May 11, 2020 9:30p
(WGTD)---Two previously-announced major developments are moving forward in Pleasant Prairie. The village’s Plan Commission Monday night approved final site and operational plans for a Kroger fulfillment center on Highway H and the long-awaited HARIBO gummy candy plant in Prairie Highlands Corp. Park off of I-94. Groundbreaking for HARIBO is expected to be held in September while site grading for the Kroger facility is to begin later this month. Several hundred employees are expected to be hired at each plant.
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(WGTD)---A free Covid testing center in Burlington that opened Monday is proving to be popular. Dozens of vehicles snaked around the parking lot at Burlington High School, where tests are being administered through Friday by the Wisconsin National Guard. No appointment is necessary. The drive-through site is intended for people who think they may be sick. A county spokesman said more testing sites are being planned for locations in the county.
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(WGTD)---In Kenosha County, a testing site at Gateway Technical College’s Kenosha campus remains open. Tests there are by referral only. Another death was reported Monday in Kenosha County, bringing the total to 16. That matches the Covid death toll in Racine County.
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(WGTD)---Authorities in Kenosha County are reporting an uptick in overdose cases. Two people have died in recent days in Kenosha, one in Twin Lakes, according to Medical Examiner Patrice Hall. City firefighters have responded to a dozen overdoses, including the two fatal cases in the city, according to Kenosha Fire Dept. Emergency Medical Services Division Chief Jim Poltrock. Despite Covid-related closures, authorities stress that help remains available. The Kenosha Human Development Service’s crisis line is answered around the clock. The number is 262-657-7188.
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(WGTD)---The 37-year-old Milwaukee woman who allegedly pepper-sprayed employees at a fast food restaurant in Racine has mental health issues and is undergoing therapy. That’s what the attorney for LaQuanda Westbrook said at her initial appearance Monday. Westbrook, and her 18-year-old daughter, Tamia Westbrook, are facing eight counts stemming from the episode last month at Potbelly Sandwich Shop in Mt. Pleasant. According to the criminal complaint, LaQuanda Westbrook, following the Mt. Pleasant incident, went to a Potbelly restaurant in Milwaukee to “brag” about what had happened in Racine County. In Milwaukee, she purportedly paid for food ordered there with a credit card, which police used to track her down.
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