7,000 square foot Racine mansion hits the auction block Tuesday!

RACINE (WITI) -- A Racine mansion could be yours if you have a few million dollars to spare!The mansion is 7,000 square feet, and sits on Racine's lakefront.It has five bedrooms and four bathrooms, and a secret doorway to a wine cellar.The owners are leaving it up to the market to decide the home's worth, so it's being auctioned off on Tuesday, November 18th.There isn't a minimum bid, but you do need a $100,000 check in order to register.

Firefighters battle house fire on 8 Mile Road in Town of Norway

RACINE COUNTY (WITI) -- Fire crews from several departments on Thursday, November 6th responded to a house fire in the Town of Norway.The Racine County Sheriff's Office says the Racine County Communication Center received several calls regarding a house fire on W. 8 Mile Road around 11 a.m.When Racine County Sheriff’s Deputies arrived on scene the home was heavily involved.

Bizarre series of events spurs police standoff in Racine

RACINE (WITI) -- A series of events on Saturday spurred a standoff lasting several hours in Racine.Police swarmed the area near Russett Street and Victory Avenue Saturday afternoon, while neighbors looked on, trying to piece together the narrative of what caused the chaos."His dog proceeded to soil my grass and I asked him you are going to pick that up because I don't want that sitting on my grass," said Kim Polk, neighbor.Kim Polk lives diagonal from the man at the center of this story.

21-year-old robbed at gunpoint by two men in Racine

RACINE (WITI) -- Sunday evening, October 26th, at approximately 5:51 p.m., the Racine County Communications Center received a call from a man who stated he was robbed at gunpoint by two men.The victim, a 21-year-old man from Racine, state he was walking in the alley in the 2100 block of Racine Street, when he was confronted by two men who pointed a handgun at him and demanded his property.

A tough fire fight: Newspaper carrier sees vacant home on fire in Racine & alerts fire crews

RACINE (WITI) -- Fire officials in Racine say an alert newspaper carrier noticed a vacant home on fire early Sunday morning, August 31st, and called 911.It was around 4:30 a.m. Sunday when the newspaper carrier discovered fire at a home on Racine's near north side.Fire officials responded to the vacant, two-story home in the 1800 block of Geneva Street.There, firefighters encountered compromised floors that eventually burned away in the areas of the first and second floor.Fire officials say due to burned away structural components, portions of walls and floors were observed to have moved as much as 18 inches while crews were on scene.It took about 45 minutes for fire crews to extinguish this fire.No one was injured.Damage is estimated at $50,000.The cause of the fire remains under investigation.