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 27, 2026 11p
(WGTD)---A draft news release announcing that 5K Events was pulling out of its agreement with the City of Racine to manage Festival and Memorial halls is apparently what prompted the city administrator to entertain a proposal from a potential alternative vendor.
The release—submitted...
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"40 years ago today (May 27, 1986) was my first day at WGTD. Forty years later. I still love this work as much as ever- and I’m very grateful to have been able to do this for all these years. I’m pretty sure i don’t have another forty years in me, but I wouldn’t mind continuing to do...
May 27, 2026 9:45p
From WGTD News:
The Kenosha Historic Preservation Commission is scheduled to meet in a closed session Thursday evening to discuss the next steps in the effort to save the former Eagles Club building. A burst water pipe two winters ago caused so much damage that the owners of the...
May 26, 2026 10:30a
From WGTD News:
A Salem Lakes man whose felony murder charge was dropped in a plea bargain got a much harsher sentence than he was expecting. 32 year-old Anthony Kanabay had been expecting probation with time served. Instead, Judge Jodi Meier handed down a sentence of two years in...
May 26, 2026 9:30p
(WGTD)---A thorny contract dispute between the City of Racine and 5K Events—the management company that’s been given credit for revitalizing city-owned Festival and Memorial halls—was taken up in a nearly three-hour-long city council meeting Tuesday night.
In the end, Mayor Cory...
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...
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