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Foxconn's Next Challenge: Fulfill Promises Made To County Taxpayers

Oct. 24, 2020 9:30a

(WPR)---Three years after committing to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and create 13,000 jobs in Wisconsin, Foxconn has fallen short on those promises. Now, the company has three years to deliver on another commitment

Kunes Auto Group Makes Big Gateway Technical College Donation

Oct. 24, 2020 8:35a

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Waukegan Cop Who Fired Into Vehicle, Killing a Passenger, is Fired

Oct. 23, 2020 noon; Updated 10-24 8:15a

(NPR/AP)---A Waukegan police officer who shot a Black couple inside a vehicle has been fired after committing "multiple policy and procedure violations," according to Waukegan's police chief. 

Buttigieg Campaigns For Biden at a Get-Out-The-Vote Event in Racine

Oct. 22, 2020 6:45p

(WGTD)---Voters in Wisconsin have a greater degree of influence over the outcome of the presidential election than voters in nearly every other state. That's because Wisconsin is one of a handful of states considered political

Parkside, Carthage, Join Coalition Dedicated to Erasing Achievement Gap

Oct. 21, 2020 9p

(WGTD)---Carthage College, UW-Parkside and two other schools in southeast Wisconsin have formed a coalition to increase the number of minority students that graduate with degrees or certificates. The announcement was made Wednesday.

Prosecutor: Blake and Ex-Girlfriend Purportedly Had A Long History of Police Interactions Prior to the Aug. 23rd Police Shooting

Oct. 21, 2020 10:35a; Updated at 3:10 with court hearing details. 

(WGTD)---Plea negotiations are underway in the May 3rd domestic violence case against Jacob Blake, the 29-year-old Kenosha man who was shot in the back by Kenosha police during

Domestic Violence Cases Increase During the Pandemic

Oct. 20, 2020 11:20p

(WGTD)---Some domestic violence experts are calling it a pandemic within a pandemic: An increase in domestic violence cases has accompanied the surge in COVID-19 and the resultant higher unemployment rates.

"Erotic Drip Sip-N-Paint' Goes Down the Drain

Oct. 20, 2020 10:25p

Search for Missing Pleasant Prairie Boy Ends Safely

Oct. 20, 2020 11:05a

(WGTD)---A four-year-old boy from Pleasant Prairie who'd been missing since July has been found in Michigan.

Azariah Petrick, as suspected, had been in the company of his father, who's now in police custody. 

Kenosha Council: Appointments Questioned; Cabaret Changes Okayed

Oct. 20, 2020 9:30a

(WGTD)---The Kenosha City Council Monday night approved the mayoral appointments of two men to top positions at city hall. But the vote wasn’t unanimous, and was preceded by debate.