News
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MARK Could be More Popular Than Amtrak Service Between Milwaukee and Chicago
June 8, 2026 7:15p
(WGTD)---By one measure, extending commuter rail from Kenosha to Milwaukee could be twice as popular as Amtrak’s busy Hiawatha service between Chicago and Milwaukee.
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'Benner Beats Hunger' in a Bigger Way
June 4, 2026 11:30a
(WGTD)---The Racine Dominican Sisters are offering a matching grant to help expand a summer meals program in the city.
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Ballot Includes Contested County Races in Kenosha, Racine & Walworth
June 3, 2026 6:40p
(WGTD)---Republican primaries for sheriff will be held in both Kenosha and Racine counties in August. The deadline for filing papers to get on the fall ballot was Monday.
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RUSD's Gajewski: Firestorm Over New Cell Phone Policy Could be Brewing
June 3, 2026 6:30p
(WGTD)---Racine Unified Superintendent Soren Gajewski is preparing for a firestorm of protest if the school board adopts a bell-to-bell prohibition on the student use of cell phones.
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Offensive Anti-Immigrant Posters Appear on Utility Poles in Kenosha
June 3, 2026 6p
(WGTD)---Anti-immigrant posters have been popping up on utility poles in Kenosha and in northeastern Illinois.
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Assembly Speaker Vos Vows to Try Again on Failed Budget Surplus Deal
A Marquette Law School Poll found 80 percent of Wisconsin adults said the Wisconsin Legislature should have passed the deal. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said broad voter consensus merits going back to the negotiating table.
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More Work Ahead on an Acceptable Festival Hall Management Contract Extension
June 2, 2026 9:10p
(WGTD)---The owner of the management company that's been given credit for revitalizing operations at the City of Racine-owned Festival and Memorial halls says he won't sign a contract extension as offered.
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Racine County’s Harry Wait Gets Probation, No Jail Time, on Election Fraud Charges
Wait was convicted of election fraud and identity theft after ordering absentee ballots for other voters. Click here for the WPR story.
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Teen Gunplay Results in Injuries, Charges
June 2, 2026 1:05p
(WGTD)---Two Racine teenagers were playing with a loaded handgun last weekend when it went off, striking one of them in his shoulder and in the back of his upper arm.
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Preliminary Budget Reductions Eyed at Kenosha Unified
June 2, 2026 12:45p
(WGTD)---The Kenosha School Board discussed budget-cutting options Monday night if a planned November funding referendum fails.
The options include increasing class sizes and eliminating the equivalent of as many as 40