🌱 Patch AM: How a Mount Pleasant dispute escalated into gunfire but no injuries

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Mount Pleasant dispute escalated into gunfire but no injuries

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

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Periods of rain, with a high of 69 and low of 51 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 64, low: 45.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 61 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Gun discharged during confrontation in Mount Pleasant, 1 arrested (fox6now.com) — Police say a confrontation between two women in Mount Pleasant near Durand and Packard led to a gun being grabbed and accidentally discharged Tuesday evening, though no one was hit. A 21-year-old Racine woman was arrested on recklessly endangering safety charges, and investigators are asking anyone with information to contact Mount Pleasant Police or submit an anonymous Crime Stoppers tip.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mount Pleasant

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 2
• 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale →
  Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• MEMBER EVENT: Racine Farmers Market on the Lake
  Festival Park, 5 Fifth St., Racine
  9:00 am
• 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale →
  Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha
  10:00 am
Sunday October 4
• Safety Day →
  Mount Pleasant, WI Calendar, 8500 Campus Drive, Mount Pleasant
  10:00 am
Tuesday October 6
• Chamber Check-in
  RAMAC, 300 5th Street, Mount Pleasant
  7:45 am
Thursday October 8
• Forklift Training
  Elite Equipment Sturtevant
  8:30 am
• Powder Puff @ REAL
  Walden III Hi Racine, WI 53405
  5:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• MEMBER EVENT: Racine Farmers Market on the Lake
  Festival Park, 5 Fifth St., Racine
  9:00 am
• Community Lumber Drive for Artist Thomas Dambo's Troll Sculpture →
  Mount Pleasant, WI Calendar, 12800 Louis Sorenson Road, Mount Pleasant
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• HS Girls Golf: 2026 WIAA Division 1 Racine Case regional →
  Ives Grove GL, Sturtevant
  9:00 am
• RAMAC Annual Membership Dinner
  Fountain Banquet Hall, 8505 Durand Avenue, Sturtevant
  4:45 pm
• Route 20 Bluegrass Jam- Sturtevant →
  ROUTE 20 MUSIC BAR AND GRILL, 14001 WASHINGTON AVE, STURTEVANT
  6:00 pm
• Drawing with Donna →
  RAM Wustum, 2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Is it me your looking for?
  Im out here in Mt Pleasant Wisconsin with my foster mom waiting for you. I am Colson. A little Pompoo who is white with apricot. I am a happy,… (Nextdoor Globe Heights)
• Morning All.
  I'm looking for an electrician to install 2-3 outlets in my garage. Anyone know a guy? Thanks (Nextdoor Mt Pleasant)

🗞 Nearby News

Sturtevant

• Federal trucking crackdown reaches Wisconsin as English-language rules tighten (wilatinonews.com)
• Apple-picking 2026: Your guide to 9 orchards in Illinois and beyond (wbez.org)
• WED AM News: WEDC leader warns of lasting impacts from tariff uncertainty in WI; WPF report says local officials have struck strong data center deals (wisbusiness.com)

Racine

• Racine PRCS fall league schedule lists games Oct. 5–7 at Island Park, plus Oct. 6 at Lincoln and Lockwood (racinecountyeye.com)
• Racine Unified board unanimously censures member Mike Bellagio over social media post (racinecountyeye.com)
• Racine Baby Box used for second time in less than a year (wsaw.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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