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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. 

Racine School Board Puts Operating Referendum on April Ballot

Jan. 14, 2025 3:10p 

Paris Solar Park Producing Power

Jan. 10, 2025 11:40a; corrected 11p with reference to land leases not purchases

(WGTD)---We Energies is confirming that the Paris Solar Park is up and running. 

New Charges Filed in Carthage Assault Case

Jan. 8, 2025 9:30p

(WGTD)---Upgraded charges have been filed against a 24-year-old Pleasant Prairie man who's accused of sexually assaulting a student on the campus of Carthage College last month. 

Ballots Set For Kenosha School Board, Racine City Council

Jan. 8, 2025 9:20p

Lawsuit Filed in Social Service Dispute

Jan. 8, 2025 8:40p

(WGTD)---A nasty dispute between two groups that dedicate themselves to helping the poor has landed in Kenosha Circuit Court.

Grace Lutheran Church on 60th St. has filed suit against a splinter group that once ran its Welcome

Forty-Seven Seconds Later and a Racine Co. Jail Inmate is Dead; Charge Filed in Case

Jan. 8, 2025 7:45p

(WGTD)---A criminal complaint has been filed against a Racine County jail inmate who visciously attacked and killed another inmate on New Year’s Eve.