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  • Kenosha Apartment Building Fire Displaces Residents

    Jan. 24, 2025 noon

    (WGTD)---An early-morning fire at an apartment complex on Kenosha's south side emptied out the city's fire stations Friday and triggered mutual aid requests.

  • Missing Teen Sought

    Jan. 23, 2025 7:10p

    (WGTD)---Kenosha police are looking for an endangered teen.

    18-year-old Kayla Rose Sobczak was last seen leaving the area of 60th St. and 12th Ave. possibly in a charcoal gray sedan being driven by an unidentified male. 

  • Group Formed to Lobby Support for KUSD Referendum

    Jan. 21, 2025 7:45p 

    (WGTD)---A committee has been formed to advocate for the upcoming Kenosha Unified operational referendum. 

  • Carthage 'Potato Prof' Lands Big Federal Grant

    Jan. 21, 2025 7:30p 

    (WGTD)---Carthage College and a chemistry professor have been awarded a nearly $500,000 federal grant to study a virus that hurts potato plants. 

  • Kenosha Family Loses Home in Fire; Grateful for Community Support

    Jan. 20, 2025 11:45a; Updated 5:15p; Updated 1-21 8a; 

    (WGTD)---A relative of the Kenosha couple who lost their Kenosha home to a fire over the weekend says they're doing well and are thankful for the community's support.

    Over $20,000 has been

  • Racine Roundup: Stories That Aired Last Week on WGTD

    Golf course improvements...Home repair program going gangbusters...Help on the way for the computer illiterate...Downtown COP house to become a reality

  • Kenosha Judge Frees Defendant

    Jan. 19, 2025 10a 

    (WGTD)---This is the first week of true freedom for Martel Lee, the Kenosha teen who dodged a bullet when a judge, in a rare move, set aside a jury’s guilty verdict in a sexual assault case last November and ordered a new trial.

  • Nightmare Ends for Kenosha Teen and His Family

    Jan. 17, 2025 3:50p; Updated 1-18 with additional comments from Lee

    (WGTD)---The 2nd degree sexual assault case against a Kenosha teen has been thrown out for good in an exceptionally rare instance of a verdict being set aside by a judge. 

  • Structural Changes on the Way at KTEC K-8

    Jan. 15, 2025 10:25p; Updated 1-16 2:10 with information from a KTEC news release

    (WGTD)---Some big changes are underway at a Kenosha charter school, but they’re not expected to have an immediate impact on students. 

    A governing board that

  • Shalom Center Director Departing For Post at Racine YMCA

    Jan. 15, 2025 10:15p 

    (WGTD)---The director of the Shalom Center in Kenosha is leaving to take a new position. 

    Tamarra Coleman has been appointed C-E-O of the Racine Family YMCA.