Heavy machinery is on the ground, and a silt fence has gone up at the site of a proposed 12-lot subdivision on Pioneer Road — even as a lawsuit challenging the land’s sale heads toward a September trial.
Jim Freck, who lives near the proposed Riverland Meadows development, brought emails, court documents, and other information to TMJ4’s Let’s Talk community listening session last week to raise the alarm. TMJ4 has since obtained copies of the court documents directly from the Ozaukee County Circuit Clerk.
“We certainly don’t need another subdivision in our area, but it’s beyond our control,” Freck said.
Jim’s neighbors, the Kemp family, filed suit late last year. The Kemps farmed the land as an extension of their own operation from 2020 until their lease expired at the end of 2025. Dan Kemp said the land was critical to the future of the family farm owned by his parents, Michael and Brenda…