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Alleged Con Artist Scams Hospital

Dec. 19, 2023 8p

(WGTD)---It’s a crazy scheme that—by judging from the evidence—apparently worked, to a certain degree, at least up until this week in Mt. Pleasant.

Jockey Vows That It Won't Abandon Lincoln Middle School Students Despite Closure

Dec. 14, 2023 9:00p; Edited 12-15 1a

Lincoln Students, Parents, Staff and Alumni Rally in Support of School

Dec. 13, 2023 10p

(WGTD)---Heart-felt comments from students at staff at Lincoln Middle School in Kenosha touched a nerve among some school board members, but they weren’t enough to keep the board from closing the inner-city school as part of a district-

Elkhorn Area School District To Consider Changing Policy After A Parent Challenges over 400 Titles

Dec. 13, 2023 8:30p

(WPR)---In what the superintendent said may be the largest student reading material challenge in the nation, 444 books have been taken out of circulation in the Elkhorn Area School District.  

Kenosha School Board Narrowly Votes to Accept Downsizing Plan

Dec. 13, 2023 12:20a; Updated 12-13 with quotes

Kenosha City Administrator John Morrissey Plans to Run for County Board

Dec. 10, 2023 9:15a

(WGTD)---On the list of candidates running for a seat on the Kenosha County Board, there's one name in particular that you wouldn't expect to see: That of Kenosha City Administrator John Morrissey. 

Score 1 for Racine's Festival Park

Dec. 8, 2023 2:40p

UW, Vos Reach Compromise on DEI, Employee Pay

Dec. 8, 2023 2:15p

(WPR)---The Universities of Wisconsin and Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos have reached a deal in the months-long blockade of pay raises for around 34,000 employees aimed at cutting campus diversity, equity and inclusion programs

Raymond School Board Declines to Renew Peterson Contract

Dec. 7, 2023 7:30p

(WPR)---Raymond School Principal Jeff Peterson attended Raymond Elementary as a child. 

After he got his first-ever teaching job at the same school he grew up in, he said it was a life goal of his to serve in a higher role

Coalition Organizer: Operating Referendum in KUSD's Future

Dec. 6 2023 12:15p

(WGTD)---An organizer for a Kenosha citizens’ group that’s fighting for educational reforms says he’s convinced that sooner or later voters in Kenosha Unified will be asked to approve a referendum authorizing the district to exceed