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About Face: KSB Delays a Funding Referendum Until Next April

June 23, 2026 11:15p 

(WGTD0---The Kenosha School Board got cold feet Tuesday night and pulled a tentative proposal to hold a funding referendum in November.

Earlier this year, Superintendent Jeff Weiss recommended that the board consider scheduling a referendum for this fall---but only after giving...

Apology Issued for Bridge Mishap

June 23, 2026 8p

(WGTD)---The Racine bridgetender who disrupted the annual Lighthouse Run by opening a bridge on the race route not once but twice during the race is facing disciplinary action.

In a news release, city officials apologized to the organizers and participants of the Saturday race through...

Car Pulled Out of a Pleasant Prairie Retention Pond; Driver Swims to Shore

June 22, 2026 4:10p

(WGTD)---Pleasant Prairie Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding a driver who wound up in a LakeView Corporate Park retention pond.

Firefighters were called to a pond located just north of the former Jelly Belly retail store Sunday night around 10. They...

Mini-Bikes, Scooters, Electric Bicycles, Create Headaches for Police

June 19, 2026 11a

(WGTD)---Kenosha Police Chief Patrick Patton is looking for help from the state to develop new rules and regulations to address problems associated with a growing array of smaller, faster and more affordable mini-bikes, pedal bikes, scooters and the like.

A fatal mini-bike crash...

Downtown Bicycle Racing in Racine & Kenosha this Friday and Saturday

June 17, 2026 8p

(WGTD)---Some downtown streets in both Racine and Kenosha will be transformed into high-speed bicycle racing tracks this week. 

America’s Dairyland Bike Race Series will stop in Racine on Friday and in Kenosha on Saturday. The last time races occurred in downtown Racine, according to...

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