Apr. 12, 2026 11:15
(WGTD)---A popular north side Kenosha tavern was heavily damaged by fire early Sunday morning.
According to the fire department, the alarm at the Kenosha Beer Gardens at 3501 14th Ave. was turned in around midnight.
The blaze destroyed a back deck and heavily damaged the rest of...
How an unlikely partnership led to a bike seat with a cult-like following in Elkhorn. Here's the WPR story.
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...
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...
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...
Apr. 10, 2026 6p
(WGTD)---Oddities in the defendant’s statements to others and a new take on the appearance of the body of the victim—a six year-old girl-- led authorities to charge the girl’s mother Friday with 1st Degree Intentional Homicide.
Bond for 33 year-old Christina Torchia was set at $1...
Apr. 10, 2026 5p
From Gateway Technical College:
Gateway Technical College has narrowed down its presidential applicant pool to four candidates, who will be on campus later this month to engage in a number of forums before a final selection is made.
Those finalists are:
Apr. 9, 2026 noon; Updated at 2:15 with new items; Updated 4-10 with train-related death
(WGTD)---Kenosha Police confirm that a four year-old was shot Tuesday in the 4000 blk. of 28th Ave. The child is hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and is in stable condition, police said. A 22 year...
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