Community Corner
New Industrial Building + Drug Take Back + Criminal Complaints
Here's a five-minute guide to the most important things happening in town today.

Welcome back, Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant! Let's get you started today with everything you need to know going on today in town.
First, today's weather:
Sunny; nice this afternoon. High: 66 Low: 50.
Here are the top stories today in Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant:
- Hillwood, the company that constructed the Amazon warehouse in Oak Creek, bought a 19-acre plot of land in Mount Pleasant for a new industrial building. The company will build the lot out on speculation. (Milwaukee Business Journal)
- Mount Pleasant is hosting its own drug take-back event on Oct. 23. Prescription medications that have gone unused can be safely disposed of at the event. (FOX 6 Milwaukee)
- Criminal complaints: Oct. 11-15 | Crime and Courts (Journal Times)
- 4 Arrested In Connection With Drug Trafficking, 3 Wanted: Sheriff (Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant Patch)
- Here are some of the most expensive homes on the market in Racine. (Journal Times)
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Today in Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant:
- Hoco Theme Day - Pajama/Sweats Day - The REAL Sch (12:00 AM)
- BSO MEETING #4 - The REAL Sch (12:00 AM)
- Board of Education and State Legislator Breakfast Meeting (8:30 AM)
- Author Talk: Kristen Whitson (We Will Always Be Here: A Guide to Exploring and Understanding the His... (4:30 PM)
- Governance Committee Meeting - Racine Unified SD (5:30 PM)
- Just Mercy Panel Discussion (Zoom) - Racine Public Library (6:00 PM)
- Regular Board Business Meeting - Racine Unified SD (6:30 PM)
- PTSA Meeting - Horlick Cafeteria 6:30 PM (6:30 PM)
- Regular Board of Education Meeting - Racine Unified SD (6:30 PM)
Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant Patch Notebook
- City of Racine, On the lake: "Everyone has been asking for information on Trick or Treating! We are very excited this year to have a bit of normalcy! Mayor Cory Mason said, "I am looking forward to going trick or treating this year with my kids after missing last yea..." (Facebook)
- Racine Public Library: "The land we call Racine County was home to the Potawatomi tribe from about 1700 to 1840. Despite the Potawatomi's displacement, many of their descendants continue to make their home here and carry on native traditions today. On Oct. 23 a..." (Facebook)
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