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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.
Trustees are happy with how Village Clerk Mary Cole is transitioning into the role of Administrator, so that means they need to get some help in the front office.
A & W faithful will still be able to get a frosty mug of their favorite frothy beverage because the restaurant is moving to the east side of I-94.
The sex offender she met online called the cops after the girl left his place—taking his truck and puppy with her, he told officers.
Readers overwhelmingly chose Piggly Wiggly owner Ralph Malicki as our 2012 Patch Person of the Year because of how he lives his commitment to the success of the community.
Mount Pleasant trustees approved a severance package for one employee whose position was eliminated, but a second employee said she wasn't given the same consideration.
If the Packers and the Seahawks win this weekend, the Maragos family will probably cheer every play when the teams meet at Lambeau Field for the NFC Championship.
The annual prom party will move back to the City of Racine after giving it a go in Sturtevant in 2012.
A Kenosha man out on bond for identity theft is now accused of shoplifting electronics and a pair of gym shoes from Regency Mall.
A Sturtevant couple is accused of using someone else's social security number to try and buy a car from a Mount Pleasant dealership.
Sturtevant Police arrested a West Allis woman Wednesday after police say she fled the scene of an accident and was driving drunk with children in the car.
State lawmakers say they want to change the rules to make government more transparent.
The Racine Police Department has canceled a public information meeting that was scheduled for Thursday at Fratt School about the impending supervised release of convicted sex offender Michael Fink.
The Racine Police Department is hosting a public information meeting Thursday at Fratt School because a sex offender is moving into the neighborhood.
Now that lawmakers are all sworn into office, the Legislature can get to work.
Racine Police are asking people to leave anonymous tips with Crime Stoppers to help them catch the person or people responsible for stealing metal storm basin covers.
Crime and politics top our first week in review story of 2013.
Police were called to Mixers Nightclub for a bomb threat, but all was well.
Trustees may have crossed the doctrine of incompatibility when they voted on Dec. 18 to assign some administrator duties to the village president.
Mount Pleasant Police arrested the suspect after a high speed chase down Durand Avenue.
Mount Pleasant trustees will vote on Jan. 14 whether or not to hire two new firefighters included in the 2013 budget.
