Nov. 12, 2026 noon
From WGTD News:
The Union Grove High School district administrator who's been charged with two counts of possession of child pornography waived his preliminary hearing in Kenosha Court Thursday and pleaded not guilty. A pretrial hearing for 51 year-old Thomas Johnson was scheduled for Jan. 4th. Authorities began investigating Johnson after receiving a report that Johnson had questionable photos on his phone. Following Thursday's court proceeding, defense attorney Pat Cafferty declined to comment on information contained in the criminal complaint indicating that somebody from the Racine County Sheriff's Office had met with Johnson before the formal investigation was launched. Speculation is that employee may have been Sheriff's Capt. Cary Madrigal who's on administrative leave for an unspecified reason.
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Kenosha County authorities are trying to determine whether a 57 year-old man who died in a single-vehicle accident Wednesday had suffered a medical emergency before the crash. Brian D. Nielsen's SUV left Highway 45 Wednesday morning, entered the ditch line and struck a tree. He died later at a hospital.
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Speaking on Wisconsin Today, state Assembly Speaker Greta Neubauer said she and her Democratic party colleagues don't intend to shut minority Republicans out of the governing process as she alleged they did with Democrats when Democrats were in the minority. Neubauer--from Racine--said voters expect legislators to collaborate, and that the state is still very much 'purple' despite the results of last week's election which flipped control of both houses of the legislature from Republican to Democrat. Neubauer is the first female in the state's history to hold the position of Assembly speaker.
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State Senator Bob Wirch will hold his first listening session since last week's election on Friday. He'll be available at the north side library in Kenosha from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. The Kenosha Democrat is interested in hearing opinions from the public on state and local issues.
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