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🌱 What Wells Fargo’s Racine branch closure means for your in-person banking

Racine, Wisconsin Patch AM: a 5 min read

Good morning Racine! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Wells Fargo’s Racine branch closure means for your in-person banking
  • Racine parents: Is your baby’s formula part of this botulism recall?
  • How Racine’s baby box fits into Wisconsin’s growing Safe Haven network

Also on today's calendar: Oak Creek July 4 Fireworks 2026: What To Know and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a cow with no legs? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 66 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Monday: A shower in the a.m.; breezy, temps: high: 67, low: 52.
  • Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Wells Fargo shuts down more branches (kansascity.com) — Wells Fargo is closing more branches nationwide, including its location at 1700 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Racine, affecting how local customers access in-person banking. The article explains how shifting habits toward mobile banking are driving these closures and notes that, despite the cuts, the bank still operates thousands of branches it plans to modernize.
   

2. Wisconsin monitoring infant botulism outbreak linked to recalled formula (racinecountyeye.com) — Parents in Racine and across Wisconsin are being urged to immediately stop using Nara Organics Whole Milk Organic Infant Formula after it was linked to a multi‑state infant botulism outbreak. No Wisconsin cases are confirmed yet, but health officials explain how to dispose of or save formula for testing, what symptoms to watch for, and how clinicians should report suspected cases.
   

3. Safe Haven Baby Box to be installed in Sturgeon Bay; 2nd location in Northeast Wisconsin (fox11online.com) — A new Safe Haven Baby Box is coming to Sturgeon Bay, joining seven other Wisconsin locations, including Racine’s box where a newborn was safely surrendered last October. The program offers a secure, anonymous option for parents in crisis and reflects recent state law changes expanding when infants can be legally surrendered.
   

4. Racine Medicaid outlays for medical and surgical supplies increase to $117,364 in 2024 (mkecitywire.com) — Medicaid spending on medical and surgical supplies in Racine climbed to $117,364 in 2024, a 3.1% increase that’s part of a much larger five‑year surge in local costs. Racine’s Medicaid dollars are heavily concentrated in a few ZIP codes and CPAP‑related supplies, even as a new federal law aims to cut Medicaid funding nationwide and could shift more costs onto Wisconsin and local communities.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • There is this orange cat running up and down Carter Street for a few weeks now.
    They seem friendly but skiddish. It keeps hanging out on my porch and going by neighbors homes. It seems very much a house cat when it was trying to… (Nextdoor Goold)
  • Hey Everyone.
    We are still baking bread tonight. We've been baking for over 15 hours so far. More bread will be going out tonight and tomorrow morning. Thanks… (Nextdoor Lathrop Ave)
  • CVS Pharmacy, Inc. posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Racine. Apply here.
  • Wendy's posted a job opening for Team Member * in Racine. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Racine here.

Ok Racine! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Ground Beef (Thank you Deb S. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Racine

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