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Graduation by Car: Drive-Thru Commencement Ceremonies Begin in KUSD
June 11, 2020 9:30p; Updated 6-12 with photo identifier
(WGTD)---The first of eight COVID-19-altered graduation ceremonies to be held in Kenosha Unified took place Thursday. eSchool graduates kicked things off, then it was Harborside Academy’s turn
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Vos Takes Heat For Linking 'Immigrant Culture' To COVID-19 Outbreak
June 11, 2020 6:50p
(WPR)---Less than 24 hours after a recording became public of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos blaming a coronavirus outbreak in Racine County on "immigrant culture," critics have responded with calls for the GOP leader to resign or
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VIDEO: Hate Crime Charges Filed in Racial Confrontation; Evidence Includes Video
June 11, 2020 6:40p
(WGTD)---As discussion over racism heats up in the wake of the in-police-custody death of George Floyd, a 78-year-old Pleasant Prairie man has been charged with hate crimes for cursing at an African-American woman, and
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Virus Test Mess; Police Reforms in Racine; 2nd Downtown Kenosha Market
June 10, 2020 10:15p
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Kenosha Co. Health Dept. Dir. Laments Lack of Cooperation in Covid-19 Fight
June 9, 2020 10p
(WGTD)---A disturbing admission from the director of the Kenosha County Health Department as she leads the battle to get people to do their part to rein in the spread of coronavirus. Says Jen Freiheit: "The culture has changed in the
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Racine Food Cooperative Ends Effort to Build a Store
June 9, 2020 9:30p
(WGTD)---A non-profit that dedicated itself to trying to fill a food desert in Racine is abandoning its effort to open a brick-and-mortar store near the Racine Zoo.
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Kenosha Panels: No Mandate for Employees to Mask-Up in Bars, Restaurants
June 8, 2020 11:15p
(WGTD)---A pair of Kenosha City Council committees passed a watered-down resolution Monday night that recommends that employees of licensed establishments wear masks to help minimize the spread of COVID-19.
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Drunk Driving Homicide Suspect Makes First Appearance in Kenosha Court
June 8, 2020 6:35p
(WGTD)---Bond for a suspected drunk driver who slammed into a motorcyclist last week was set at $500,000 Monday.
29-year-old Anthony Palmer of Kenosha was charged with Homicide by Intoxicated Use of a Motor Vehicle and
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Twin Lakes' Country Thunder Canceled Because of COVID-19
June 8, 2020 11:20a
(WGTD)---This year's Country Thunder music festival in Twin Lakes has been canceled.
In an email to fans Monday, the company that runs the festival, and others like it, said it made its decision after "much consideration and
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Protest Information Gap Filled in Kenosha by a Facebook Live Streamer
June 7, 2020 1:55p
(WGTD)---With Kenosha police declining to comment on ongoing incidents or investigations during the city's three days of unrest and unease over George Floyd, the information vacuum was often times filled by social media, and in