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  • Criminal Complaint in Triple Fatality Details Close Calls Prior to Crash

    (WGTD)---A criminal complaint details the chaos Timothy Vandervere caused on Highway 50 in and around Paddock Lake Friday evening just before he plowed into the back of a Jeep at a high rate of speed, killing three of the vehicle’s four occupants.

  • Waterford High School Referendum Results Upheld

    A recount has affirmed last Tuesday's election result that a nearly $10 million facilities expansion and renovation plan for Waterford Union High School received a majority of the votes cast.

  • Crash: Kenosha Loses a Doctor, Dentist & Nurse--All From Same Family

    Comments added from Sheriff Beth; edited throughout at 1p. 

    Kenosha---The three relatives who died as the result of a crash Friday evening in Salem Lakes have been identified as members of an old-line, prominent Kenosha family.  

  • Local News: ID's Expected; Bar Followup; Waterford Recount; Land Deal

    The identities of three members of the same family that died as the result of a Friday night crash on Highway 50 east of Paddock Lake are expected to be released Monday. The three—and a fourth person—had been in a Jeep that was struck by a pick-up. The Jeep landed on its

  • Streaking Meteor Sparks a Kenosha Fire Department Response

    (WGTD)---A meteor entering the earth's atmosphere lit up the sky early Wednesday around 2 a.m.

  • Hagedorn Surges Ahead in State Supreme Court Race

    (Updated 2:30a) 

    (WPR, AP, WGTD)---A recount is expected in Tuesday’s state Supreme Court race.

    With some 1.2 million votes cast, Brian Hagedorn was leading Lisa Neubauer by about 6,000 votes, with a handful of precincts yet to report.

  • McGuire Wins Democratic Assembly Primary

    Tip McGuire won the Democratic primary in the 64th Assembly district Tuesday. He’ll advance to the April 30th special election to replace Peter Barca, who recently became Revenue Department secretary. McGuire’s Republican opponent will be former Kenosha School Board

  • Top Local Results

    (WGTD)---Voters Tuesday also elected candidates for town, village, city and county governments in addition to school boards and circuit court judge positions. Here are some of the highlights.

    In Racine County, Walker judicial appointee Jon Frederickson beat former

  • Arson Suspected in Dairyland Fire

    (WGTD)---Arson is suspected in a fire Tuesday night that heavily damaged what’s left of Dairyland Greyhound Park.

    The dog track near the Kenosha Regional Airport is in the process of being demolished to make way for industrial buildings. Fires apparently were set

  • Theater News: “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” at RTG

    From the Racine Theatre Guild: 

    See Narnia come to life in “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” at the Racine Theatre Guild Friday, April 5 - Sunday, April 14.