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Title: Weekday Report: September 2, 2014
Runtime: 4:52
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Thousands of students returned to their classrooms for the first day of school today.

• Local law enforcement officials are reminding drivers to use caution and observe traffic laws around crosswalks and buses.

• Classic car enthusiasts were in luck this weekend as over a thousand vehicles were on display in two events held downtown and on Simmons Island.

Title: Weekday Report: August 29, 2014
Runtime: 5:28
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• City officials remain optimistic on the future of downtown with a development plan calling for an extension of the streetcar, an indoor HarborMarket and new residential rental housing.

• Part of the downtown plan involves an increased Wi-Fi presence as the county executive’s office has renewed its push to bring free, wireless Internet to the area.

• The Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha will soon have a new leader.

Title: Weekday Report: August 28, 2014
Runtime: 5:09
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A new poll shows voters statewide are in support of the proposed Kenosha casino.

• The case involving a Twin Lakes man who fatally struck a teenager on a riding lawn mower was delayed, once again, on Wednesday.

• A group dedicated to stewardship of the Fox River hopes to extend its reach into Kenosha County.

Title: Weekday Report: August 27, 2014
Runtime: 4:41
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Forest County Potawatomi will not pay its annual gaming payment to the state out of fear that a Kenosha casino could severely impact the tribe's Milwaukee casino.

• When Kenosha Unified School District students hit the books this year, they'll be under the watchful eye of new cameras and a $1.5 million security upgrade.

• Lightning is believed to be the cause of a Pleasant Prairie house fire Tuesday morning.

Title: Weekday Report: August 26, 2014
Runtime: 4:50
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A trio of legislative Democrats from the Kenosha area this morning accused Governor Scott Walker of playing politics with jobs, as he continues to forestall a decision on the Kenosha casino.

• Work on a new roof for the Southport Beach House is at least temporarily delayed after the city received no bidders for the project.

• Officials at the Kenosha Public Library are preparing for the menace of bed bugs in their books.

Title: Weekday Report: August 25, 2014
Runtime: 5:10
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Gov. Scott Walker said a decision on the Kenosha casino proposal will not come until his administration gets the results of a casino industry study.

• Authorities are still investigating the cause of an early Saturday morning industrial fire at Kenosha Steel Castings.

• Forty-seven teams competed in the fourth annual Grill Games Saturday afternoon at Kenosha’s lakefront.

Title: Weekday Report August 22, 2014
Runtime: 4:32
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A new restaurant is expected to open soon in the Kenosha Metra station.

• An engineering shortage nationwide has hit the city of Kenosha.

• This week's Fix It feature looks looks into a flag-less flagpole in Petrifying Springs Park.

Title: Weekday Report August 21, 2014
Runtime: 4:46
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Workers have begun repaving portions of 104th Avenue that were badly deteriorated after the harsh winter.

• The head of a Pleasant Prairie chemical distributor is warning that a lack of warning signals at a rail spur leading to the facility could cause a disaster.

• Wisconsin’s average ACT score increased slightly last school year, to 22.2.

Title: Weekday Report August 20, 2014
Runtime: 5:12
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Kenosha County Executive Jim Kreuser is proposing an $18.6 million renovation and expansion of Brookside Care Center.

• Kenosha public schools are still working to fill about 100 open positions for the approaching school year.

• The Kenosha County District Attorney’s Office has added a dangerous weapon enhancer to the murder charge filed against the former West Allis police officer.

Title: Weekday Report: August 19, 2014
Runtime: 4:34
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• On top of voting for governor and attorney general, city of Kenosha voters will be asked to weigh in on the potential expansion of Medicaid.

• A number of aldermen are asking the city's Parks Commission to consider saving Kennedy Drive.

• A former West Allis police officer accused of killing two women and stuffing their bodies in suitcases entered not-guilty pleas Monday.

Title: Weekday Report: August 18, 2014
Runtime: 4:41
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Kenosha County Fair wrapped up on Sunday, ending a five-day run under mostly sunny skies.

• The grand champion steer at this year's fair sold for $4 a pound at Saturday's large animal auction.

• More than 30 people attended a demonstration in downtown Kenosha on Saturday to denounce the shooting of an unarmed teen in Ferguson, Missouri.

Title: Weekday Report: August 15, 2014
Runtime: 5:40
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Ashley Panek was all smiles Thursday after her steer was chosen as overall grand champion at the Kenosha County Fair.

• This summer's cooler-than-normal weather has put a damper on pool use.

• Dozens of trees at Southport Plaza on Green Bay Road and Highway 50 were cut down this week as emerald ash borer continues to be a concern.

Title: Weekday Report: August 14, 2014
Runtime: 4:47
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• There's more turmoil in the Kenosha Fire Department.

• Some Kenosha Unified middle schoolers were up bright and early this morning to register for classes.

• A Somers inventor has patented a process that prevents cast-iron cookware from rusting.

Title: Weekday Report: August 13, 2014
Runtime: 5:25
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Looks like it'll be an unprecedented fourth term in office for Sheriff David Beth.

• An unusual number of cases requiring outside legal counsel this year has sent Kenosha's human resources budget soaring.

• What do a pineapple, a head of cabbage and a cucumber have in common? They were all among the produce folks found in their crop boxes this week.

Title: Weekday Report: August 12, 2014
Runtime: 5:32
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• It's Election Day today and Joe Ward is out at the polls to see how things are going.

• The Pleasant Prairie Plan Commission on Monday night unanimously approved the site and operational plans for a 1.1-million-square-foot warehouse at Uline's corporate campus.

• In Somers on Monday night, the Plan Commission there gave initial approval for Bear Realty’s plan to build a nearly 300-unit residential complex near Walmart and Sam’s Club on Green Bay Road.

Title: Weekday Report: August 11, 2014
Runtime: 4:18
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• There was a fatal crash in Bristol Friday morning.

• Sunday marked the last regular season game for the Kenosha Kingfish, capping off a debut season that fans and team officials describe as a success.

• Wisconsin voters will be heading to the polls Tuesday for a primary election.

Title: Weekday Report: August 8, 2014
Runtime: 4:53
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Another Judge Wilk is joining the circuit court bench in Kenosha County.

• The city is in no hurry to reach a decision on the closing of Kennedy Drive.

• The city is working on a fix to the recurring problem of barriers near the harbor being taken out by cars.

Title: Weekday Report: August 7, 2014
Runtime: 5:11
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The city's major street project for 2014 is about to get started.

• Two local elementary schools got an early start to the school year as Frank and Wilson opened their doors to students today.

• Our Summer Fun for Kids feature this week looks at a popular Kenosha Unified camp.

Title: Weekday Report: August 6, 2014
Runtime: 5:12
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The former West Allis police officer believed to have dumped two women's bodies on the side of a Walworth County road was charged Tuesday with homicide in Kenosha.

• Kenosha County Medical Examiner Patrice Hall sounded alarms Tuesday about the suspected heroin overdose deaths of two men and one woman within 72 hours last weekend.

• City officials are looking to fill a $600,000 hole in the Public Works budget thanks to higher-than-expected snow and ice removal costs.

Title: Weekday Report: August 5, 2014
Runtime: 4:48
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The long-awaited work to resurface 104th Avenue will begin soon.

• A 19-year-old man pleaded guilty Monday to arson, for a June 2012 incident at Bradford High School.

• A new seating area is going in the near the Velodrome in Washington Park.

Title: Weekday Report: August 4, 2014
Runtime: 4:31
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Storms pushed the Relay for Life of Kenosha inside Friday night, but the rain didn't dampen anyone's spirit.

• The Pike River Rendezvous once again turned Simmons Island into a time machine over the weekend, with reenactors representing the Colonial through Western Fur Trade eras.

• Adventurous types braved an mud-filled course at Wilmot Mountain this weekend, completing a 5K broken up by 25 obstacles.

Title: Weekday Report: August 1, 2014
Runtime: 5:10
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• With the Wisconsin Supreme Court's Thursday decision upholding Act 10, the legal battles are over for the legislation barring collective bargaining for most public employees.

• Time is turning back on Simmons Island this weekend.

• A 15-year-old girl drove the family car up the driveway and into their neighbor’s house in the 2500 block of 71st Street early Thursday morning.

Title: Weekday Report: July 31, 2014
Runtime: 4:58
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued three landmark rulings this morning.

• A large group of citizens came together in Pennoyer Park Wednesday to voice their displeasure with the proposed plan to tear out Kennedy Drive, replacing it with a walking path.

• Local taxpayers are ultimately on the hook for $1,000 dollars worth of clean-up costs after extensive graffiti done at Peorio Park last week.

Title: Weekday Report: July 30, 2014
Runtime: 4:55
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• For Kenosha County voters, the August12th partisan primary will present a question: which race is most important?

• The Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated a year of accomplishment at its annual meeting Tuesday.

• Former City Council candidate Steve Mitchell and a few others sat outside of city hall Monday evening, urging city officials to back off on plans to close Kennedy Drive.

Title: Weekday Report: July 29, 2014
Runtime: 3:51
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Shalom Center will try once again to win city approval to establish the city's first permanent homeless shelter in the former St. Vincent de Paul thrift shop on 14th Avenue.

• A Costco store appears to be on its way to Pleasant Prairie.

• Early voting for the August 12th primary began Monday, but local clerks are not expecting a rush of voters.

Title: Weekday Report: July 28, 2014
Runtime: 4:58
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Organizers say this year's Taste of Wisconsin was an enormous success, shattering attendance records.

• In what event organizers deemed one of the best Country Thunders ever, the four-day music festival rolled out of town Sunday with over 30,000 country fans flocking to Randall for the annual event.

• Kenosha's week-long celebration of cars came to a close on Saturday.

Title: Weekday Report: July 24, 2014
Runtime: 5:17
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Country Thunder gets underway today in western Kenosha County.

• A man died after a Wednesday afternoon crash at 52nd Street and 104th Avenue.

• Kenosha police officer Casey Apker has been fired from the department.

Title: Weekday Report: July 25, 2014
Runtime: 4:42
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Country Thunder rolled into Kenosha County on Thursday.

• A love of American Motors cars is expected to bring 25,000 people here this weekend for the Kenosha Homecoming, a celebration of everything AMC.

• Police have released the identity of people involved in Wednesday's fatal crash.

Title: Weekday Report: July 23, 2014
Runtime: 4:20
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• City aldermen will soon decide whether to close Kennedy Drive.

• The six-day Kenosha Homecoming celebration of locally built automobiles got started Tuesday, with a cruise-in night at Wendy's on 39th Avenue and 75th Street.

• A 7-year-old boy was flown to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin after he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle at the intersection of 60th Street and 22nd Avenue Tuesday evening.

Title: Weekday Report: July 22, 2014
Runtime: 4:45
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• With temperatures expected to climb into the 90s today , Kenosha County's beaches are likely to see plenty of business.

• County law enforcement agencies have started a task force aimed at sharing information in hopes of catching more criminals.

• Some cleanup work is beginning at the former Chrysler plant property on 30th Avenue.

Title: Weekday Report: July 21, 2014
Runtime: 4:44
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A military dog was adopted by his former Marine Corps handler Friday at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee.

• Unusual looking human-powered vehicles took over the Washington Park Velodrome on Sunday.

• A hundred vendors and an estimated 12,000 shoppers turned out for the 50th annual Friends of the Museums Art Fair on Kenosha's lakefront museum campus Sunday.

Title: Weekday Report: July 18, 2014
Runtime: 5:09
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A man who drove drunk and caused a fatal crash that left a 5-year-old boy dead will spend about 10 years in prison.

• An electrical upgrade is in the works at Kenosha's airport.

• Those headed up north for a weekend getaway could see major delays at the Milwaukee Zoo Interchange.

Title: Weekday Report: July 17, 2014
Runtime: 5:10
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The future of the village of Silver Lake -- and the town of Salem -- will be determined by Silver Lake residents through a November referendum vote.

• There are more lane closures on Highway 50, this time in Paddock Lake.

• Kids at the Boys & Girls Club were exposed to a new sport this week.

Title: Weekday Report: July 16, 2014
Runtime: 4:56
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Video evidence shows two people fired guns in Shenanigans on 52nd Street on June 28, sending several bullets flying in the bar and killing a woman who was there with friends.

• Gas prices are continuing to trend downward.

• Lake Michigan water temperatures haven't yet bounced back from the colder-than-usual winter.

Title: Weekday Report: July 15, 2014
Runtime: 4:41
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A Kenosha alderman has asked city and county leaders to help the Shalom Center build a permanent homeless shelter.

• Governor Scott Walker was in Kenosha on Monday.

• A Kenosha man who police say tried to kill his wife in a parking lot has had his trial date pushed back to give prosecutors time to have a doctor evaluate his mental state at the time of the incident.

Title: Weekday Report: July 14, 2014
Runtime: 4:59
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A severe storm packing what meteorologists call a "bow echo" effect rumbled across the Kenosha area late Saturday.

• Local officials joined hands to support equal rights at the second annual Kenosha Pride March Saturday at Library Park.

• In an effort to bring fresh, healthy food to local residents and promote sustainable living, Down to Earth Gardening's Getting Green by the Lake festival was held Saturday in HarborPark.

Title: Weekday Report: July 11, 2014
Runtime: 5:21
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The newly annexed land near the Interstate already has a tenant.

• The Kenosha Police and Fire Commission listened to nearly eight hours of testimony Thursday for a hearing involving the possible termination of city firefighter Matthew Spidell. Spidell,

• U.S. Coast Guard Station Kenosha held a Change of Command ceremony Thursday as Senior Chief Colleen McCarthy turned over the helm to Senior Chief Joseph Svendsen.

Title: Weekday Report: July 10, 2014
Runtime: 4:59
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• leasant Prairie Administrator Mike Pollocoff says it's too soon to consider a federally funded development along I-94 a bad investment for Wisconsin.

• A new radio communications tower for the county and city joint emergency operations is expected to finally make its debut mid-month.

• When St. Joseph High School graduate Peter Francois died of AIDS in 1993, his family and friends were left with a desire to pass on his generosity.

Title: Weekday Report: July 9, 2014
Runtime: 5:05
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Sue Savaglio-Jarvis will take over as superintendent of the Kenosha Unified School District July 21st.

• A second driver crashed into a train at an unregulated crossing in the 9600 block of 88th Avenue in Pleasant Prairie early Tuesday.

• With the busy Fourth of July weekend came an influx of visitors to the downtown area, and a boom for area shops and restaurants.

Title: Weekday Report: July 8, 2014
Runtime: 4:44
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A second person has been charged in the June 28th fatal shooting at Shenanigans on 52nd Street.

• Local law enforcement agencies were pushed to their limit on the Fourth of July weekend, tackling their busiest day of the year last Friday.

• The city of Kenosha got considerably bigger on Monday.

Title: Weekday Report: July 7, 2014
Runtime: 4:48
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Officer Casey Apker testified today in the hearing that started last week over his termination from the Kenosha Police Department.

• The Kenosha Unified School Board will hold a special meeting Tuesday to vote on hiring Sue Savaglio-Jarvis as the district's next superintendent.

• Police continue to investigate a shooting that happened Friday night just after 10 p.m. The victim was shot in the foot and underwent surgery at Kenosha Medical Center.

Title: Weekday Report: July 3, 2014
Runtime: 5:10
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Two Kenosha County districts are opting out of the national school lunch program.

• What was deemed a nuisance house in the McKinley Elementary School neighborhood is getting a new life, for a good cause.

• After being a staple in downtown Kenosha for nearly a decade, Heim's Downtown Toy Store is closing.

Title: Weekday Report: July 2, 2014
Runtime: 4:49
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Police say the woman shot dead Saturday at Shenanigans on 52nd Street was caught in gunfire meant for someone else.

• Crews at the Southport Marina will take the next few days to fix a dock that was damaged by this week's storms.

• The Kenosha Police and Fire Commission began hearing testimony this morning from witnesses in a termination hearing for a city police officer.

Title: Weekday Report: July 1, 2014
Runtime: 5:09
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Severe thunderstorms rolled into the Kenosha area Monday evening, leaving more than 1,500 We Energies customers without power.

• Police say Jenny M. Gamez of Cottage Grove, Oregon, is the woman who was killed in Kenosha before her remains were discovered in a suitcase alongside a Lake Geneva-area road last month.

• The state will review whether warning lights and gates should be installed at the railroad crossing where last week a man drove under a tanker car.

Title: Weekday Report: June 30, 2014
Runtime: 4:48
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The man wanted an early Saturday morning fatal shooting at Shenanigans bar turned himself in the next day, police say, having run out of places to hide.

• Police have confirmed that an elderly couple found dead in a pickup truck at St. George Cemetery was a murder-suicide.

• The threat of rain and thunderstorms loomed all week over the 2014 Kenosha Civic Veterans Parade, to the point event organizers discussed canceling the event if a boom of thunder was heard.

Title: Weekday Report: June 27, 2014
Runtime: 5:29
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• All students at 17 Kenosha Unified schools will receive free breakfast and lunch through a new program approved this week.

• Last winter's extreme cold is still rearing its head -- now in the form of fog.

• Kenosha's Civic Veterans Parade is Sunday, and it will support an all-American baseball theme.

Title: Weekday Report: June 26, 2014
Runtime: 5:36
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The effort to dissolve the village of Silver Lake is continuing to move forward.

• City officials are working to make sure graffiti sprayed on the side of the former Heritage House is removed in a timely fashion.

• A tree planting was held this morning at the Kenosha International Noble Garden of Peace at Wolfenbuttel Park.

Title: Weekday Report: June 25, 2014
Runtime: 5:09
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Kenosha Unified School District will return to an eight-hour workday for teachers next school year.

• All but one of 28 speakers at a Tuesday public hearing spoke out in favor of Somers incorporating as a village.

• ater Tuesday, the Town Board adjourned without taking action on hiring its top candidate for fire chief.

Title: Weekday Report: June 24, 2014
Runtime: 4:42
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• For the first time in Kenosha County history, an area teen has taken home the title of Miss Wisconsin Outstanding Teen.

• Kemper Pier is being removed, to be replaced with a lakeside patio or sitting area.

• The man selected to fill the fire chief's position in Somers hasn't yet committed to taking the job.

Title: Weekday Report: June 23, 2014
Runtime: 4:40
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Kenosha Unified School Board is down to the wire in selecting the district's next leader.

• A man was fished out of chilly Lake Michigan about 500 feet off the Simmons Island shore around 5:30 Friday evening.

• Kenosha's Civil War Museum's annual Salute to Freedom drew hundreds on Saturday, with the sights and sounds of the battlefield coming to life.

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