Dec. 22, 2021 6:45
(AP/WGTD)---Foxconn has qualified for nearly $30 million in Wisconsin tax credits. That marks the first time the Taiwan-based electronics giant has secured state aid since breaking ground on its Mt. Pleasant facility in 2018. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Wednesday verified that Foxconn met job creation and investment benchmarks to qualify. Foxconn created 579 eligible jobs and made a capital investment of $266 million at the Racine County facility last year. That qualifies the company for more than $2 million in job credits and nearly $27 million in capital investment credits. Foxconn still hasn’t said exactly what it’s making in Mt. Pleasant. Full disclosure is not a prerequisite of the state’s incentives agreement with Foxconn.
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(WGTD)---Local unemployment rates are at either record or near-record lows. According to state data released Wednesday, Kenosha County’s unemployment rate last month stood at 2.2%, down a half of a point from October, and down two-and-a-half points from a year ago at this time. Racine County’s unemployment rate was listed at 2.3% while the jobless rate in Walworth County last month was 1.8%.
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(WGTD)---Bonds of $1 million apiece were set Wednesday for two Kenosha County teenagers who allegedly had varying degrees of involvement in the death of a 60-year-old Twin Lakes man. The body of Ken Thoma was found buried in a wooded area last month near where the man lived. The discovery was made by a man who’d been fixing up a bike trail and digging in the area. Facing charges of First Degree Intentional Homicide and Hiding a Corpse are 18-year-old Joey Miracle and 21-year-old Thomas Wilton. The criminal complaint includes statements from 10 people, including the defendants. They offered a conflicting picture of just what happened. According to one version, Miracle shot Thoma in the head while Wilton was present and helped to get rid of the body. A possible motive isn’t clearly spelled out in the complaint.
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