Thursday, October 31, 2024
Beer & Bacon Walk in Downtown Racine on Nov. 2
Liz Snyder
Foods will include Mac and Cheese with Bacon and Bacon BBQ Meatballs — just to name a few examples.
“We are excited to bring this event back, especially one that pairs crafts brews with local restaurants,” said Kelly Kruse, DRC executive director. “This is a great way to have fun with friends, while supporting our small businesses.”
The $40 ticket includes 20, 3-ounce samples of beer; 20 bacon-infused food samples; a 16-ounce pint glass; and one 16-ounce full-pour of choice. For tickets, go to racinedowntown.com.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
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One of the longest-term residents at the Racine Zoo, a gibbon, has died
Amy Schwabe
One of the Racine Zoo's longest-term residents — Yule, a male white-handed gibbon — has died.
According to a news release from the zoo, Yule and his daughter, Robin, first arrived at the Racine Zoo in 1986. Yule was 58 years old when he died, much older than the species' typical life expectancy of approximately 30 years. He was the oldest living white-handed gibbon in a zoo accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums by at least two years and holds the records for oldest gibbon in the association's records.
Due to his advanced age, Yule was monitored closely by the zoo's veterinary and animal care staff. A "slow, normal decline" had been evident, but this summer, Yule began to have difficulty using his right hand and leg, the release noted. As his condition was untreatable, staff decided to humanely euthanize Yule on Oct. 22.
Yule was well known in the neighborhoods around the zoo, according to the release, due to his loud vocalizations, which were studied by local Carthage College researchers. They "found that while playing with his daughter, Yule used a unique 'bleat' sort of play vocalization — one typically only heard from infant gibbons." His "sweet, nurturing" relationship with his daughter earned him the moniker "Papa Yule" among his keepers.
ManpowerGroup partners with Walmart to open job hubs. Opens location in Sturtevant
Ricardo Torres
Finding potential employees has been difficult for years, but ManpowerGroup is taking a different approach.
The Milwaukee-based staffing company partnered with Walmart to put some of its hiring offices in a seven pilot job hubs.
In September ManpowerGroup officially opened a location at a Walmart in Sturtevant in Racine County. It’s the only branch in Wisconsin that has a hub.
Raj Namboothiry, senior vice president at ManpowerGroup in the United States, said this is an opportunity to meet potential employees in for jobs that range from basic financing roles to industrial warehouse roles, assembly jobs and “skilled technical roles.”
“Customers can apply for a job. If they already have a job they can explore new avenues,” Namboothiry said. “They can enter into a career conversation; they can talk about what’s next for their careers; they can talk about their interests and pursue new areas with Manpower helping them navigate their careers.”
Namboothiry said he would like to increase the number of locations between 50 and 100 in Walmart stores during the next several years if these stores are successful.
“We’re still working through the details on how does this model work. It’s a learning curve for us to and it is for Walmart too,” Namboothiry said. “There’s no better avenue other than places like Walmart where you got a high concentration of talent walking in... and it drives proximity to our talent."
Since opening the pilot stores, Namboothiry said the company has seen increased interest and foot traffic.
"While it has only been a few weeks, we are already seeing hundreds of candidates walk in each day into these hubs and engage in a career conversation and apply for a job," Namboothiry said.
Tené Green, Walmart Senior Director issued a statement on the partnership:
"We aim to provide products and services in our stores that enhance the shopping experience and contribute to a better quality of life for our customers. One of the pathways to a quality life is through employment."
Although the program is still in the early states, Namboothiry said the company expects a “massive influx” of potential employees.
“Talent scarcity is something employers have been facing,” Namboothiry said. “That said, Manpower does well in this space in terms of being that talent attraction company for us to be able to build a pool of talent, a pipeline of talent.”
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Monday, October 28, 2024
Racine man who is facing child pornography charges pleads not guilty
RACINE — Tony Radunz pleaded not guilty last week to 14 counts of possessing child pornography.
Radunz, who is 57, was charged after investigators with the Racine County Sheriff’s Office searched his residence in the 700 block of Arthur Avenue on Sept. 25.
Each count carries up to a $100,000 fine, a 25-year prison sentence, or both. The court also can impose a $500 surcharge for each image or copy of an image recovered.
Investigators were assigned to the case by the state Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation on July 30.
According to a criminal complaint, Radunz allegedly admitted to viewing child pornography and to storing images on a USB drive.
Radunz is scheduled to appear at the Racine County Courthouse for a status conference Dec. 16.
Cops Gone Wild: Former Waukesha County sheriff's lieutenant sentenced to four months for smuggling drugs to a jail inmate
Hope Karnopp
A former Waukesha County Sheriff's lieutenant has been sentenced to four months in prison and a year of supervised release after smuggling marijuana and a cell phone to an inmate in Waukesha County Jail, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Thursday.
34-year-old Johanna Grace pleaded guilty to the offenses in federal court in July. Prosecutors say Grace coordinated with associates outside the jail "on multiple occasions" to bring contraband inside the facility.
A tipster outside the jail alerted authorities to her misconduct, according to U.S. Attorney Gregory Haanstad. Grace shared internal law enforcement reports with her associates, he said, who confronted the tipster. Grace acknowledged she obstructed justice, Haanstad said.
“Today’s sentence is the direct result of an individual abusing her authority and violating the trust of the residents she was entrusted to serve and protect,” Haanstad said in a statement.
U.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller said a sentence of imprisonment was required to deter others, and that Grace's request for a probationary sentence was not appropriate, according to the release.
The case was investigated by the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Grace is facing separate charges of allegedly abusing a resident of a penal facility in the death last year of Waukesha County Jail inmate Randy Glenn Jr.
Investigators said Glenn was arrested during a Jan. 16, 2023, traffic stop for a probation violation that was connected to prior drug convictions. Glenn was found dead in his jail cell the next morning.
An autopsy report found five small bags containing roughly 10 grams of cocaine in Glenn's stomach.
Grace and Deborah Link, a jail nurse, were charged with abuse of residents in a penal facility, a felony. Both are scheduled for a hearing in that case on Nov. 8.
Contact Hope Karnopp at HKarnopp@gannett.com or on X at @hopekarnopp.
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