Lieutenant Governor visits Shoreland, highlights recent grant
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Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez toured Shoreland Lutheran High School following the award of a grant from the Lieutenant Governor STEM Scholarship Program. Paul Scriver, the president of the school, shows her around a STEM classroom.Â
ROSE ANDROWICH, KENOSHA NEWS
Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez tries a Microsoft flight simulator in one of Shoreland's STEM classrooms, with Tim Mielke, the STEM Academy director at Shoreland, assisting.
SOMERS — Shoreland Lutheran High School has been awarded a $500 grant from the National Lt. Governors Association's STEM Scholarship Program for more flight simulators in the classroom.
A proposed 49-acre truck dealership has cleared its first hurdle to development in Somers. The dealership, which would be located at 1914 120th Ave. west of Interstate 94, was advanced to the Plan Commission by the Somers Intergovernmental Commission on Tuesday.
Property owners on 95 parcels in the village can soon expect to pay nearly $1.6 million in special assessments to help fund a $3.6 million water main project planned for two segments along 12th Street (Highway E).
Golden Oil, a petroleum company, first bought the property for its new Somers Market fueling station at 11302 12th St. in 2021. Development of other businesses planned for the plaza followed and all of them were opened to the public for the first time on Wednesday, Jan. 14.
The Village of Somers has posted a busy year of growth and development in 2025. It continues to work with several developers looking to bring new housing to the village.
On December 9, the Somers Village Board received community survey results showing a majority of Somers residents would support a $1,300,000 increase to the property tax levy to fund an additional eight full-time fi refi ghter/paramedics to improve fi re and emergency medical services.
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez toured Shoreland Lutheran High School following the award of a grant from the Lieutenant Governor STEM Scholarship Program. Paul Scriver, the president of the school, shows her around a STEM classroom.Â
Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez tries a Microsoft flight simulator in one of Shoreland's STEM classrooms, with Tim Mielke, the STEM Academy director at Shoreland, assisting.
