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UGHS is seeking to purchase 80 acres from Daniel Riedel so it can expand the high school campus and facilities, and that process likely will be resolved in court through eminent domain.

Racine County Circuit Court Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz ruled that Daniel Riedel is entitled to have Union Grove High School cover his attorney and expert costs associated with the school district’s ongoing condemnation of 80 acres of Riedel’s land.

Work began earlier this year to make the high school — which has about 1,000 students — more safe, spacious and accessible.

UGHS is seeking to purchase 80 acres from Daniel Riedel so it can expand the high school campus and facilities.

A Jan. 20 hearing will determine how much property owner Daniel Riedel could receive from the school, which is trying to acquire 80 acres of his land.

UGHS is seeking to purchase 80 acres from Daniel Riedel so it can expand the high school campus and facilities.

UGHS is seeking to purchase 80 acres from Riedel so it can expand the high school campus and facilities.

In September 2025, a judge ruled Riedel was entitled to have UGHS cover his attorney and expert costs associated with the district’s ongoing condemnation of 80 acres of Riedel’s land.

The high school is seeking to acquire 80 acres from Daniel Riedel via eminent domain.

However, district cannot acquire the 80 acres until it has paid $2.4 million to the Racine County Clerk of Circuit Court and received a court order.