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  • Foxconn's Balance Sheet Tippped in Mt. Pleasant's Favor

    A bit of insight into Foxconn’s decision to move some L-C-D production to the U-S and Mt. Pleasant in particular came at a breakfast briefing in Kenosha Thursday from Johnson Financial’s Chief Investment Officer.

  • EPA Narrows Ozone Nonattainment For Wisconsin Counties

    (WPR)---The  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has narrowed its list of Wisconsin counties that don't meet tougher standards for ground-level ozone pollution.

  • Packed House for Somers Land Use Hearing

    Echoes of Mt. Pleasant in Somers Tuesday evening.

    About a dozen residents made clear they’re not eager to lose their rural-oriented lifestyle to spill-over development from Foxconn in neighboring Mt. Pleasant.

  • Racine County in Compliance with New EPA Smog Standards; Kenosha Has a Minor Problem

    The US EPA is narrowing areas---here in Wisconsin---that will face tougher smog regulations.

    The agency has sided with Wisconsin officials by narrowing areas that will come under stricter federal ozone regulations to just small strips of land along the Lake

  • Barn Fires in Wheatland

    Updated 1:10p

    Town of Wheatland---A string of fires, some attributable to the dry and windy weather, is continuing. 

    According to posts on the Kenosha County Scanner Facebook page, two barns caught fire Tuesday morning at Sunnyview Dairy Farm

  • Racine Shooting Victim Dies

    A man---who was shot in the chest Saturday night in Racine---has died. Racine Police responded to the intersection of 11th and Grand around 10:30 Saturday night and found the shooting victim. According to a news release, they obtained very little information from the

  • Cycle Fatality Identified; 2nd Crash a Day Later Results in Another Death

    Updated 5-1 to reflect the second death.

    The female motorcyclist who was killed Saturday evening in a motorcycle crash on Fox River Road (Highway W) in western Kenosha County has been identified as 47-year-old Lisa Fagan from Illinois.

  • DNR Seeks Bald Eagle Nest Reports In Southeastern Wisconsin

    Walworth, Milwaukee Counties Have No Known Nests

    (WPR)---Wisconsin’s bald eagle population has been 

  • Homeowner Cited for Alleged Violations of Kenosha's Fire Pit Ordinance

    Updated 5-1 to reflect issuance of citation.

    The Kenosha man whose backyard fire pit Saturday apparently led to an inferno that burned garages, homes and vehicles has been cited for violating the city's fire pit ordinance.

  • Motorcycle Fatality Near Wilmot

    Wilmot--One person died and four others were injured in a collision that involved several motorcycles on a curve on Fox River Road.

    The crash happened early Saturday evening near the entrance to American Girl, according to the Kenosha County Sheriff's Dept.