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Support Builds for Martel Lee

Nov. 20, 2024 11:50a

(WGTD)---We’re learning more about Martel Lee, the 16-year-old Black Kenosha teen who was convicted of sexual assault by a divided jury. 

Several supporters spoke Tuesday at the Kenosha Union Club. 

Alderman Kenny Harper knows Lee through a business development class for young...

KUSD Referendum Passes, 5-2

Nov. 20, 2024 11:15a

(WGTD)---As expected, the Kenosha School Board voted Tuesday night to put an operations referendum on the February ballot. 

The board is seeking authority to increase the levy beyond state-mandated limits by $23 million in each of the next five years to fund a laundry list of...

Misconceptions on Response to Roosevelt Scare Dog District

Nov. 18, 2024 1p

(WGTD)---Despite a Milwaukee TV station’s misleading report, Kenosha Unified handled the recent threat at Roosevelt Elementary by the book, according to school district superintendent Jeff Weiss. 

Two weeks ago, a middle school student showed up at Roosevelt with a backpack and a...

Kenosha School Board to Consider Operational Referendum

Nov. 17, 2024 noon

(WGTD)---If state-mandated levy limits had kept up with inflation, the 2025-2026 Kenosha Unified budget picture would be a comfortably happy one. But even though they're sitting on a nearly $5 billion surplus, state legislators have kept on the clamps, forcing the district to go to...

Speed Limit Drop on STH 32 in Somers is Supported by Local Officials

Nov. 17, 2024 11a; Updated 11-18

(WGTD)---A speed reduction plan in Kenosha County, supported by everyone from the county executive down to Somers village board members, took effect Monday, much to the dismay of some local drivers who've already expressed their opinions on social media.

A pilot plan...

Racine City Council Tentatively Approves Budget After Contentious Debate

Nov. 15, 2024 3p

(WGTD)---This month’s debate over the City of Racine’s budget for next year was anything but routine. 

Longer meetings, philosophical differences, passionate discussions and a greater number of challenges to the budget blueprint put forth by Mayor Cory Mason in October marked the...

2nd Data Center Campus is Planned For the Area

Nov. 15, 2024 noon; Updated 2:15p with acreage

(WGTD)---Another data center campus may be popping up in the area.

The Kenosha Plan Commission is expected to review a proposal to establish a four-building campus at the corner of Burlington Rd. and 136th Ave. The 243-acre site is north of where new...

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