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Fire Burns Kenosha House to the Ground; Details Sketchy

Jan. 20, 2025 11:45a

(WGTD)---A house fire that broke out during the noon hour Sunday in the Whitecaps neighborhood rekindled early Monday morning, leaving almost nothing standing.

According to Kenosha police, firefighters responded to 9429 69th St

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

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