Corp. is hosting its first Seltzer Beer Stroll from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 19.
Official celebrations of the Juneteenth holiday are planned in the City of Racine and in Burlington, coming up in a little more than two weeks.
FRANKSVILLE — The Racine Literacy Council is all about expanding literacy skills, and what better way than to have fun with a unique Scrabble …
BURLINGTON — The Browns Lake Aquaducks present free professional style water-ski shows that include music, ski dancing, ski jumping, barefoot …
KENOSHA — The Kenosha Pops Concert Band is performing its 98th season of summer concerts at the Sesquicentennial Band Shell in Pennoyer Park, …
KENOSHA — The first Pike River Benefit Concert of 2021 will take place at 6 p.m. Friday, June 18, featuring the music of Indigo Canyon at Hawt…
CALEDONIA — River Bend Nature Center, 3600 N. Green Bay Road, offers daily canoe and kayak rental services for people to paddle on the Root River.
KENOSHA — The Kenosha Community Sailing Center's seasonal kayak and standup paddle board rental operation is under way.
Now entering its fourth year in operation, the Burlington Community Aquatic Center opens May 29 for a summer season that officials hope will mark a return to normal crowds of swimmers enjoying the public water park and recreational center. With capacity limits imposed last year to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus, attendance was down dramatically, from 39,329 people to 27,732 throughout the season.
RACINE — Racine Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services (PRCS) will also offer a free drop-in playground program for youth ages 7-14 beginning…
RACINE — Discounted tickets for popular summer attractions are now available from the City of Racine Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services (…
RACINE — The Downtown Racine Corp. has unveiled its 20th annual public art project featuring 25 decorated bistro table and chairs sets display…
RACINE — “Component Parts: Artworks Made of Multiple Elements” will be on exhibit June 2 to Feb. 12 at the Racine Art Museum, 441 Main St. The…
RACINE — “Shane McAdams: Yes, And…,” a series of new paintings by Shane McAdams, will be on exhibit through July 17 at OS Projects, 601 Sixth …
RACINE — The Racine Art Museum (RAM) announced that it has recently acquired a multiple-piece archive of works by the contemporary American ce…
The Kenosha History Center and Southport Light Station Museum will reopen starting Thursday for members, and on Thursday, May 13, for the general public.
SOMERS — The University of Wisconsin-Parkside announces the 27th presentation of the “Parkside National Print Exhibition.”
MILWAUKEE — Summerfest presented by American Family Insurance has announced the highly anticipated lineup of headliners for the 2021 festival.…
RACINE — Winners have been named in the untraditional exhibition showcasing fluffy, sugarcoated marshmallow Peeps within the award-winning con…
NORTH FREEDOM — The familiar call of “all aboard” will soon be heard again at Mid Continent Railway Museum, E8948 Museum Road, following a 17-…
MILWAUKEE — As a part of the Harley-Davidson Museum’s phased reopening, the museum will soon expand its hours of operation. Beginning Thursday…
KENOSHA — The Racine Art Guild is back at the Anderson Arts Center, 6603 Third Ave., with its annual “Spring Juried Exhibit” through May 30.
RACINE — The Racine Art Museum and its Wustum Museum of Fine Arts invite artists to submit a digital entry to "Alien Invasion: RAM Virtual Com…
MILWAUKEE — After over a year of closure due to COVID-19 and a necessary electrical project to rewire the entire home, the Pabst Mansion, 2000…
KENOSHA — The Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau's new Spring/Summer Fun 101 list is now available online.
SOMERS — Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary and Arboretum, in partnership with the Kenosha Public Library, has opened its third StoryWalk trail.
BRISTOL — Richard Bong State Recreation Area, 26313 Burlington Road, invites the public to explore the newly installed spring StoryWalk.
MILWAUKEE — With a new exhibit and new ways to explore — including the all-new annual pass — the Harley-Davidson Museum, 400 W. Canal St., is …
BROOKFIELD, Ill. — The Brookfield Zoo’s “Dinosaurs Everywhere!” exhibit returns for a limited time through Sept. 6.
CALEDONIA — The first book of the year is now on display on the Story Trail at River Bend Nature Center, 3600 N. Green Bay Road.
Country Thunder plans to return to the Town of Randall festival site from July 15-18 in a big way: with Dustin Lynch kicking off the bash and Blake Shelton closing up a four-day lineup as big as a 10-gallon hat.
KENOSHA — The Kenosha Public Market has a new indoor location and expanded hours.
RACINE — “The Art of the Cup: Variations on Cups from RAM’s Collection” will continue through Aug. 7 at the Racine Art Museum, 441 Main St.
YORKVILLE — Apple Holler, 5006 S. Sylvania Ave., offers reservations for private horse-drawn wagon rides.
It can seem like Kenosha's Civil War Museum captures an earlier time that's not relevant to today.
MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources now offers annual state park passes for sale online. This service is part of the DNR’s…
RACINE — In response to the current impact of the global pandemic in Wisconsin, the Racine Art Museum (RAM) has extended the run of three ongo…
RACINE — Downtown Racine Corp. is offering a socially distanced, self-guided historic tour of Downtown Racine with a web-based, mobile-friendl…
RACINE — The Racine Art Museum, 441 Main St., is showcasing a needlework exhibit called In “Stitches: Contemporary Approaches to Needlework” t…
RACINE — Over the last 20 years, the Racine Art Museum (RAM), 441 Main St., has built one of the largest public collections of contemporary ar…
WATERFORD — Funding for a Waterford High School resource officer could be on district residents’ ballots in the spring.
TOWN OF GENEVA — Planners of the Lake Geneva ice castle announced Dec. 2 that construction work is underway on an outdoor winter attraction that could reach a full acre in size.
WATERFORD — Following four weeks of full-time in-person learning, Waterford High School returned last week to a hybrid model.
Racine Police Chief Art Howell expressed confidence the department will continue to effectively serve after a staff reduction of 11 sworn officers due to budget constraints.
Health Department starts handing out citations for Safer Racine violations as pandemic worsens
After reporting from The Journal Times revealed that the Racine County Jail was not informing attorneys of the numbers of COVID cases that had been confirmed within the jail, nor was the jail sharing which pods had outbreaks, the jail has changed its policies and is now sharing that information with attorneys.
BURLINGTON — The Burlington Area School District will go all virtual, beginning Wednesday, due to a drastic increase in COVID cases within the…
Racine Unified School District does not expect its middle and high school students to meet the required number of learning hours set by the state for the second year in a row. Why? COVID.
Looking ahead, Real Racine Executive Director Dave Blank said year-end 2021 occupancy figures are projected to recover to 85% of pre-COVID year-end 2019 figures.
“It was canceled.” Those words have become all too common in 2020.
State Rep. Tip McGuire on Wednesday introduced the Main Street Recovery Package, a set of legislation aimed at giving tax relief to small businesses and working families affected by the pandemic.
Iyad Alabed pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges relating to allegedly pistol-whipping a man in his store. “Maybe I lost my anger a little bit," he allegedly told investigators.
After tourism in the county took a hard hit due to the pandemic in 2020, with tourism spending dropping $71 million, Dave Blank, president/CEO of Real Racine, said he's optimistic of this year's numbers.
MADISON — Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said Thursday he remains undecided about seeking a third term in 2022 and feels no pressure to make up h…
RACINE — The Racine Community Health Center’s application for Federally Qualified Health Center status was denied in September.
RACINE — Restoration of Racine’s public-access channel is set to go to the City Council for a vote on Tuesday, though the cost is higher than …
RACINE — Four candidates will be on the ballot for 4th District alderman for the Feb. 18 primary election.
RACINE — A demonstration of U.S. Cellular’s 5G network in Racine left Walden III students speechless.
RACINE — The contest for Racine’s 4th Aldermanic District has gone from five candidates down to two — retired electrician and contractor Denni…
RACINE COUNTY — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has officially declared the Jan. 10-12 storm that hit southeastern Wisconsin an emerge…
While city officials and aldermen postponed signing off on the Washington Avenue project through West Racine in order to conduct public outreach and learn more about the project, utility work is already scheduled to begin next week.
RACINE — Year after year, the City of Racine has kicked off the budget process having to figure out how to fill the gap between its growing ex…
RACINE — The Racine City Council on Tuesday approved a proposed settlement with Kurt Hanson and Melissa Hernandez for $270,000, though there w…
UNION GROVE — Despite a pandemic and not being able to function as the group usually does, Leadership Union Grove has been busy this year.
MOUNT PLEASANT — Advanced Pain Management, which has locations across Wisconsin including in Mount Pleasant, filed to enter receivership last …
RACINE COUNTY — Demand for the FoodShare program jumped in Racine County, and across the state, in August when program recipients were granted…
People drive through the Halloween Glow at the Racine Zoo Oct. 14, as they enjoy an enchanting Halloween drive-through spooktacular light disp…
We may not have had a white Christmas this year, but there's plenty of snow heading into New Year's Eve. See how locals played in, cleaned up …