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Racine Council to Vote on Loan Payment Extension

Sept. 13, 2026 1p; Edited at 8p

(WGTD)---The Racine City Council is expected to vote Tuesday to extend the terms of a delinquent $5 million city loan to the developers of Belle City Square, the multi-use development that sprung up from the vacant, historic buildings of the former Horlick Malted Milk...

Officers to be Honored for Their Work in Two Cases

Sept. 13, 2026 11:15a; Edited 8p

(WGTD)---Nearly a dozen law enforcement officers are expected to be honored by the Kenosha Police and Fire Commission Tuesday for their work in two separate cases. 

Retired police lieutenant John Demario, detectives Timothy Cepress and Eric Kukowski and state Justice...

More on Kenosha Pedestrian Fatality to be Released on Monday

Sept. 13, 2026 11a; Edited at 8p

(WGTD)---The Kenosha Police Department is expected to release details Monday on the circumstances surrounding the death of a pedestrian at a north side intersection Friday afternoon. 

A woman, believed to be 56, was killed when she was struck by a pickup at Washington...

Brawl Follows a Racine Soccer Match

Sept. 11, 2026 4:45p

(WGTD)---An incident at a Racine soccer match Thursday evening that began with a disruptive spectator who'd been drinking led to a full-scale brawl involving several dozen people.

The game--between St. Catherine's and Milwaukee Pius--was being played at Pritchard Park.

According to...

25th Anniversary of 911 to be Remembered in a Variety of Ways

Sept. 10, 2026 9:30p

(WGTD)---Several events commemorating the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11th will be held in the WGTD listening area Friday

Among them is a ceremony that'll take place at Gateway Technical College's HERO Center in Burlington which hosts a monument that...

Solis' DV Case Does Not Result in Charges

Sept. 10, 2026 8:45p

(WGTD)---The appointment of a special prosecutor in a domestic violence case that involved Kenosha County District Attorney Xavier Solis has not resulted in any charges. 

A resident of the Bristol neighborhood where the 47 year-old Solis lives called 911 the evening of July 19th...

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