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Spring Primary Election Rundown

Feb. 15, 2026 8p; Typo corrected in third line

(WGTD)---Tuesday's Spring Primary Election ballot in the WGTD listening area is light.

The Mahone Foundation is a Kenosha non-profit.

Date Set for Rainbows "Pursuit of Excellence" Scholarship Gala

Feb. 14, 2026

From the Mahone Foundation:

New Racine County Youth Detention Center is at Targeted Capacity

Feb. 13, 2026 3:30p

(WGTD)---The new Jonathan Delagrave Youth Development and Care Center is operating at its targeted capacity.

Water on the basement floor of the Rhode.

Water Main Break Fills the Basement of a Downtown Kenosha Theater

Feb. 13th, 2026 3p

(WGTD)---The Rhode Center for the Arts in downtown Kenosha is recovering from a water main break that flooded its basement.

Alyssa Sura, the mother of 3 of the victim's 6 children, displays a tee shirt with an old photo of herself with the victim.

Sentence Handed Down in Jail Inmate Murder

Feb. 13, 2026 2:30p

Kenosha Unified is Kenosha's public school district.

Security Issues Discussed by a Kenosha School Board Committee Following Bradford Incidents

Feb. 12, 2026 9:45p

(WGTD)---Kenosha Unified has begun the process of exploring the acquisition of walk-through weapon detection systems at the district’s high school and middle schools.

Extra Security in Place at Bradford High School Following Gun Seizure

Feb. 11, 2026 3p; Edited at 7:30p

(WGTD)---A loaded gun was found on a Bradford High School student Wednesday.

Kenosha Homicide Involving Teens Was Over a Gun Purchase

Feb. 10, 2026 3p; Edited on 2-11 for clarity

(WGTD)---The shooting death in Kenosha last week of a 16 year-old boy apparently was the result of a gun transaction between two groups of teens having gone bad. Both sides apparently had intended to rob the

Problems Persist in the Kenosha County District Attorney's Office

Feb. 9, 2026 8p

(WGTD)---A defense attorney called out Kenosha County District Attorney Xavier Solis last month for filing an unchecked brief in a criminal case that was “riddled” with misinformation that had obviously been generated by the use of

Measles Detected in a Municipal Sewage System in Walworth County

Feb. 8, 2026 4p

(WGTD)---There was more evidence last week that an early-warning system that’s designed to detect the spread of some infectious diseases in Wisconsin by examining sewage actually works. The proof came from a municipal waste system in