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Testimony Ends; Camera Found; Worker Training; Foxconn Forum

The case against a former group home owner accused of having repeated sexual contact with a disabled resident is expected to go to the jury Wednesday. Jurors will have a lot to think about: Two nurses testified that 74 year-old Clarence Mielke appeared to be zipping

A Memorial Service for SC Johnson Heir Gene Johnson

Over 1,000 people showed up at the Prairie School yesterday for a service remembering Johnson family matriarch---Imogene "Gene" Johnson.  The SC Johnson heir died earlier this month at the age of 87. One of her children---Helen Johnson-Leipold---told the

Searching For Ways to Keep Yerkes Alive

Williams Bay---An effort is underway to save Yerkes.

Behind-the-Scenes Work Continues on Potential Downtown Developments

It's not unusual for a mayor to be bullish about his city. But Kenosha's John Antaramian, who usually takes a cautious approach to matters of governance, is describing the downtown area as on the verge of an explosion of tantalizing growth.

Political Website Says Ryan's House Seat May Be Competitive — Depending

House Speaker's Aide Says Ryan Isn't Worried

Low Enrollment Programs Subject of UW-Parkside Discussion

Proposed revisions to a UW system policy that some say could make it easier to close low-enrollment programs was reviewed by a UW-Parkside committee this week. 

Lake Diversion Plan For Foxconn Draws Mostly Criticism At Hearing

DNR Holds Well-Attended Hearing In Sturtevant

(WPR)---Critics of a plan to help a Foxconn Technology Group factory take water from Lake Michigan outnumbered the idea's supporters at a hearing Wednesday held by the Wisconsin Department of

No Injuries in Early Morning Mobile Home Fire

Pleasant Prairie--An early morning fire---of undetermined origin---destroyed one mobile home and damaged two adjacent mobile homes.

The fire---at the City View Mobile Home Park---4303-75th Street---was reported at about 3:15 a.m. Thursday. 

WGTD Radio Theater Returns with Original Espionage Drama “Our Secret Sisters.”

The WGTD Radio Theater returns this Saturday with an original World War II drama entitled “Our Secret Sisters.” The show is free to the public and will be held at the Kenosha Gateway Technical College campus at 11:15am

UW-Stevens Point Proposes Sweeping Cuts To Academic Majors

Humanities, Liberal Arts Targeted Due To Declining Enrollment, State Budget Cuts

(WPR)---The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is planning a sweeping elimination of academic majors in order to address a $4.5 million dollar structural deficit