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Updated 11:50a to reflect identity.
Authorities have now identified the Country Thunder festival-goer who appears to have been struck by a lightning bolt overnight as a 22 year-old Illinois woman, Brittney Prehn.
Prehn had no identification and was... Read More
(WGTD)---A drunk who refused numerous offers of rides home, then drove off from the Kenosha bar where he’d spent most of New Year’s Day, crashing head-on into another vehicle, killing the driver, received a 13-year prison sentence Wednesday.
Friends and family of... Read More
(WGTD)---An iconic landmark just south of the state line in Wadsworth was heavily damaged by fire late Tuesday afternoon.
About a-quarter of the six-story Gold Pyramid House was "ruined," according to Gurnee Fire Dept. Battalion Chief David Douglass.
An 80... Read More
City officials in Racine are elated that a small, inner-city industry has not only agreed to stay but plans to build a larger plant.
Jacquet (jack-Kay’) will be moving across the street into the new South Side Industrial Park.
The two new buildings that it... Read More
(WGTD)---Drunk driving is drunk driving whether in a car, on a motorcycle or even riding a motorized bicycle.
It was the latter that a 58 year-old Franksville resident had been pedaling last night when he crashed into a ditch off of Durand Ave. in the Town of... Read More
New Teacher Residency Program Will Put Teachers In Classrooms Full-Time While Paying Them Salaries
(WPR)---The University of Wisconsin-Parkside and the Racine Unified School District are partnering up to address a special education teacher... Read More
(WGTD)---A man who’d been arrested once in connection with the death of a food pantry volunteer in Racine is being sought again after he was mistakenly released from jail.
Murder and robbery charges against 28 year-old Joseph Jackson were dismissed earlier this... Read More
Derrick Matthews, the brother of Donna Matthews, accepted a plea deal Monday for his involvement in the July 4th, 2016 murder of Michael Gayan. Derrick Matthews plead guilty to 2nd degree intentional homicide which carries a maximum sentence of 60 years in prison. The... Read More
Dale Peterson, author of "The Ghosts of Gombe."
Preview of the Racine Theater guild's production of "Peter the Star Catcher."
Jerry Torre, Tony Maietta- co-authors of "The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens.
C. W. Gortner, author of "The Romanov Empress"
Dr. Art Cyr, Carthage College- commentary on current events
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