The portrait of Capt. Gilbert Knapp hanging in the City Council chambers may qualify as a "historic artifact" under a proposed ord...

RAMAC President Roger Caron (left) and City Administrator Tom Friedel (right) speak in favor of Mark Eickhorst as the city's first publi...

Mayor John Dickert at Monday night's budget address meeting. Funny things can happen when you're being responsible. That's a les...

Mayor John Dickert bangs the gavel on his first budget address Monday night. Update: There's a question of whether we reported the wron...

Update: Two more candidates beat Monday's filing deadline and applied to fill the 10th District seat. The additional names are added to ...

City Council President Q.A. Shakoor II said he's received one formal application for the council's vacant seat. Thomas Gursky Jr. wa...

Chatter among aldermen suggests the council is leaning toward appointing a replacement for Tom Friedel to represent the 10th aldermanic dist...

City Administrator Tom Friedel starts work on Monday. The former mayor, City Council member and vice president at Twin Disc will start out m...

Update: That didn't take long. Shortly after posting this I got a call defending the City Council. The council's Executive Committe...

Now that Tom Friedel is the new city administrator he'll have to vacate his seat on the City Council. Who will take over? And how? The c...

Update: Friedel is meeting with Dickert and City Attorney Rob Weber today to hammer out a contract. He'll likely be on the job Monday. ...

Racine Fire Chief Steve Hansen hopes to use federal stimulus money to build a new fire station near Durand Avenue and Memorial Drive. The ch...

Odds and ends from Tuesday night's Personnel and Finance Committee, which included the return of Alderman Tom Friedel to the committee ...

Alderman Bob Mozol’s proposal to require physicals for all city employees who drive vehicles failed to pass committee Tuesday. Mozol wanted ...

Uncertainty over the state budget has city officials worried about local spending next year. The City Council voted Wednesday night to send ...

A few notes from the City Council meeting: * Alderman Robert Mozol wants the City Council to consider extending aldermanic terms from two ye...

Mayor Gary Becker’s legacy may be more paperwork for city officials planning to travel. The city’s Personnel and Finance Committee voted Mon...

Mayor Tom Friedel has been on the job a couple of days now, and he looked good tonight at City Hall in his new role as Racine's chief ex...

The developer of a proposed $7 million low-income housing project appeared at a key meeting Monday by speaker phone. City staff pointed the ...

Alderman Tom Friedel at Thursday night's Committee of the Whole meeting. See more photos from the meeting here . Respected Alderman Tom ...