The man who was hit and killed by a train Wednesday apparently stepped on the tracks to commit suicide. Mount Pleasant police Sgt. Shawn Lueke confirmed with Patch Thursday that Racine County Medical Examiner Michael Payne was ruling the man’s death a suicide. His identity, however, has not yet been determined. “We are working on [...]Share on Facebook

The Racine Sheriff’s Department released information about the accident at Ives Grove Golf Course this morning. Around 10 a.m. this morning the Racine County Dispatch Center received a 911 call that a maintenance worker at the Racine County Ives Grove Golf Course had a tree fall on him and was trapped underneath. When deputies and [...]Share on Facebook

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN… SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN… KENOSHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN… MILWAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN… SOUTHERN OZAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN… RACINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN… NORTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN… WALWORTH [...]Share on Facebook

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 300 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 400 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 300 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WIC021-027-039-047-059-077-079-089-101-117-131-133-130600- /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0300.130612T2100Z-130613T0600Z/ WI . WISCONSIN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE COLUMBIA DODGE FOND DU LAC GREEN LAKE KENOSHA MARQUETTE MILWAUKEE OZAUKEE [...]Share on Facebook

One person is dead after being struck by a train on the Union Pacific railroad track in Mount Pleasant, according to police. Officers responded to the to a report of a pedestrian being struck by a southbound train at 11:45 a.m. and confirmed that the collision happened a few hundred feet south of Old Spring [...]Share on Facebook