UNION GROVE â Three neighboring fire departments would merge into a single regional operation, under a newly released plan to improve fire and ambulance service in growing western Racine County.
The idea of consolidating the Union Grove-Yorkville, Kansasville and Raymond fire departments is included in a study showing that existing service, based largely on volunteer firefighters, might be inadequate to serve the regionâs growing population.
Conducted by the nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum research group, the study was commissioned by the Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department to examine the departmentâs current staffing and operations.
As an alternative to merging with neighboring departments, researchers found that the Union Grove-Yorkville department could keep pace with increased demand by contracting with a larger fire department or with a private ambulance operator.
Suspect offered Union Grove student rides: sheriff
By FOX6 News Digital Team
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Union Grove suspicious person incident, suspect vehicle
UNION GROVE, Wis. - The Racine County Sheriff s Office is investigating a suspicious person report involving a Union Grove High School student that happened on June 1.
Deputies spoke with the 15-year-old boy who said he was walking to school around 7:15 a.m. when a man pulled up and offered him a ride. The boy did not know the man and declined the offer. The man circled back two more times, offering three more rides.
The suspicious vehicle in question is described as a newer model gray Ford F-150 pickup truck with a sport package and graphite wheels and a tonneau cover.