RACINE — Hovde Properties of Madison is prepared to move forward on the project that will transform what was brownfields on the city’s lakefront to market-rate apartments.

However, the developer’s agreement with the city will need to be amended for an additional $3.5 million from TID 14.

The company was already slated to receive $2.6 million, a portion of which came from an infrastructure grant and a portion from TID 14.

Construction costs have spiked significantly since the agreement was finalized in September 2021, increasing the cost from about $33 million to more than $40 million.

The Finance and Personnel Committee voted on Monday to recommend that City Council approve the amended developer’s agreement.

The council is expected to consider the matter on Feb 7.

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If all goes as planned, Hovde will begin the project in March.

Breakwater — Architectural Drawings of development from the corner of Lake Ave. and Gaslight Drive.

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Funding gap

Hovde provided documents to the city outlining how the cost of construction rose 26% in such a short timeframe.

The company said the change was driven by increases in materials, labor and interest rates, which went from 3.25% to 6.25%.

Additionally, the company had unanticipated environmental costs.

These factors increased the cost of construction by $8.6 million.

The company reviewed the project and was able to reduce costs by $1.6 million and secured another $350,000 from We Energies to offset increased costs in environmental remediation.

That left a $7 million gap.

The company approached the city with the following proposal:

• The company would absorb $3.5 million in costs as well as the 3% interest rate financing increase.
• The city would pay a $3.5 million developer incentive – in addition to the $2.6 million the company was slated to receive – over a three-year period beginning in the occupancy year.
• The funds would be paid out as follows: $3.6 million within 30 days of the city’s issuance of the final certificate of occupancy, anticipated in September 2024; $1.5 million on March 31, 2025, and $1 million on March 31, 2026.

Hovde has secured private financing.

No money will be released to the company until the project is complete and certified for occupancy.

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It has been more than two decades since the downtown area saw construction of market-rate apartments.

Kathleen Fischer, the city’s finance director, estimates the development will provide about $40 million of net new construction in the city.

She said that equates to about $300,000 of additional tax levy capacity that will pay for operations in the city’s general fund.

Mayor Cory Mason called the project exciting.

“We know in Racine there are housing shortages at all levels,” he said. “We know we need more housing options and this will add 200 apartments right downtown — many with lake views and views of the harbor.”

Hovde has named the building “Breakwater.”

The property at 233 Lake Avenue was formerly a gas manufacturing plant that required multiple rounds of environmental remediation before development could proceed.

Mason called the brownfield “one of the most complicated we’ve seen.”

He praised Hovde properties for being willing to take on a project with such a complicated issue.

Despite the mitigation, the first floor above ground level can only be utilized for non-residential space, such as parking.

As part of the agreement, the company will participate in Racine Works, which requires 20% of construction hours to be undertaken by a Racine resident.

Additionally, the building is being constructed to the LEED standard, which was created by the US Green Building Council to promote sustainability and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

TID 21

TID 21 was created in 2018 in anticipation of redevelopment of the site.

A TID earns money in the following way: The city sets a base value when the TID is created. As the property value increases due to the development, the difference between the base value and increased value is set aside for the developer.

The developer may then pledge the TID funds as security for financing.

In this case, TID 21 earned no money because it was a contaminated field that did not increase in value over the course of five years.

The $3.5 million in additional funding will be taken from TID 14, as allowed by the project plan.

TID 21 will begin to earn money once the development is underway.

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The plan for the building includes:

• A six story building with the top five floors intended for occupancy.
• The plan calls for 202 apartments and 201 parking spaces (111 structured and 90 surface). Public parking also will be available to residents.
• There will be solar installations on the roof and the surface parking lot.
• The company also is constructing a walk between Lake Avenue and the lakefront with a developed green space.

In Photos: Horlick’s Malted Milk

The first Horlick Food Co. building

The first Horlick Food Co. building, built by William and James Horlick, stood on the Northwestern Avenue site later occupied by Horlick Malted Milk Corp. and Haban Manufacturing.

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Horlick’s Malted Milk can

A Horlick’s Malted Milk can.

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William Horlick Sr.

William Horlick Sr., founder of Horlick’s Malted Milk, on board a ship loaded with cases of Horlick’s signature product for one of Rear Adm. Richard Byrd’s Antarctic expeditions. Byrd conducted five Antarctic expeditions from 1928 to 1956.

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Horlick’s Malted Milk magazine advertisement – June 1905

Racine-based Horlick’s Malted Milk company was an active advertiser, as seen in this June 1905 ad from Munsey’s Magazine, a weekly American magazine founded in 1889 by Frank A. Munsey as a “magazine of the people and for the people, with pictures and art and good cheer and human interest throughout.” At the time of this advertisement, Horlick’s operated branch distribution offices in London, England and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. A British factory was established in Slough, Bershire, England in 1908.

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Horlick’s Malted Milk Co. postcard, 1909

Circa-1909 advertising postcard shows Horlick Malted Milk Company’s Racine factory complex, 2100-2234 Northwestern Ave., and extols the many virtues of the company’s malted milk. The Gothic Revival-styled plan, still familiar to Racine residents today, is slated for a $100 million mixed-use redevelopment as Horlick District. A $12 million Phase One initiative now underway will see the May 2021 completion of the 60-unit market-rate and affordable housing Horlick Lofts at 2100 Northwestern Ave., and the Spring 2022 completion of the 84-unit market-rate housing Headquarters at Horlick , 2200 Northwestern Ave.

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Dec 12, 1918

An advertisement for Horlick’s Malted milk.

Horlick’s Malted Milk – “Lum & Abner” sponsorship on Mutual Broadcasting System

Long active in print advertising, Racine-based Horlick Malted Milk Co. was an early and active network radio advertiser, including Horlick’s 1934-37 exclusive sponsorship of Mutual Broadcasting Network’s comedy series “Lum and Abner,” starring Chester Lauck Ileft) as Clarence ” Lum” Edwards and Norris Goff (right) as Abner Peabody. As part of its sponsorship of the program, Horlick’s offered listeners a variety of Lum and Abner-themed promotions, including popular annual almanacs. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Horlick’s radio sponsorships had moved to the popular mutual action and adventure series “The Lone Ranger,” which enjoyed an audience of 20 million Americans.

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Horlick’s Malted Milk newspaper advertisement – June 1939

Racine-based Horlick’s Malted Milk Co, 2100-2234 Northwestern Ave., was a prolific newspaper and magazine advertiser, as seen in this June 1939 newspaper ad. The company was also an early advertiser on network radio in the 1930s and 1940s, sponsoring popular shows including “Lum and Abner” and “The Lone Ranger.”

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Horlick’s Malted Milk advertisement, October 1957

Over its long history, Horlick’s Malted Milk Company was a prolific advertising across a variety of mediums including newspapers, magazines, direct mail and radio. Pictured is a Horlick’s print ad from October 1957 promoting the company’s newly-introduced chocolate-flavored instant malted milk. Other flavors included natural and vanilla.

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Horlick’s Malted Milk ad, February 1969

Across its long history, Racine-based Horlick’s Malted Milk was a prolific print advertiser, as seen here in this February 1969 advertisement for Horlick’s instant chocolate-flavored malted milk. Horlicks, which long enjoyed a brisk retail business at the nation’s supermarkets and wholesale trade to soda fountains and lunch counters, saw its sales slide precipitously in the 1960s and 1970s as changing tastes saw consumers increasingly switch to soft drinks and flavored ice milk shakes at drive -ins and other fast food purveyors. Employing 300 in Racine at its peak, the local payroll had dwindled to 63 when Horlick’s Racine plant was closed by New Jersey-based parent Beecham, Inc. in March 1975. Said Beecham personnel director Donald Drescher of the decision to close the plant and wind down the Horlick’s brand, “It (malted milk) is simply not a popular drink anymore.” Horlick’s Racine plant and malted milk brand, which enjoyed a long and storied 1882-1975 run in the US, was doomed in large part by three consecutive years of “substantial losses” spurred by sharply rising commodity costs and an all-but-disappeared American market for malted milk products. Still produced abroad, Horlicks Malted Milk continues to be highly popular in Great Britain, Australia and India among other overseas markets. Today, Horlicks is available in the US from online retailers.

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Horlick’s Malted Milk – Racine plant auction ad, May 1975

After 93 years of production in Racine, New Jersey-based parent company Beecham, Inc., which bought Horlick’s US and British operations in 1969, on Jan. 5, 1975 announced the impending closure and wind-down of its Racine-based manufacturing operations , with the Northwestern Avenue factory ending operations in March. The move, which resulted in the loss of 62 Racine jobs, saw the demise of the time-honored Horlick’s Malted Milk brand in the US In this May 25, 1975 Journal Times ad, Chicago-based auctioneer Norman Levy & Co. advertised the upcoming June 5 auction of Horlick’s production equipment and office furnishings.

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MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has announced updates to its immunization requirements for children in childcare centers and schools.

The new requirements include updated guidelines for meningitis and whooping cough immunizations, and documentation of previous chickenpox infection by a qualified medical professional. There are no changes to the existing exemptions for medical, religious or philosophical reasons. Seasonal flu and COVID-19 vaccines are not mandatory but remain highly recommended.

Starting immediately, childcare centers must work with parents to ensure children have proper chickenpox vaccine documentation. At the same time, schools will implement the changes for the 2023-2024 school year. This update is in line with changes to Wisconsin’s immunization regulation (Wis. Admin. Code DHS 144) and Wisconsin Statutes chapter 227, effective Feb. 1, 2023. DHS will work with its partners to ensure a smooth implementation of these changes.

“These vaccines are already recommended for children, and today’s update improves their protection,” said DHS Deputy Secretary Deb Standridge. “Parents who choose to keep their children up to date on vaccines protect not only their own child’s health but also the health of those in their communities. Vaccines are safe and effective and are one of the strongest tools we have to prevent getting sick from diseases, which can be deadly, especially to young children. DHS encourages all parents to work with their child’s healthcare provider to ensure their child is up to date on immunizations.”

Parents and guardians can contact 211 for help finding a local provider or clinic or a Vaccines for Children program provider.

The Vaccines for Children program provides low or no-cost vaccines for eligible individuals. Parents and guardians can also contact their child’s primary doctor, healthcare provider, community clinic, local or tribal health department or check their child’s vaccination record online through the Wisconsin Immunization Registry.

Catching up on vaccinations

Vaccination rates for childcare centers and schools in Wisconsin have declined as parents and providers work to catch up on vaccinations that were put on hold during the pandemic.

According to data from the 2021-2022 school year, 88.7% of students in Wisconsin met the minimum immunization requirements, a 3.2% decrease from the previous year, while 3.3% of students were behind schedule on their vaccinations, a 0.4% increase from the prior year.

Wisconsin state law allows for immunization waivers for philosophical, religious and medical reasons.

dr Stephanie Schauer, immunization program manager at DHS, said the medical waivers have remained “fairly low,” but the philosophical reasons for parents opting not to vaccinate their children has been on the rise.

“Keep in mind that this isn’t just individuals who are waiving all vaccines,” she said. “If they waive even one vaccine, they are counted in that group. But nevertheless, we are seeing an increase and that probably is due to a number of different factors. But as you mentioned, it may be concerns about vaccines, and in that case, we certainly recommend talking with health care providers about their concerns.”

Useful Links Regarding Immunizations

• Click here to view Vaccine Information Statements.
• Click here to look up your child’s immunization record on the Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR).
• Click here to view WI School Immunization Requirements.

Vaccine recommendations by age – Images courtesy of the CDC

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RACINE, Wis. — Downtown Racine is seeing a lot of growth when it comes to new small businesses.

What You Need To Know

• Downtown Racine added 35 new businesses in 2022

• Grant funding helped some get off the ground

• They’re collaborating on efforts to help promote other businesses

• Only nine downtown businesses closed in 2022

According to data from the Downtown Racine Corporation, which works to promote business downtown, 35 new businesses opened up in 2022.

Their data also shows nine businesses closed downtown during that same time span.

While many small businesses continue to face economic challenges, it is a sign that things are looking up in downtown Racine.

Kelly Kruse serves as director of the Racine Downtown Corporation. Kruse said she is pleased to see growth in the city.

Kruse credits a variety of new business grants for the growth, but said there are other factors too.

She said downtown businesses are working together to cross-promote each other.

Hosting multiple events throughout the year that drive people to downtown also makes a big difference.

“Those are all meant so people have to walk up and down Main Street and 6th Street in order to enjoy the event, actually go into the stores,” said Kruse. “We want to make sure people are getting out and walking the streets and look in the windows and say, ‘I want to shop there.'”

Danae Vinson opened one of the 35 new businesses in town. Vinson owns Goddess Nail and Beauty Bar, which opened up shop in April 2022.

Vinson said she has appreciated how much businesses work together to promote downtown.

Vinson said she believes that the greater variety of businesses that exist, the more likely it is to drive people to the community.

“They can tell their patrons to come down here and get their nails done. I can send them to their bar and so it does help a lot to have surrounding businesses,” said Vinson.

Vinson received a local small business grant to help with starting her business. It’s something she said made a difference when generating capital to start the business.​

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CEDARVILLE, OH — Students were recently named to the fall 2022 Dean’s List at Cedarville University. Students receive this recognition for obtaining a 3.5 GPA or higher for the semester and carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours.

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• Luke Bowers, majoring in Finance

About Cedarville University

Located in southwest Ohio, Cedarville University is an accredited, Christ-centered, Baptist institution with an enrollment of 5,082 undergraduate, graduate, and dual-enrolled high school students in more than 175 areas of study.

Founded in 1887, Cedarville is one of the largest private universities in Ohio, recognized nationally for its authentic Christian community, rigorous academic programs, high graduation and retention rates, accredited professional and health science offerings, and the #4 national ranking by Wall Street Journal for student engagement.

For more information, visit Cedarville University online.

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RACINE, Wis. — Police identified the 74-year-old man who was killed in a house fire in Racine over the weekend as Johnnie Edison.

Racine Police Department’s public information officer said Edison’s relatives in Illinois were notified of his death.

Cell phone video captured the flames and smoke coming from a home on Woodland Avenue near Park High School early Sunday morning. Fire officials were dispatched shortly after 4 am with reports of people still in the home. Despite dealing with more than eight inches of snow, the fire department was able to make it on scene in less than four minutes.

“My fiancée woke me, shook me, and said, ‘Oh my God, there’s flames coming out of the roof of the house next door,'” neighbor Tom Stemple recalled. “I was scared that the other houses around it were gonna go up.”

Firefighters said they found Edison unresponsive on the first floor near the back of the home. He had been staying at the house temporarily with a married couple. Edison was taken to a local hospital but died despite life-saving efforts.

Authorities said another man who lives in the home ran across the street to have a neighbor call 9-1-1, then went back to get his wife who is wheelchair-bound.

The couple escaped and had to be hospitalized for their injuries. The wife was transferred to the Ascension Columbia-St. Mary’s Regional Burn Center in Milwaukee for smoke inhalation.

Firefighters stressed that a working smoke alarm was key to saving their lives and that people should check the device regularly.

“With his age and health and her age and health both being elderly, I don’t know if I’d been able to get out of the house unless there was something like that with the early warning,” Stemple said.

Stamp did not know Edison but said the husband and wife are great neighbors.

“You know where we live. You guys are good people. Anything we can do to help, anything you need, just ask, that’s all I gotta do. We’ll do everything we can make it happen for you,” Stemple said.

Racine fire officials say the fire started in the basement and they do not suspect foul play.

The estimated damage between the structure and contents of the house is more than $100,000.

Fire officials are working to determine if smoking or space heaters sparked the fire.

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RACINE, Ohio (WTAP) – A teacher at the Southern Local Junior High School in Racine, Ohio is under investigation by the district superintendent and the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office.

Captain Frank Stewart of the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that his department is in the middle of an investigation to determine whether criminal charges should be brought against junior high math teacher Adam Phillips.

Adam Phillips was previously the subject of disciplinary action in 2013 in the Green Local school district for “conduct unbecoming a licensed educator by allegedly failing to maintain appropriate teacher/student boundaries.”

The Southern Local School Board’s Vice President, Gary D. Evans, said that Phillips has been placed on administrative leave.

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Congratulations to Sophia Rampulla (’23), who reached 1,000 career points with a 3-point shot against Elkhorn on Jan. 26, 2023. After the shot (well beyond the 3-point line), Coach Rob Domagalski immediately called a timeout while the team immediately embraced Rampulla and celebrated with a banner and cake. By the end of the game, Rampulla had 1,011 career points with several games still to be played during her final high school season.

“The 1000 points is just an exclamation point on what Sophia has meant to the program and how she has made her teammates better. She is a great representative of our team, school, and community. I’m very proud of her.”

Rob Domagalski, UGHS Girls Basketball Coach

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This makes Rampulla the seventh player in school history to achieve this milestone. The six other players include Brooklyn Bull (’18), Angela Slattery (’21), Kaleigh Veltus (’07), Alyssa Thomas (’11), Janelle Shiffler (’17), and Aimee Wagner (’92).

Rampulla reflects on milestone

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I am very excited to have accomplished this goal of 1,000 career points. I couldn’t have done it without my teammates and coaches by my side through it all. I am beyond grateful for the overwhelming amount of love and support from my friends and family when hitting 1,000. One of my main reasons I love playing basketball is because of my family and friends. Knowing that you have people there supporting you, makes you want to work so hard and push yourself to do your best. I will be forever grateful for everyone that comes and supports me and Union Grove Girls Basketball .

Sophia Rampula

Rampulla has accepted a scholarship to play basketball and attend the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the Fall. She plans to study Business with an emphasis in Sports Management.

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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — After a snowfall blanketed Milwaukee on Saturday, Sunday residents were left to clean up the mess.

Driving around Milwaukee’s east side neighborhoods, CBS 58’s Ellie Nakamoto-White stopped and spoke with neighbors about how they were handling the aftermath.

Some were using snowblowers to clear the areas around their homes and driveways.

Others, like 88-year-old Alice Kehoe, were returning to the old-fashioned way of shoveling paths by their sidewalks.

“I’m actually enjoying it, well compared to these nasty, drizzly days,” Kehoe said. “Some years I’m sick and tired of shoveling every day but this is great, we finally have it.”

Roads were still slick in some parts, despite plows coming through multiple times.

Some cities like Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha and Greenfield also issued snow emergencies through the weekend.

The City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works released a statement requesting that drivers remember to park on alternate sides while the snow emergencies were in effect.

there is no parking allowed on arterials (main street) from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m and alternate side parking will be required on side streets from 10 pm to 6 am Posted street signs take precedence. Please read the street signs for winter parking instructions BEFORE YOU PARK.

Both Kenosha’s and Greenfield’s snow emergencies expired on Sunday, while Milwaukee’s and Racine’s continue through early Monday.