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  • Young Kenosha Artists Sought in 'I Voted' Sticker Contest

    Jan. 26, 2025 6a

    (WGTD)---The City of Kenosha has decided there's room for some creativity in the design of those "I Voted" stickers you get every time you show up at the polls and vote in the city.

    The city is launching a contest to come up with

  • 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