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Kenosha County ADRC Offers Classes, House Visits to Help Seniors Develop Fall Prevention Strategies

(WGTD) - (VIDEO) One in four older adults will experience a fall that'll result in significant injury. Watch the discussion taped live at WGTD as part of the WGTD Morning Show hosted by Greg Berg.

KUSD Personnel Non-Renewals Set in Downsizing

Apr. 24, 2024 8:30p; correction on total number of employees--not fTEs.

(WGTD)---Kenosha Unified has been mostly able to avoid laying off long-term employees in its downsizing process that includes the closing of six schools.

At CNH, Dreams of Steady Employment Now ‘a Fairy Tale’

Apr. 24, 2024 3p

(WPR)---A year after workers won wage increases through a lengthy strike, the corporate owners of a 180-year-old farm equipment manufacturer in Racine County are laying off staff and shifting work to Mexico.

KUSD: Smoking in the Boys (And Girls) Room About to Get Harder

Apr. 23, 2024 12:25p

(WGTD)---Kenosha Unified is planning to use money from a class action lawsuit to buy dozens of devices that are designed to detect vaping by students in bathrooms.

Director Chosen for Kenosha County Food Bank

Apr. 20, 2024 1:30p

(WGTD)---A member of both the Racine City Council and the Racine County Board has been chosen to serve as executive director of the Kenosha County Food Bank.

Melissa Kaprelian will manage the initiative that serves as a clearinghouse for

Open House at Lincoln--a School Targeted for Repurposing--Draws a Large Crowd

Apr. 20, 2024 12:50p

(WGTD)---A series of commemorations designed to pay homage to the histories and past and present students and staff of Kenosha Unified schools that are about to be either closed or repurposed will continue next week.

City Seeks to Control Placement of Signs

Apr. 20, 2024 12:20p

(WGTD)---Not everybody got the message that the City of Kenosha is more forcefully starting to enforce an ordinance that prohibits the placing of signs in public right-of-ways.

Creativity & Cuteness Nets Cash for School and Potential Visit by Globetrotters

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UW State Funding Erosion; Enrollment and Birth Rate Declines Underscore Discussion on Future of Higher Ed

Apr. 19, 2024 2:30p

(WGTD)---Carthage College President John Swallow joined Jay Rothman, president of the Universities of Wisconsin, in lamenting the gradual erosion of state support for higher education in Wisconsin.

Democrat Peter Barca Announces Bid for Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District

Apr. 18, 2024 7:45p

(WPR/WGTD)---Democrat Peter Barca, a former state representative who served in Congress 30 years ago, announced a new congressional run Thursday.