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Briefs: Evers Tours Pfizer Plant Here; More on Sheskey; COVID Data Q's

WGTD April 15, 2021

Apr., 15, 2021 8p

From WGTD News:

Gov. Evers toured the Pfizer distribution facility in Pleasant Prairie Thursday, It’s just one of two Pfizer centers in the country that are funneling doses of the COVID-19 vaccines to sites...

Willing Wilmot & Central High School Students to Receive Vaccinations

WGTD April 13, 2021

Apr. 13, 2021 10:45p

(WGTD)---There's a new assessment of where things stand on the COVID vaccination front from Kenosha Public Health Director Jen Freiheit.

"We definitely have reached the people that are very eager to get vaccinated--the people...

KABA Speaker Urges Group to Address Equity Issues

WGTD April 13, 2021

Apr. 13, 2021 10:15p

(WGTD)---At the annual meeting of the Kenosha Area Business Alliance Tuesday, the usual statistical review of business development data from the past year shared the spotlight with calls for the organization to address equity issues...

KPD Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake Reinstated; Blake Family Reacts

WGTD April 13, 2021

Apr. 13, 2021 4:15p; Updated 11:15p

(WGTD)---The family of Jacob Blake is reacting to news that the police officer who shot Blake in the back and side seven times last summer, sparking an outcry that led to violence and destruction, has been reinstated...

Vaccine Issues Force Cancelation of Kenosha Clinic; More COVID News

WGTD April 12, 2021

Apr. 12, 2021 8:15p; Updated 4-13 10:30a

(AP/WGTD)---A COVID vaccination clinic at Grace Lutheran Church in Kenosha was among those clinics canceled Tuesday because of problems with Johnson & Johnson's vaccine.

The U.S. is recommending a "pause...

HARIBO Makes New Friends at Carthage College With Scholarship Fund

WGTD April 8, 2021

Apr. 8, 2021 10:30p

(WGTD)---Candy-maker HARIBO hasn’t even begun production yet in Pleasant Prairie, but the German company has already become a leading corporate citizen in the Kenosha area.

The company unveiled its fifth large-scale donation...

Among Tuesday's Losers: Judicial Diversity

WGTD April 7, 2021

Apr. 7, 2021 9:30p

(WGTD)---The defeat of two minority candidates in separate judicial races in Kenosha County Tuesday means there won’t be any persons of color on the bench in circuit courts in either Kenosha, Racine or Walworth counties anytime soon....