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A Kenosha Fire Leaves Two Families Homeless

Oct. 27, 2024 10:40a

(WGTD)---No injuries were reported in a Saturday evening fire that heavily damaged a duplex in Kenosha's Wilson neighborhood. 

About a dozen people between two families were displaced. The Red Cross is working with them. 

The cause of the fire is under investigation. 

A fire...

What Happened in Whitewater?

Oct. 27, 2024

With a letter to President Biden seeking federal help in dealing with a recent influx of Nicaraguan immigrants last year, Whitewater's police chief unwittingly put the town in the national spotlight on immigration reform. The investigative non-profit, ProPublica--found out that the...

'Second Gentleman' Campaigns in Kenosha

Oct. 25, 2025 11:20a

(WGTD)---Speaking at a campaign rally in Kenosha Thursday evening, the husband of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris repeated something that Harris herself said a few hours earlier: That her Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, is a fascist. 

Doug...

Baldwin Campaigns in Kenosha

Oct. 24, 2024 3:45p

(WGTD)---Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin used a campaign stop in Kenosha Wednesday to highlight the differences between herself and her Republican challenger, Eric Hovde.

"On the issue of our reproductive rights and freedoms, Eric Hovde celebrated the Dobbs decision and the...

City/KUSD Land Swap Approved

Oct. 22, 2024 10:15p

(WGTD)---The Kenosha City Council has given final approval to a plan to acquire vacant school buildings from Kenosha Unified for redevelopment purposes. The deal includes a controversial proposal to close a block of 68th St. between the former Lincoln Middle School and Lincoln...

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