Tom Ward and his detailed drawing of a hawk OK, it wasn't Michelangelo -- but he took four years to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Cha...

Wild Ones is a wonderful group in town that promotes native plants and helps people connect with our natural areas. Below is a description o...

Democrats of the 1st Congressional District will hold their annual convention in Racine, on Saturday, May 2 at Infusino's . Registration...

By Marie Block Girls continue to amaze me. When a group of girls at Gilmore Middle School's Girls Inc. were asked what they would like t...

Real life isn't like TV, where the cops almost always get their man before the hour is up. Racine police re-sent today the appeal for in...

State Rep. Cory Mason, D-Racine, today unveiled an impressive piece of metal ribbon art made by a Racine-area artist and hung in his office ...

Last night's mayoral forum started with a bang. John Dickert accused Bob Turner's campaign of spreading lies with robo-calls about t...

What's in a name? by Diana Ferrell “A dish fit for the Gods.” -- From Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare A hearty crowd turned out Th...

John Dickert and Bob Turner stayed on different sides of the issues, too Mayoral candidates Bob Turner and John Dickert drew clear differe...

Today, the other shoe dropped at CNH . For the past few weeks, the news has all been about its parent, Fiat, which was said to be trying to ...

In the largest real estate transaction of the month, a manufacturing building at 1560 15th Ave. in Union Grove sold for $2.8 million. The fa...

OK, after finding homes for a litter of 10 puppie s, Countryside Humane Society now has something for the rest of you: How about a kitty wit...

We hear that the Racine Founders Rotary Club is having a problem: The club gives away five scholarships to graduating high school seniors --...

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

Maybe so, but we have our doubts. The end date of this onerous tax imposed on Racine to pay for Milwaukee's baseball stadium just keeps ...

Mayor Friedel, Gov. Doyle and County Exec. McReynolds Gov. Jim Doyle came to town Tuesday afternoon to deliver more than $2 million to the c...

Mayoral Candidate John Dickert is no longer the real estate agent selling the home owned by Sandra and Frank Tingle, the couple suing the ci...

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. And so it is at the University of Wisconsin- Parkside , where the second crop of chancell...

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D- Janesville , and State Sen. John Lehman, D-Racine, have endorsed State Rep. Bob Turner, D-Racin...

We're live this morning at the mayoral forum sponsored by RAMAC and RCEDC. Thanks and kudos to both organizations for opening this forum...