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10 Racine-Kenosha Area Companies on Foxconn List of 28 Subcontractors

Foxconn---and---its general contractor Gilbane---Monday---announced a list of 28 subcontractors selected for site development work for its Wisconn Valley Science and Technology Park---an advanced display fabrication facility and research and development campus in Mount

RPD Race and Gender Bias Probe Ordered; Shootings in Racine and Kenosha

Racine Mayor Cory Mason has ordered a review of the "cultural climate" of the city's police department. The development comes after a police union survey designed to measure morale among the rank and file came back with a number of "racially-charged and sexist comments

We Energies Shareholders Pepper CEO With Questions About Coal

Company Leader Defends Fuel Source At Oak Creek

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.