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State Quietly Increased Pleasant Prairie Water Diversion Limits In 2010
Wisconsin cities like Waukesha and Racine have been mired with controversy as they have sought water diversions from Lake Michigan.
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Jamari Cook Sentenced to 9 Years in Olivia Mackay Murder
Kenosha---18-year-old Jamari Cook was sentenced to 9 years in prison for his role in the strangulation murder of Kenosha teenager Olivia Mackay in 2017. Earlier this year---Cook’s friend---Daniel Tate was convicted of first-degree homicide in the case.
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Mount Pleasant DPW Worker Dies After Being Hit By Car
Mount Pleasant---That employee of the Mount Pleasant Public Works Department who was hit by a car Monday afternoon has died. He has been identified as 61-year-old Dan Huck---a 22-year-veteran of the Village’s Sewer Utility.
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Few Dry Eyes: Inmates Graduate from Gateway CNC Program
Sturtevant---At a graduation ceremony last week for the latest Gateway students to receive a CNC operator certificate, the tears that flowed had little to do with running a machine.
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Donna Matthews' Brother Sentenced; Stabber Arraigned; Job Fests Pay Off
Kenosha Judge Jodi Meier sentenced Derrick Matthews Friday to a prison term of seven years, exactly what the attorneys had worked out in a plea bargain for Matthews having given his sister the gun that she used to kill her ex-boyfriend.
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Kenosha Drowning Victim ID'd; Aldermen To Consider New Pier Prohibitions
(WGTD)---Authorities have confirmed that a body pulled this week from Lake Michigan near Carthage College is that of an Indian Trail senior who drowned after jumping off of Kenosha's north pier Sept. 6th.
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A New Past-Time is an Old One For Residents of a Kenosha Assisted Living
(WGTD)---Outdoor activities are understandably limited for many residents of assisted living facilities. At Kenosha Senior Living across the street from Gateway’s Kenosha campus, flying kites is one under-the-sun past time that’s still possible.
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Full House For a Summit Aimed At Kick-Starting Housing Developments
Mt. Pleasant---If Foxconn’s projected hiring pans out, the Racine area will need over 10,000 new single-family homes, apartments, townhouses and condos.
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Competency Hearing Ordered for Man Accused of Assaulting a 5 Year-Old
(WGTD)---An 81 year-old Racine man has been charged with 1st Degree Sexual Assault for allegedly having sexual contact with a five year-old girl in his apartment. Ken Hinkle is being held on a $5,000 cash bond while he awaits a competency hearing on Oct. 1st.
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Regional Planning Officials: $47M In Federal Road Funds Are Gone
State DOT Officials Say Locals Haven't Lost Any Federal Funding