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Tuesday Night: Heads-Up for Strong Storms
4-13-2026 8p
NWS--Storms will develop Tuesday afternoon and evening, bringing very large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes. Storms will transition to a line overnight, bringing damaging winds and isolated tornadoes.
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Racine County High School Wins Legal Fight for 80 Acres of Farmland
'It's extremely disappointing that this has got to this point': Daniel Riedel bought 116 acres of farmland in Union Grove in 2004. Click for the WPR story.
Nearly 100 Year-Old Kenosha Tavern Damaged by Fire
Apr. 12, 2026 11:15a; Updated at 7:15p; Updated 4-13
(WGTD)---The cause and origin of a fire that heavily damaged a north side Kenosha neighborhood tavern remained under investigation Monday.
Firefighters were dispatched Sunday at 12:34 a.m. to Kenosha Beer Gardens at 3501 14th Ave., according to a...
Made in Wisconsin: Selle Anatomica Leather Bike Saddles
How an unlikely partnership led to a bike seat with a cult-like following in Elkhorn. Here's the WPR story.
Two Social Service-Related Agencies Team Up to Create Operational Efficiencies
Apr. 11, 2026 noon
(WGTD)---The six year-old Kenosha County Food Bank has teamed up with a long-time social service organization in the area.
The Racine Kenosha Community Action Agency has signed on to perform some operational tasks for the Food Bank, including making deliveries and writing grants.
In...
Fired Bradford Coach and Security Aide Speaks Out
Apr. 10, 2026 7:30p
(WGTD)---Monte Nelson wishes social media had never been invented.
The Bradford high school security aide and assistant girls’ basketball coach was fired earlier this year under the district’s policy of progressive discipline for continued violations of KUSD’s communications policy...
Microsoft Fields Data Center Noise Complaints At Public Meeting
Apr. 10, 2026 7p
(WGTD)---Microsoft says it's investigating complaints that rooftop coolers on its about-to-open data center in Mt. Pleasant are already keeping people up at night.
Christopher Pierangeli lives in a subdivision about three-quarters of a mile east of the company's first-in-a-series of...
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