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Plans for High-Rise Luxury Housing Resurrected for Downtown Kenosha

Oct. 20, 2019 8:35p

(WGTD)---An $80 million apartment and condo project appears to be the first proposed private investment component of an eight-block downtown Kenosha redevelopment project.

Kenosha County's Summer Youth Employment Program Continues to Provide Jobs, Life Lessons for At-Risk Kids

Oct. 17, 2019 12:30p

From the Office of the Kenosha County Executive: 

Kenosha County’s Summer Youth Employment program wrapped up another successful season on Wednesday, with the dedication of a new mural at the Kenosha County Job Center.

New 'Education Matters' Host Joins the Lineup

Oct. 17, 2019 noon

A retired Racine Unified administrator and teacher has become the newest host of WGTD's Education Matters, the Saturday morning program that airs at 10:30 and focuses on topics of concern relating to education.

Kenosha Train Fatality and Pleasant Prairie Hit & Run Victim Both Identified

Oct. 14, 2019 2p; Updated at 3:25p with Pleasant Prairie item

Impeachment 101: WGTD's Morning Show Takes a Broader, Historical Look

Oct. 11, 2019, 4:15p 

(WGTD)---Carthage College Political Science Prof. Jerry Mast says he thinks the growing anxiety level among his students as the presidential impeachment inquiry plays out seems to reflect the mood of the nation as a whole.

'Drunk With Power': State Assembly Approves Gubernatorial Veto Change

Oct. 10, 2019 8:30p

(WPR)---The state Assembly approved a rule change Thursday that gives Republicans unlimited shots at overriding gubernatorial vetoes.

The measure passed 61-35, with all Assembly Republicans voting in favor and Democrats

KSB Moves Toward Consensus on Transgender Student Rights

Oct. 9, 2019 8:15p

(WGTD)---The Kenosha School Board moved closer Wednesday night toward finalizing a rights policy for transgender students.

Pence to Appear in Pleasant Prairie

Oct. 9, 2019 12:50p; Updated 10-15-19

(WGTD)---Vice-President Mike Pence has canceled a planned trip to speak Thursday at Uline's facility in Pleasant Prairie.

Adjustable Desks: Health Benefit Or Hype?

Oct. 8, 2019 4:10p 

(WPR)---The medical community’s concern about too much sitting has prompted change in the typical office workplace, where many employees have become desk jockeys stuck in one position all day long. 

Two Charged in Connection With Cheddar's Parking Lot Shooting

Oct. 8, 2019 1:35p; Updated at 4:20p with additional details. 

(WGTD)---The shooting death last spring of a 19-year-old man outside of a Pleasant Prairie restaurant was apparently the result of a drug deal gone bad.