Sept. 5, 2024 2:10p
From WGTD News:
A Racine City Council vote this week to approve delayed water hook-ups for the Microsoft data center and other projects in Mt. Pleasant may not mark the end of the dispute between the city and village. A city spokesman said the city expects to continue discussions with the village over a water deal that the city says it outdated. City Council members voted 11 to 1 to approve the connections. The vote came after an hour-long closed council meeting Tuesday night, and after several community leaders—speaking in open session—supported approval. Among those who spoke was Jim Paetsch, Vice-President and Executive Director of the Milwaukee 7, the region’s economic development arm. The dispute had also gotten the attention of the governor’s office. A representative from the office had been working to resolve the dispute sooner rather than later. Mt. Pleasant Village President Dave DeGroot did not respond to an emailed request for comment.
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Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board were expected to arrive Thursday at the scene a fatality involving a Union Pacific employee. 34-year-old Austin Raysby of Burlington was struck and killed by a southbound Metra train just south of Kenosha’s Metra station. The accident happened Wednesday around noon. No additional details have been released. Rail traffic on the elevated tracks through Kenosha was disrupted for hours.
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