Nov. 12, 2025 4:00p
(WGTD)---A man accused of killing his live-in girlfriend in Racine Monday was a registered sex offender who had just moved to Wisconsin from South Dakota.
46-year-old Benjamin Chipps is facing a charge of 1st Degree Intentional Homicide. The victim was identified by family as Joyce...
Nov. 10, 2025 7:30p
From WGTD News:
The City of Racine has recorded another homicide, this one domestic-related. Monday morning at 8:30, police and rescue responded to a home in the 1700 blk. of Holmes Ave. on a report of a woman who was not breathing. According to a news release, the woman was found...
Nov. 9, 2025 6p
(WGTD)---A Carthage College professor who's been described as having the heart of a preacher and the mind of a scholar has been appointed to a new position to lead the college in discussions of various social issues, including inequity.
Julias Crump has been appointed to the Rev...
Nov. 9, 2025 10a
(WGTD)---A Chinese-based company that at one point announced plans to build a battery manufacturing plant in Indiana is in discussions with Mt. Pleasant.
Meeting in closed session Monday night, the Mt. Pleasant Village Board is expected to discuss a "potential development agreement"...
Nov. 8, 2025 8:15p
(WGTD)---Former Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian was the topic of discussion for a time at a Racine City Council budget meeting this past week.
Antaramian is at the tail end of a $3,000 a month contract to consult on various redevelopment projects for Racine.
Eliminating the...
Nov. 8, 2025 7p; Edited 8:30p
(WGTD)---A gap in the off-road bike trail between Milwaukee and Chicago will be partially filled thanks to a surprise $5.6 million federal grant to the City of Kenosha.
The grant will pay for the lion's share of extending the multi-use trail from 35th St. on the city's...
Nov. 8, 2025 6:40p
(WGTD)---Long meetings and at times heated discussions characterized the budget process in the City of Racine this year.
The city council capped its work on next year’s budget this past week with an 8-5 vote in support of the plan put forth by Mayor Cory Mason.
Alder Sandy Weidner...
Nov. 7, 2025 11a
(WGTD)---A Williams Bay attorney with experience in private practice, the Walworth County District Attorney's Office and the state Justice Department has been appointed by Gov. Evers to fill a vacancy on the Walworth County bench.
Samuel Berg will replace the retiring Judge David...
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