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Solar Project to be Contemplated by the Racine School Board

July 6, 2025 8:30p

(WGTD)---Racine Unified might expand its solar footprint. 

Four schools that are currently part of the 2020 facilities expansion referendum would be in line for solar installations under a proposal to be discussed by the school board Monday night. They are Case, Goodland Montessori...

Reaction From RUSD and KUSD to Tentative State Budget Deal

July 2, 2025 3:30p

(WGTD)---School districts in Wisconsin continue to assess the impact of state and federal budget decisions. 

In Racine Unified, the tentative state budget will give the district in each of the next two years an extra $7 million or so in special education funding from the state. But...

Evers, Legislature, Reach Tentative Budget Agreement, Gov Says

July 1, 2025 6:30a

(WPR)---A tentative bipartisan deal between Gov. Tony Evers and Republican leaders in the state Legislature calls for billions in new spending on public schools, child care and state universities, along with income tax cuts worth more than $1 billion. 

Evers announced the agreement...

Kenosha Police: 5 Arrested in Connection With Building Fire

June 30, 2025 2:45p

(WGTD)---Five teenagers were arrested for allegedly starting a fire Sunday evening that caused heavy damage to a vacant industrial building on Kenosha's north side. 

According to a news release from the police department, witnesses heard what sounded like fireworks being shot off...

First Choice Pre-Apprenticeship Program's Ola Baiyewu Honored

June 29, 2025 6:45p

(WGTD)---A man responsible for putting hundreds of low-income Racine area residents to work in family supporting jobs was honored last week. 

Ola Baiyewu founded the First Choice Pre-Apprenticeship Program in 2006. Since then, over 1,500 people have gone through the six-week...

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