By Bill Houston The Racine Police Department would like citizens to be aware of caller-ID spoofing schemes being used to mimic calls from government agencies both locally and nationally. Officers recently responded to a complaint Read More
The 2019 Kiwanis holiday ornament, now on sale throughout the area, features Wells Brothers – a local restaurant famous for pizza since 1921. Ornament sale proceeds go toward the Kiwanis Holiday Lights display that can Read More
By Paul Holley John H. Dwight’s idea for a new product – the ratchet jack – helped lead to a Racine company’s 80-year run in the auto parts industry. One day in 1912, Dwight (1881-1933), Read More
By Rex Davenport Special to Racine County Eye As Racine County waits for what may—or may not—become the massive Foxconn Technology Group industrial complex, area communities must speculate on how that project may affect other Read More
By Rex Davenport Special to Racine County Eye The City of Racine appears ready to take to next steps to rehabilitate a long-vacant North Memorial Drive former industrial site and make it ready for new Read More
As public opinion – and controversy – swirls around the Foxconn Technology Group’s planned manufacturing complex in southwestern Mount Pleasant, work continues on a number of infrastructure improvements that surround the project. Among the most Read More
By Paul Holley The Iron Horse still has a lot of friends in Racine County. Onlookers – young and old – jammed rail crossings and bridges Friday morning for a glimpse at (and the chance Read More
By Paul Holley In the early part of the 20th century, workers on farms, mines, construction site and elsewhere needed sturdy work boots. Nathan M. Ruthstein was the guy who provided them! Ruthstein was born Read More
A Racine County farm boy with a knack for engineering developed better ways to doing things from harvesting corn to removing snow. Joseph Haban (1917-2011) grew up on a farm in Mount Pleasant and trained Read More
Exactly who is the Father of the Automobile? That may be subject to debate, but Racine will claim the Rev. John Wesley Carhart. Carhart (1834-1914) spent just three years in Racine as pastor of the Read More
A Racine letter carrier’s interest in woodworking became a lifelong career that played a role in the early days of the auto industry and what is now home entertainment. Frederick Blandin (1862-1927) started a part-time Read More
A pair of Racine entrepreneurs turned an unwanted business into a global success that lives on today. Back in 1935, Francis von Schrader (1904-1992) and Harry D. (H.D.) Rench (1901-1980) worked at electric appliance maker Read More
John Oster Sr. grew a business in Racine and gave the world the classic Osterizer blender. Oster (1891-1963) was born in Austria-Hungary and emigrated to the United States at age 14. Settling in Chicago, the Read More
June 6 marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day – a key event in World War II. Starting that day, wave after wave of Allied troops (approximately 156,000) invaded the Axis-held beaches of Normandy, France. A Read More
An ambitious toolmaker — with a better idea — has made it possible for people and animals to look their best for nearly 100 years. Matthew Andis (1883-1976) emigrated to the U.S. from Hungary in Read More
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