Mar. 30, 2026 8:15p; Updated at 10p with information from the Kenosha County District Attorney
(WGTD)---DNA recovered from beneath the fingernails of a 1977 Kenosha murder victim led to an arrest Monday.
James Terry Fowler, who was a 19 year-old recruit at the nearby Great Lakes Naval Training Center...
March 29, 2026 8:30p
(WGTD)---The city and county are pointing fingers at each other in the case of the omission of the Racine municipal judge's race on spring ballots that were prepared for mailing.
In a news release, the city says it discovered the omission last Wednesday. Although Municipal Judge...
Mar. 28, 2026 10a
From WGTD News:
An Illinois man who purportedly admitted to smoking marijuana before getting into a crash in Burlington this week that killed his girlfriend has been charged with vehicular homicide by the use of a controlled substance. According to the criminal complaint, 31 year-old...
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Mar. 28, 2026 9:15a
(WGTD)---State aid for Wisconsin’s public schools is inadequate and the funding formula is confusing to the public. That's the consensus among area school superintendents, school board members and teachers who expressed growing frustration over the situation at a roundtable...
Mar. 26, 2026 11:30a
(WGTD)---When meeting with students, Racine Park High School guidance counselor Jeff Wilkins stresses the importance of volunteerism and taking on leadership roles when given the opportunity.
Jeff--our newest Education Matters co-host--brought on two like-minded individuals for...
Mar. 24, 2026 11:15p
(WGTD)---Sounding as defiant as ever, conservative activist Harry Wait expressed no remorse following his conviction in Racine Court Tuesday night on election fraud and identity theft charges.
Deliberating over three hours, a jury convicted Wait of two misdemeanors and one felony...
Mar. 23, 2026 9:15p
From WGTD News:
A jury trial for the Union Grove man charged with identity theft and election fraud for requesting absentee ballots in other people's names in 2022 is to continue in Racine Court Tuesday. Harry Wait admitted from the start that he took the wrongful actions in order...
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