Nov. 20, 2024 7:45p
(WGTD)---The Racine City Council voted unanimously to adopt a new budget Tuesday night. The vote came at the end of an unusually long process over several weeks that included discussion of numerous amendments, including some made at the last minute.
The council voted to restore...
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...
Nov. 20, 2024 11:15a; Updated 9:45p with additional context on prep time
(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...
Nov. 18, 2024 4:20p
(WGTD0---A Kenosha teen’s request for a new trial in a case in which several jurors expressed misgivings at returning a guilty verdict will be heard Friday.
Judge Gerad Dougvillo is expected to convene a hearing as a follow up to briefs filed by both the defense and prosecution.
Our...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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