May 11, 2026; Updated 5-13
WGTD's Lake Geneva translator (103.3 FM) is off the air until mid-June.
The Lake Geneva Utility water tower where our antennae is located is being repainted. The project requires that we temporarily remove our equipment.
May 23, 2026 9:30a
(WGTD)---A Salem Lakes man is expected to be sentenced Tuesday on drug, bail jumping and battery charges in a case that drew attention because of an unusual public disagreement among prosecutors on whether the most serious charge the man faced--felony murder--should be dismissed.
De...
May 23, 2026 8:45a
(WGTD)---The Racine School Board is continuing to debate how--or if--to make the state's new mandate against student use of cell phones in classrooms stronger.
At a meeting last week, administration laid out some options. They include having students put their phones in a storage...
May 23, 2026 8:30a
(WGTD)---The discussion is expected to continue at Tuesday night's Kenosha School Board meeting on whether to hold another referendum this November.
Without gaining voters' approval to exceed state-mandated levy limits, the district in the next school year, without any additional...
May 22, 2026 6:30p
(WGTD)---For dozens of Gateway students, graduates and staff, and for others associated with the Pritzker War Museum and Library in Somers, this Memorial Day will be remembered as one in which plans were being gelled for the installation of an important exhibit.
“Above and Beyond”...
The FabLab Show: Guest Scott English - President & C.E.O. Of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library discussing upcoming events at the museum and a special art installment in partnership with Gateway Technical College. Click for the show.
May 21, 2026 11:20p
(WGTD)---Kenosha Unified is tired of being blamed for high property taxes.
Turns out that a good chunk of the district's $95 million tax levy doesn't go to Kenosha Unified after all.
According to KUSD documents, $7.5 million went to fund private schools through the voucher program...
May 21, 2026 6:15p
(WGTD)---Construction could begin as early as this fall on "The Helmsman"---the seven-story, 212-unit apartment building that's to complement the nearby "Karrick" in downtown Kenosha.
With the five-story, 158-unit Karrick apartment building over half full, the developers are moving...
May 20, 2026 8:40p
(WGTD)---A contract dispute between Racine and the company that runs Festival Hall and Memorial Hall for the city boiled over at a city council meeting this week.
5K Events owner Patrick Flynn accused the city of bad-faith bargaining on a contract extension. "For five months our...
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