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Thousands Without Power in Kenosha

July 27, 2026 8:45p 

(WGTD)---The dinner crowd was absent at the normally busy Spot late Monday afternoon---it was one of many businesses that were forced to close as the result of a power outage due to the weather. 

While the Menasha and Appleton areas suffered terrible devastation Monday, Kenosha recorded the largest number of We Energies-supplied homes and businesses that lost power. 

At sunset, over 20,000 customers in the city itself were still offline.

Most of the problems occurred as a result of the second line of storms that came through later in the afternoon that featured gusty winds and torrential rainfall. 

Altogether, the Kenosha Regional Airport reported a rainfall total of 2.8 inches. The sewage treatment plant at the lakefront reported 2.66.  

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