Thursday, March 22, 2012
The GOP presidential hopeful will make an appearance in Franksville on Sunday, March 25, as part of his Rally for Rick events.
Update, 12:45 pm, March 23: Nick Lauren, a representative with the Rick Santorum campaign, has confirmed that Sunday's Rally for Rick will be held at South Hills Country Club in Franksville. Original reports put the event at Roma Lodge, but Lauren said people shouldn't read anything into it. Planned venues for campaign stops can change at the drop of a hat, but he said all the details are now ironed out and South Hills is Santorum's Racine-area destination. The Rally for Rick begins at 6 pm and is free and open to the public. South Hills is located at 3047 E. Frontage Road. Original Story: Rick Santorum is making the rounds in Wisconsin over the next few days, and he has put Mount Pleasant on his list of places to visit. According to his …
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Members of pro-labor groups and area citizens attended the meeting to discuss their job challenges with state Democratic Legislators: Sen. Bob Wirch, of Kenosha, Rep. Peter Barca, of Kenosha, Rep. Corey Mason, of Racine, and Rep. Rob Turner.
Want to read more about this topic? "Like" this article by pressing the "like" button above this story. If we get 10 or more "likes," we'll know to write a follow-up story. Ron Thomas, Secretary of Racine County AFL/CIO Labor Council, rattled off a series of percentages that perplexed a room full of people attending a "jobs hearing" held at the Roma Lodge Monday night. The numbers, he said, are the percentage of children in poverty in 17 Racine Unified Schools. A few people in the room let out a gasp. "We need to stand up and say, 'Enough is enough,'" Thomas said. Members of pro-labor groups and area citizens attended the meeting to discuss their concerns with state Democratic Legislators: Sen. Bob Wirch, of Kenosha, Rep. Peter Barca, of …
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Barry was an influential judge in his three decades on the bench. He helped write the state's Juvenile Justice Code in the mid-1990s, a change which allowed younger children to be charged as adults for serious crimes.
A memorial service for Judge Dennis Barry will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 25 at Roma Lodge, 7130 Spring St. Racine County Circuit Court Judge Dennis Barry was found dead after he committed suicide in a City of Racine park in August. Barry was deputy chief district judge for the judicial district that includes Racine County. The Journal Times reported Barry was appointed to the bench in 1980 by then-Gov. Lee Dreyfus. He served as Racine County District Attorney prior to his appointment as judge. Former Journal Times reporter Wendy Parks profiled Barry 11 years ago, noting his penchant for truth-seeking, even as a judge. It was common for the judge to pick up the phone while in session and make a call to check out someone's story—…
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Phillip Pines, 76, steered his single-engine plane into a field for a crash landing that cost him his life, aviation officials say.
Mount Pleasant Police in a written statement said that Phillip Pines acted heroically by steering his failing aircraft into a farmers field for a crash landing that ultimately cost Pines, 76, his life. The press release was handed out to media during a noon press conference in the parking lot of Roma Lodge on Sept. 6. "Mr. Pines acted in a heroic manner by attempting to land the plane in an area that was open and avoided several populated subdivisions not far from where the crash occurred," the release said. John Brannen of the National Transportation Safety Board spoke during the press conference about the crash. In addition to confirming many details already known, he also said that Pines first hit the ground just north of the shoulder …
Police say the pilot and only passenger on the downed aircraft was from Highland Park.
Mount Pleasant Police confirm the pilot who died in the Sept. 5 plane crash was from Highland Park, IL. His name will be released at a press conference scheduled for noon today, Sept. 6. The Racine County Medical Examiner, Tom Terry, said the victim was taken to the morgue in Waukesha where an autopsy will be performed at 9 am tomorrow, Sept. 7. "Waukesha County has a forensic morgue and that is where a cause-of-death will be determined," Terry said. At approximately 6:45 pm Sept. 5, a single engine plane crashed into the field just west of Roma Lodge near the intersection of Spring Street and Airline Road. Ryan Nielsen, a Mount Pleasant resident who lives near the crash site, said he heard the plane come in low over his house just west of…
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The alarm signaling a full response brought out South Shore and Caledonia departments.
Both the South Shore and Caledonia fire departments pulled out the big guns for a call from Roma Lodge on July 5, but the only tool they needed for the emergency was a squeegy. According to Chief William Bouma of South Shore, a call came into dispatch about 6:36 pm triggered by a tripped sprinkler. The facility had just hosted a banquet and guests had been gone for about an hour. "No smoke or fire, but a lot of water," he said. "We found the broken sprinkler head outside the men's bathroom in the back." There was a lot of water damage, Bouma added. "Those sprinklers can put out 25 to 30 gallons of water per minute," he stated. "We got here fast, but I can't confirm how much was discharged before we got it turned off." Damage estimates …
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