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.
YMCA leadership and staff welcomed donors and special guests during a red-carpet welcome Wednesday to the new Sealed Air YMCA in Mount Pleasant.
Walmart officials withdrew their application in part, they said, because of bad timing. One member of the Friends of the Village of Elmwood Park, a group that organized in opposition of the store, is "more than satisfied" by the corporation's move.
Somers firefighter Jodin Froeber was bound over for trial Wednesday during his preliminary hearing for alleged sexual assault of a patient.
A traffic light would make getting out of the Piggly Wiggly shopping center safer, but property owners have to foot the bill. With major tenant Hobby Lobby moving out — the light may not happen at all.
The suspects in a series of vandalism-by-BB-gun crimes remain at large and the police are asking for tips in hopes of an arrest. But, if there were more officers on patrol, could that make a difference? One resident thinks so.
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A guy steals metal from his employer and then sells it while in uniform, Gov. Walker tells Missouri candidate Todd Akin to get out of the race, and Racine County Sheriff's deputies seize almost $70,000 during a drunk driving stop.
Sturtevant Police confirm the suspect in an overnight homicide in Yorkville is a village resident, and police have had prior contact with him. The Racine County Sheriff, though, says they don't have anyone in custody at this time.
No one was hurt when a skydiving plane had to make an emergency landing Saturday on the east side of I-94.
The Mount Pleasant Planning Commission on Wednesday approved the practice's new office building.
The new fast food Chinese restaurant will take the place of the old Johnson Bank building on Washington Avenue in Mount Pleasant.
A Walmart Neighborhood Market will open in Mount Pleasant sometime in 2013 though a timeline has not yet been established.
Who has the best pizza in town? How about the best frozen custard? Here are your picks for Readers' Choice.
OK, so the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing isn't gigantic, but who could scoff at $60 million?
More students than ever before are taking the college-readiness exam, but scores overall went down almost half a point in 2012 from 2011.
Completing the expansion allows BRP to consolidate all of its Evinrude operations under one roof in Sturtevant, bringing 137 jobs here from Illinois.
This online free quiz takes an in-depth look at your stance on a range of issues, then compares them to candidates' responses.
Mount Pleasant Police had parts of Airline Road and Old Spring Street blocked for about 90 minutes Tuesday morning because of an accident that sent a bicyclist to the hospital.
Gov. Scott Walker wants election discussions to be about the future, not "ignorant" comments about rape and pregnancy.
