The new Lockwood Park playground has its spongy rubber surface poured into place. It's an important step for the playground, which is st...

Rep. Bob Turner, Gene and Jana Gasiorkiewicz, left; Georgia Herrera, right We didn't make it to Labor Fest today, at Franksville Park, b...

Action from Monday's co-ed 2nd Time Around Tournament at Island Park in Racine. Forty-one teams participated in the 2nd Time Around Soft...

Photo by Linda Peterson

Ray Foster's animals, like this $70 blowfish , were charmers It's always hard, at Hawthorn Hollow's annual Walk in the Woods Ar...

Click here or the map above for a list of the most recent property transfers in Racine County, from the week ending Aug. 24. Most expensive...

It was one of the most successful First Fridays ever. No doubt the end of summer had a lot to do with it, but the weather also cooperated. W...

Plans for a 14,000-square-foot Dollar Store at 1130 Washington Ave. have fallen through. City Development Director Brian O'Connell said ...

Update: I just talked with Mayor John Dickert. The answer to the question in the headline is, in a word, yes. Dickert said city staff is wo...

Is it the new 75-cents per month phone tax on most of us, or the free cellphones for the poor that has Rep. Robin Vos , R-Caledonia upset? B...

We've come a long way from the time Franklin Delano Roosevelt's fireside chats had the entire nation glued to its radio receivers. T...

Racine County's judges serve at the will of the people. Our magistrates serve six-year terms with one, two or three judges up for electi...

State Rep. Cory Mason denounced a rumor that he won't seek re-election. "I have no plans to retire," said Mason, D-Racine, who...

It appears that Racine's post office -- whether the station in Caledonia or the one on Main Street, whichever was in danger in the first...

Shorewest dropped a bomb on the local real estate market when it announced Tuesday it had acquired Savaglio and Cape real estate. It's ...

Gateway Technical College came up with a nifty way to save money and, go figure, it involves technology. The college announced this week it ...

The Arc of Racine is participating with The Arc of the United States in a national vehicle donation program in which 90% of the net proceeds...

(From left to right) Nick Tabbert, Eric Basaldua and Brad Winter discuss a trivia question Tuesday night during Team Trivia at the San Franc...

Kelly Gallaher asks Ryan for an apology Rep. Paul Ryan got an earful at his listening session Tuesday. Before the session was barely 15 min...