News Archive

Emails Show Some EPA Staff Objected to a Ruling That Benefited Foxconn

May 28, 2019 9:45p

(WPR)---Recently released emails show staff with the Environmental Protection Agency objected to limiting areas of southeastern Wisconsin that would fall under tougher standards to reduce ground-level ozone pollution.

Antaramian Said to be Doing "Fine" After Heart Attack

May 28, 2019 12:05p; Corrected at 10:05p to show that St. Peter's visit was Tuesday--not Monday. 

(WGTD)---City Administrator Ed St. Peter said he visited Mayor John Antaramian in his hospital room Tuesday morning, and that the mayor is "doing fine"

Cries For Help Trigger a Search of a Kenosha County Wildlife Area

May 27th, 2019 4:10p

(WGTD)---Sheriff's deputies, police officers and firefighters spent part of Memorial Day searching for someone possibly in need of help in the New Munster Wildlife Area.

Spate of Kenosha County Overdose Deaths Concern Officials

May 26, 2019  8: 20p 

(WGTD)---Three people died of suspected drug overdoses in Kenosha County in a single day this weekend.

"It's highly concerning that we had three suspected overdose deaths within such a short time span," said Kenosha

Bart Starr, Green Bay Packers Quarterback And 'Ice Bowl' Hero, Dies At 85

May 26, 2019 7:20p 

(NPR)---Legendary Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr died Sunday in Birmingham, Ala. He was 85 years old.

Starr, who played for the Packers from 1956 to 1971, was the first quarterback in history to win five NFL

Deadly Shooting in Racine Wednesday Night

May 23, 2019

Timeline Released in Cheddar Restaurant Shooting Responses

(WGTD)---Possibly in reaction to online complaints from the relatives of the victim, authorities have released a timeline of first responder arrivals in the shooting death of a 19-year-old man at Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen Monday night. 

Khaled Alchaar was

Parkway Beautification Projects Now Legal in Kenosha

(WGTD)---Gardeners in Kenosha with a creative flair who plant things in parkways—that skinny strip of land between the street and sidewalk—can breathe easier.

The practice is now legal, after the City Council voted 12-2 Monday night to adopt an ordinance that

Racine Judge Michael Piontek Suspended by State Supreme Court

Updated 4p

(AP, WGTD)---The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended Racine County Judge Michael Piontek for 5 days without pay citing “concerning” and “obviously unethical” behavior.

A Fatal Fire in Racine Tuesday Morning

One person died in an early morning house fire on Coolidge Avenue in Racine on Tuesday. Sergeant Adam Malacara---from the Racine Police Department---said the body of the victim was badly burned and a positive identification has not yet been made.