Pete Wicklund
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Grants will aid job training, brownfield cleanup
RACINE – Nearly $900,000 in grant money recently awarded to Racine will aid in cleaning up brownfield sites, riverfront redevelopment and will provide training opportunities for unemployed and underemployed, city → Read More
Sheriffs try to allay fears of residents over elusive Kenosha County homicide suspect
The sheriffs of Racine and Kenosha counties on Monday night worked to allay the fears of residents worried about the ongoing search of fugitive murder suspect Andrew Obregon and to → Read More
Wife dead, husband in critical condition after being hit by car crossing Mount Pleasant street
They were reportedly not walking in a crosswalk and no citations had been issued as of Tuesday, according to police, who said the driver was “very cooperative and very distraught.” → Read More
Racine woman who fell into fire pit dies
Shelley Baumann, 57, of Racine, died Friday at Columbia-St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee, where she was being treated after suffering burns over nearly 80 percent of her body after accidentally → Read More
Racine man allegedly sexually assaulted 5-year-old after girls come over to play with his cats
A 45-year-old Racine man was in custody Wednesday after he was charged with first-degree sexual assault of a 5-year-old. → Read More
Police: Stun gun used on motorist who forced deputy into I-94 traffic
Jerry E. Sims, 40, of Milwaukee, was charged Tuesday in Racine County Circuit Court with five felonies, including possession with intent to deliver heroin and narcotics, possession of marijuana and → Read More
2 days after they move in, kitchen fire displaces Racine family from new residence
There were no injuries to residents or firefighters. → Read More
Police: No injuries when girl lights fire in moving car in Mount Pleasant
Nobody was injured when a teenage girl allegedly tried to light a car carrying nine occupants on fire Thursday night while the vehicle was traveling on Mount Pleasant roads. → Read More
Racine County inmate charged with trying to arrange killing of witness
A 25-year-old Minnesota man has been charged with trying to arrange the murder of a Milwaukee County woman while he was being held at the Racine County Jail. → Read More
Waterford man, 21, charged with bringing alcohol, drugs to party and fondling girl, 13
Stone Micheal Hudson of the 600 block of Oak Drive is facing a felony count of second-degree sexual assault of a child and five misdemeanor counts of contributing to the → Read More
Racine mom who took kids to burglary gets 3 years prison
The complaint stated that Tanya R. Fawcett had an altercation with two people earlier in the day and went to the house to get even. But according to her 11-year-old → Read More
Probe of shooting at Kenosha County hotel leads to arrest of Madison man on tentative drug charges
Police said they found several cars damaged by gunfire and while they were on scene investigating, police learned that a 19-year-old man was at St. Catherine’s Hospital in Pleasant Prairie → Read More
Police: Racine man injured when he drives stolen SUV into path of train
Racine police Sgt. Jessie Metoyer said that after the crash the driver fled from the sport utility vehicle but was taken into custody after a short foot pursuit and struggle. → Read More
Wisconsin veteran who was at Pearl Harbor remembers fateful day
Leo Stewart, 94, who lives in Caledonia with his son and daughter-in-law, was at Wheeler Field, an Army Air Corps base located more than a dozen miles north of the → Read More
Oklahoma woman, 39, acquitted of child enticement of boy, 16
An Oklahoma woman was acquitted Friday of charges that she lured a 16-year-old boy to Mount Pleasant motels last spring for sex. → Read More
Walker, GOP heavyweights rally the troops in campaign's 11th hour
YORKVILLE — Scott Walker received a hearty birthday send-off Sunday during a Racine County campaign stop during the final hours of his 2014 campaign. → Read More
Racine woman charged with resisting police after allegedly harassing road workers
Nancy L. Terpstra was being held Friday in the Racine County Jail on a probation hold due to restrictions related to an OWI conviction. → Read More
Racine man allegedly forced woman to live in car for 3 weeks, work as prostitute
A Racine man allegedly forced 19-year-old woman from Minnesota to live in a car for three weeks and act as a prostitute after first telling the woman he would help → Read More
Convict doing community service work charged with theft from charity store
Amanda E. Diaz, 35, of the 400 block of Edward Street, was charged with misdemeanor counts of theft, attempted theft and bail jumping, all as a repeat offender, for allegedly → Read More
Racine County woman gets 8 years prison, order to visit victim's grave in drug death case
A Town of Burlington woman is set to spend eight years behind bars for her role in the drug-related death of a 53-year-old Town of Waterford man in August 2013. → Read More