🌱 Patch AM: Chicago arrest advances Mount Pleasant homicide case toward Racine County court.

Hey there, Mount Pleasant! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Chicago arrest advances Mount Pleasant homicide case toward Racine County court.
• How data center moratoriums could affect Mount Pleasant's Microsoft project.

Also on today's calendar: 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny with a t-storm, with a high of 70 and low of 64 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid with a shower or two, temps: high: 71, low: 60.
• Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 71 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Teen Wanted in Fatal 2026 Mount Pleasant Shooting Arrested in Chicago (wrjn.com) — Police say a 17-year-old suspect in a June 24 fatal shooting that began in Mount Pleasant has been arrested in Chicago and is awaiting extradition to Wisconsin. The teen faces Attempted Armed Robbery and Felony Murder charges tied to a Racine Street incident that left an 18-year-old Kenosha man dead. Prosecutors have not yet filed a criminal complaint or set a court date.
   

• Data center moratoriums create legal and financial risks (finance-commerce.com) — A new Microsoft data center under construction in Mount Pleasant is one example in a broader look at how local development moratoriums can stall major projects and shift financial risks. Real estate attorneys explain how delays can raise costs for developers and landowners, and urge communities and companies to plan carefully for regulatory uncertainty in fast-changing sectors like data centers.
   

📸 Around Mount Pleasant

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mount Pleasant

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Thursday September 17
• Business Blender - Lakeside Curative Services →
  Racine Area Mfr-Commerce Inc, 2503 Lincolnwood Court, Mount Pleasant
  5:00 pm
• #1 Cross Country Meet @Johnson's Park
  Johnson Park Golf Course, 6200 Northwestern Ave, Racine
  5:15 pm
Saturday September 19
• Household Hazardous Waste Collection →
  Mount Pleasant, WI Calendar, 6200 21st Street, Racine
  8:00 am
• MEMBER EVENT: Racine Farmers Market on the Lake
  Festival Park, 5 Fifth St., Racine
  9:00 am
Tuesday September 22
• YPR: Let's Taco 'Bout It
  RAMAC, 300 5th Street, Mount Pleasant
  11:30 am
Wednesday September 23
• Plan Commission →
  Mount Pleasant, WI Calendar, 8811 Campus Drive, Mount Pleasant
  1:00 pm
• Zoning Board of Appeals →
  Mount Pleasant, WI Calendar, 8811 Campus Drive, Mount Pleasant
  5:30 pm
Friday October 2
• 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale →
  Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha
  10:00 am
Saturday October 3
• 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale →
  Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday September 16
• Chosen Family Circle →
  Racine Public Library, 75 7th St, Racine
  5:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Parade of Homes Annual Bus Tour Kick-Off 26 →
  Boucher Auto Group, 8600 Washington Ave., Racine
  10:30 am
• Municipal Court →
  Courtroom, 7511 12th Sreet, Somers
  1:30 pm
• Festival Launch Party →
  Hotel Verdant, 500 Main Street, Racine
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Anyone missing a dog?
  This poor baby stopped by around 3:25 am. This would be on Indian Hills Dr (Nextdoor Indian Hills)
• Does anyone know where I might be able to find and cut some wild cattails, without going into a deep wet ditch?
  (I'm too old and fragile to maneuver steep ditches and inclines!) Thanks in advance!!! (Nextdoor Heritage Carriage)

🗞 Nearby News

Sturtevant

• Racine's Wally Cleaver returns for encore show Oct. 10 in Sturtevant (racinecountyeye.com)
• Law license of District Attorney Solis suspended by state Office of Lawyer Regulation – West of the I (westofthei.com)
• Growers, pickers welcome apple harvest in Racine County following "merry-go-round" weather (tmj4.com)

Racine

• Dennis York, 78, of Racine (racinecountyeye.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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