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Kenosha School Board Considers Transgender Policy

Aug. 20, 2019 9:30p; Updated Aug. 21 11:50a with link to proposed policy

(WGTD)---Four years ago, Kenosha Unified went to the mat to keep transgender student Ash Whitaker out of boys’ bathrooms at Tremper High School. Now the district is being asked to go

Paul Ryan Moving To Maryland, Not Selling Janesville Home

Aug. 20, 2019 12:05p

(AP/WPR)---Former House Speaker Paul Ryan is moving his family from his hometown of Janesville to a house in a Washington, D.C. suburb less than a year after he retired from Congress saying he wanted to spend more time with his

Power Outage in Eastern Racine County Affects Thousands

Aug. 20, 2019 noon

(WGTD)---A big power outage in eastern Racine County Tuesday morning affected about 10,000 customers of We Energies.

As of noon, all but a handful of customers were back on line.

The cause of the problem was traced to an

Walls Starting To Go Up on Foxconn's Second Building

Aug. 19, 2019 10:40p

(WPR)---Foxconn Technology Group began construction Monday on its long-awaited manufacturing plant in Racine County. It marks the beginning of what will be a nearly 1 million-square-foot plant the Taiwanese-based company is

Transgender Issues Up For Discussion at the Kenosha School Board

Aug. 19, 2019 10:25p

(WGTD)---The Kenosha School Board will apparently take a preliminary stab Tuesday night at coming up with a policy on transgender student issues.

Fatal; I-94 Speeds, STH 32 Resurfacing; KSB Policies; Spiegelhoff Retrial

Aug. 19, 2019 7:30p; Updated 10:30p to remove Kenosha School Board policies item. Story has been expanded, clarified and posted separately. 

Man Shot Dead by a Caledonia Police Officer on a Residential Burglary Call May Have Been Staying in the Home Illegally

Aug. 18, 2019 8:30p; Updated Aug.19, 2019 9:39a; 4:20p; 11p (recast) 

(WGTD)---The man shot and killed by a Caledonia police officer Sunday evening may have been staying in the home where the shooting occurred without the permission of the property

Gov. Tony Evers: Wisconsin Will Be Carbon Neutral By 2050

Aug. 18, 2019 2:00p

(WPR)---Wisconsin will be carbon neutral by 2050 under a plan unveiled Friday by Gov. Tony Evers. 

Evers set the goal in an executive order that also created a state office dedicated to clean energy and sustainability.

Cancelled: Missing Man Sought by Pleasant Prairie Police

Aug. 18, 2019 1:55p; Updated 9:40p 

(WGTD)---The missing persons list is one name shorter after a man with suicidal tendencies who disappeared in Pleasant Prairie Saturday evening was found unharmed.

Power Restored to Most Who Lost it in Kenosha County

Aug. 18, 2019 1:15p; Updated 9:10p

(WGTD)---As nightfall set in, all but about 150 We Energies customers in Kenosha County who lost power in Sunday morning's storm had regained it.