Updated 11:30p to reflect witness statements
The pilot of a helicopter was seriously injured Sunday afternoon when the craft went out of control over the Kenosha Regional Airport and crashed. The man was flown to a Milwaukee hospital for treatment. No one else was on board. There's no word on the cause. There were witnesses. Tim Thompson and his son Loren had just landed their single-engine plane and saw a helicopter gyrating about a dozen feet off the ground. A piece broke off, and then the chopper smashed into the ground on its side. They weren't sure whether the helicopter had been in the process of landing or taking off.
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A group of Assembly Democrats will convene a town hall meeting on health care issues at UAW Local 72 headquarters in Kenosha Monday evening. About 10 members of the Women's Health Workgroup are expected to be present, according to Kenosha Rep. Tod Ohnstad, who's a member of the caucus. The two-hour long hearing is scheduled to begin at 5.
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Former Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary George Meyer is scheduled to be in Kenosha Monday night to present an award to State Senator Bob Wirch. Meyer, a frequent critic of Walker administration environmental policies, currently serves as executive director of the Wisconsin Wildlife Association. The WWF recently named Wirch as its Conservation Legislator of the Year. Meyer will make his presentation during a meeting of the Kenosha Sport-fishing and Conservation Association's meeting Monday night at the Moose Lodge.
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A former director of Kenosha’s development department says shrinking Kenosha’s newly-expanded food “desert” will be a difficult task. Ray Forgianni was in office when the former site of the American Brass Company in the uptown area was redeveloped. A key component was the Pick ‘N’ Save grocery store. Pick ‘N’ Save’s new owner, Kroger, announced Friday that it was closing the store because of slow sales, leaving thousands of central and east-side residents without a nearby, full-service grocery store. Replacing the Pick ‘N’ Save with another grocer may be difficult if not impossible, Forgianni says, especially if Kroger holds a long-term lease on the building and blocks a new grocery from moving in. Pick ‘N’ Save still operates two other stores in Kenosha.
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