June 6, 2025 3:45p
(WPR)---Facing an uncertain financial future, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside is merging its four academic colleges into a single college led by one leadership team.
By combining into one school the existing College of Arts and Humanities; College of Business, Economics, and...
June 5, 2025 2:45p
(WGTD)---Production has begun at the new Schutz Container Systems manufacturing plant off of 60th St. in Kenosha on the city's far west side.
Kenosha Mayor Dave Bogdala, City Administrator John Morrissey, several members of the City Council and a reporter took an hour-long tour of...
June 4, 2025 11:45a
(WGTD)---Spirits are high at Racine’s Reefpoint Marina, the largest Lake Michigan marina in Wisconsin.
A long-waited revitalization project has begun with the demolition of some of the 40-year-old slips at the county-owned facility.
The Racine County Board got an update on the...
June 3, 2025 9p
(WGTD)---The 200 megawatt solar farm in the Town of Paris is now complete.
The site began producing power last December, but the battery park went online this week. It's the state's first large-scale energy storage project, according to park co-owner We Energies.
The storage facility...
June 3, 2025 8:30p
(WGTD)---Racine Mayor Cory Mason gaveled to order Tuesday night's regular meeting of the city council in the Racine Public Library rather than in the council chambers in city hall.
That's because a two-month-long elevator repair project is making the upper floors of city hall...
May 29, 2025 11:15p
(WGTD)---A half-million dollar bond has been set for a 70-year-old Genoa City man who allegedly killed the husband of his supposed lover over 20 years ago.
John Viskocil is facing a charge of 1st Degree Intentional Homicide. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for next Friday.
The...
May 29, 2025 11p
(WGTD)---A fundraising campaign is underway to raise money for the family of a man who was struck by a stray bullet near Eagle Lake in Racine County.
25-year-old Parker Palmen was driving with friends in a pickup last weekend when he heard a loud noise and felt pain. A bullet had...
5-29-2025 10:15p
(WGTD)---The LGBT Center of Southeast Wisconsin has issued a follow-up news release to its announcement two weeks ago that it's closing because of a lack of funds. The closure caught employees and supporters off guard and led to many questions.
In the release, the Center's Board of...
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