All I've really wanted to do was write for a living, and I've been lucky enough to have been able to do just that for most of my professional life. Whether I was working Features for the Daily Herald, Illinois' 3rd largest daily, covering Mount Pleasant and Sturtevant as a stringer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel or writing press releases for clients at a public relations agency, I've spent nearly my entire career writing. Being an editor for Patch brings me back full time to news and newspapers (in a fashion), and I couldn't be happier!
Your Beliefs
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Politics
How would you describe your political beliefs? Are you registered with a certain party?
I am not registered to any party and consider myself an independent, voting for the candidate(s) I feel are most aligned with my views.
Religion
How religious would you consider yourself?
I believe in God.
Local Hot-Button Issues
What do you think are the most important issues facing the community?
Growth, development, taxes, the school system, village leadership, jobs/unemployment and home values seem to dominate conversations and concerns across the board.
Where do you stand on each of these issues?
I don't stand anywhere on the issues. My job is to report the facts as accurately and as objectively as possible so the reader can decide where he/she stands.
Caledonia police pulled a car over for not having its plate registered to the car it was on, and as a result, pulled the happiness out of three teens' joy ride.
A Mount Pleasant man told police he was going through a lot in his life and wasn't sure what he was doing when he touched a 13-year-old girl inappropriately.
Public works, police and the public had to deal with yet another late-season snow storm. See how people handled the storm on Tuesday, and tell us how things are in your neighborhood.
A break up gone bad turns violent for a Racine woman.
Racine Unified School District has issued an alert that given the forecast for Tuesday, all after school activities are canceled.
An iconic restaurant will set up shop in Racine despite the city's Plan Commission not showing for a public hearing.
The top 10 stories list of the last week is one of the oddest grab-bags of news we've seen in recent weeks.
The J.I. Case Eagles will not make the trek to Madison for the state boys basketball tournament.
Staffing concerns, rundown ambulances, and long response times are three of the biggest issues facing the South Shore Fire Department. Patch takes a closer look at the issues to see what the villages need to address.
The South Shore Fire Department will get a new ambulance, but whether that's a brand new unit or a remount it still up in the air.
Mount Pleasant police sent the finger prints of a suspected car thief to the FBI after he didn't have any ID on him.
New gas lines are going in ahead of the Kremer subdivision sewer and road project slated for later this year.
The J.I. Case High School Eagles beat Milwaukee Hamilton Thursday in the WIAA sectional semi-final. They will face Milwaukee King on Saturday.
Samuel White from Racine has been arrested for shooting Sturtevant resident Bashar Qedan at the Racine convenience store on Thursday.
Keith Abbott is accused of killing Kristin Miller in 2011, and now he's charged with nine counts of possession of child pornography.
Mount Pleasant Police are searching for Kevontae Oliver after he reportedly fled from a home where a woman says he held a gun to her head.
Ashley Ferguson is accused of luring a man to a Mount Pleasant hotel so two accomplices could rob him.
The Caledonia Plan Commission and a land use plan work group will tackle the zoning of the tract of land where Walmart is proposing a supercenter.
Bryan Albrecht, president of Gateway Technical College, writes that a high-tech public safety training center benefits everyone, from first responders for preparedness to the residents who might one day need them.
Thomas Adams waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday and plead not guilty to a single charge of child enticement.
