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.
The corner of 4-Mile and Green Bay Roads is now recognized as an office park after trustees voted unanimously Monday after a short public hearing.
A convicted sex offender was found living at a Caledonia motel, but he had to move because he was not originally a village resident.
The Racine County Sheriff's Office is selling t-shirts to help support the department's K9 program.
A hawk flying into some lines at a substation means over 1,400 customers are without power in Mount Pleasant and Sturtevant.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is asking that stores remain gun-free. Does that change your opinion of this iconic American brand?
Mount Pleasant police have identified Glen Franiuk as the man who committee suicide Thursday morning by stepping in front of a train.
A man with a history of ditching his restaurant bill tried again at Wells Brothers Pizza.
Local veterans gather together every Thursday at Piggly Wiggly on Washington Avenue to talk and just hang out.
Time Warner customers will get their favorite NBC programs back by 7 p.m. Friday.
Police say a Racine man admitted he was selling drugs for a man from California he met while playing an online game.
Racine County will conduct a paving project along 4-Mile Road between Douglas Avenue and Charles Street.
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Caledonia police are asking for the public's help identifying the suspects in these photos because they stole a woman's purse and used her credit cards.
A 47-year-old California man reportedly committed suicide by stepping in front of a train the tracks between Highway 11 and Braun Road.
Caledonia trustees will sort out the 2014 village budget during hearings beginning Sept. 30.
A donor may be stepping forward with the money needed to finish the firing range at Mount Pleasant police headquarters.
Mount Pleasant police looked for a man Tuesday morning in the woods near Little Timber Drive who threatened to hang himself.
