Sept. 30, 2021 9:30p; Updated 10-1 with homicide charge filing, new information on gun found with victim
From WGTD News:
Foxconn says it’s buying a former General Motors plant in Ohio, ending hopes of making electric vehicles anytime soon at its complex in Mt. Pleasant. Earlier this year, the Taiwanese company announced it was partnering with California-based Fisker on electric vehicle production. At the time, hopes were that Foxconn would build those vehicles in Mt. Pleasant. But Foxconn announced Thursday that it was joining forces with another E-V producer that currently occupies a former GM plant in Lordstown, Ohio. In a statement, Foxconn said it’s possible that the Mt. Pleasant campus could be used in the future for what it termed “Foxconn’s electric vehicle growth in the United States.” Just what currently is going on at Foxconn in Mt. Pleasant is a bit of a mystery. This spring, Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. CEO Missy Hughes toured the facility, and said she saw high-tech data servers being built. At a recent Milwaukee Business Journal forum in Oak Creek, Gateway President Bryan Albrecht said Foxconn is developing automation systems in Mt. Pleasant, and Gateway students have been frequent visitors to observe the work.
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A 14-year-old Racine boy appeared Friday in Racine Court via video link from juvenile detention, charged with 1st Degree Intentional Homicide. Sincere Granados had been sought shortly after 17-year-old Jayden Cronin was shot on a city street. Authorities allege that his mother—35-year-old Cynthia Granados—had been hiding her son from the police. The mother was formally charged Thursday with harboring or aiding a felon. According to the criminal complaints, Sincere Granados fired a gun through the windshield of a vehicle, striking and killing Cronin who reportedly had a gun in his hoodie pocket. No motive was given.
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Vacant land that once was home to Frost Manufacturing near Kenosha’s Uptown could soon sprout apartments. The city’s Plan Commission next week is expected to consider a zoning change that could facilitate development of 72 units spread over three buildings at 14th Ave. and 65th St. The site is bordered on the north by a state corrections department pre-release center and on the east by the elevated railroad tracks. The land is currently owned by the city. The potential developer has not been identified.
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Yet another empty big box store in Kenosha could be turned into storage units. Plans are afoot to divide the former Shopko store on 52nd St. into 650 indoor storage units. The building’s exterior would be re-done, and plans call for a drive-through option. Similar big box store conversions have been made with an old Walmart, also on 52nd St., and with a former Super Valu store on 80th St. A proposal to create storage spaces out of the former K-Mart store on 52nd St. is currently under consideration by the Plan Commission.
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