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  • Huge Grant Awarded to Kenosha's Shalom Center

    Kenosha---The Shalom Center picked up a major grant yesterday from The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago. The $664,000 grant will be used to pay down the construction loan on Shalom's new homeless shelter on 39th Avenue. The grant will reduce the Shalom Center's building

  • Racine City Council Sustains Mayor's Veto of Arena Funding

    The Racine City Council failed to override Mayor Cory Mason's veto Tuesday night of a proposed downtown arena and convention center complex.

    Seven aldermen voted in favor of the override; ten votes had been needed to reach the required two-thirds majority.

  • CUSH Pushes to Recommission Old Shalom Center Shelter

    Kenosha---A group that’s been trying to rally support for the creation of a temporary, low-barrier homeless shelter has hit upon an idea: Why not use the old Shalom Center building?

  • Local DACA Backers to Head to Washington

    A couple of busloads of southeast Wisconsin residents will set off for Washington Tuesday to take part in rallies designed to build support for the immediate passage of legislation to protect the children of illegal immigrants.

  • Huge Hospital Merger; Wilmot HS Threat; DACA Passage Sought

    Two of the largest health care providers in Wisconsin and Illinois are merging. Aurora Health Care and Advocate Health Care are merging to become Advocate Aurora Health Care, according to a news release issued Monday.

  • Kenosha's Larry Zarletti on "Christmas Noon Tunes" December 4-8

    All this week on WGTD's "Christmas Noon Tunes" we're playing songs from one of Kenosha's all-time favorite singers, Larry Zarletti. The songs come from Larry's first Christmas CD, "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year." We've included a link to Larry's version of The

  • Proposed New Uses For Old Sears Store

    Kenosha---There's a new life for a vacant Sears store which closed earlier this year.

    The owners of Pershing Plaza plan to divide the space three ways. The building's auto center bays will be removed.   

  • FACT CHECK: How Does Paul Ryan's Case For Tax Cuts Match The Facts?

    (NPR)---House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is moving close to victory. After a frustrating year in which Republicans who control Congress failed to repeal or replace the Affordable Care Act, Congress is moving closer to approving its first major legislation of 2017.

  • Major Foxconn Agreements Now All Signed

    One-by-one, members of the boards that control Racine County and the Village of Mt. Pleasant signed agreements Friday that commit the entities to borrowing millions of dollars on behalf of Foxconn, the Taiwanese-based electronics manufacturer that plans to build a huge

  • Ryan On Sexual Harassment: 'We Are Having A Watershed Moment'

    (NPR)---House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., says the rash of sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations coming to light could end up being a "watershed moment" in changing the culture — including on Capitol Hill — that has covered them up far too long.