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Title: Weekday Report: June 20, 2014
Runtime: 4:50
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A portrait of the county's first female judge will soon hang in the Great Courtroom at the Kenosha County Courthouse.

• Construction at highways C and H in Pleasant Prairie has begun and will require the intersection to be closed to traffic Monday morning.

• The family of a 16-year-old girl with a disability is grateful to the organizers of Bloomin' Bands.

Title: Weekday Report: June 19, 2014
Runtime: 5:17
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Kenosha County residents who go to the polls in November will see an advisory referendum on the ballot.

• Silver Lake has a new fire chief.

• Kenosha's new boardwalk at Simmons Island is open to the public.

Title: Weekday Report: June 18, 2014
Runtime: 4:39
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The group charged with revitalizing downtown has announced that its first and only director is leaving the organization.

• When it comes to road work in Kenosha County, we've got good news and bad.

• Guy Santelli is set to become the next fire chief in Somers.

Title: Weekday Report: June 17, 2014
Runtime: 4:31
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A Kenosha man was sentenced Monday to 32 years in prison for killing his girlfriend and leaving her body in a car at a Chicago bus station.

• A line of thunderstorms that generated a possible tornado in Dane County and ripped through southeastern Wisconsin early this morning produced little damage locally.

• Kenosha Police are investigating a third bank robbery in two weeks after an incident at TruStone Financial Monday morning.

Title: Weekday Report: June 16, 2014
Runtime: 4:57
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The man who killed his girlfriend then left her body in a Chicago parking lot will be sentenced this afternoon.

• It was a record-breaking year for the annual Dairy Breakfast, with 3,755 people coming in for pancakes, eggs and other favorites on the Weis-Way farm.

• The pools at Anderson and Washington Park opened on Saturday, but few swimmers were brave enough to test the chilly waters.

Title: Weekday Report: June 13, 2014
Runtime: 4:38
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A Paddock Lake man who initially told deputies he wasn't driving in a fatal car accident was charged with homicide by drunken driving Thursday.

• The Central softball team made up for a rough start with a strong finish in an 8-4 victory over Racine Case Thursday in a Division-1 state quarterfinal in Madison.

• Local students looked plenty happy Thursday as the school year ended and summer break began.

Title: Weekday Report: June 12, 2014
Runtime: 5:00
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Central softball team is one step closer to defending its WIAA state championship with an 8-4 victory over Racine Case Thursday morning at Goodman Diamond in Madison.

• Two of Kenosha's top cops disagree over whether to pursue criminal charges for a city contractor who may have improperly stored and deleted police department emails.

• All this rain we've gotten recently is a blessing for some county farmers and a curse for others.

Title: Weekday Report: June 11, 2014
Runtime: 5:23
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A long-standing Somers barn burned to the ground Tuesday afternoon, leaving nothing but twisted metal and charred rubble in its place.

• A man convicted of killing one man and wounding another during a 2009 armed robbery at Shirl's Drive-in will not get a new trial.

• The Wilmot baseball team is headed back to the WIAA State Tournament for the first time since 2009.

Title: Weekday Report: June 10, 2014
Runtime: 4:07
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Yesterday we told you about the first same-sex Kenosha County couple to get a marriage license. Well, later in the day they were the second couple to get married here.

• Three Kenosha Unified superintendent finalists addressed over 100 stakeholders in a forum Monday night.

• Students at Bose Elementary School walked to honor military veterans Monday.

Title: Weekday Report: June 9, 2014
Runtime: 5:12
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Authorities have identified the man who died in an early Sunday morning crash and the man arrested in the accident, which occurred on Highway 45, just north of Highway 50.

• Monday morning could not come sooner for the first same-sex couple to file for marriage in Kenosha.

• Kennedy Park was alive with color on the weekend as the 13 th annual Outta Sight Kite Flight Festival took to the skies in Kenosha.

Title: Weekday Report: June 6, 2014
Runtime: 5:13
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A divided Kenosha Unified School Board is voiding its union contracts as part of a legal settlement.

• The offensive push that led to the eventual liberation of Europe from Germany's Nazi regime began 70 years ago today.

• More dredging work is underway in Kenosha's harbor.

Title: Weekday Report: June 5, 2014
Runtime: 5:04
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• It's been a busy, and controversial, week for the Kenosha City Council, which abruptly terminated the contract of its computer services provider on Monday.

• A Silver Lake Fire Department engine and tanker should be back on the road shortly after the Village Board voted on Wednesday to replace outdated tires in an effort to get the vehicles back in service.

• One of Kenosha's busiest fire engines was out of the service the past two days for planned training sessions in Pleasant Prairie, according to Kenosha Fire Deputy John Poltrock.

Title: Weekday Report: June 4, 2014
Runtime: 5:02
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Kenosha Unified School Board President Tamarra Coleman says the board will name its finalists for superintendent by the end of this week.

• Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth recognized eight law enforcement officers and a jailer during a commendation ceremony at the Public Safety Building Tuesday afternoon.

• A woman's group at Journey Church stuffed packets on Tuesday evening for a 5k run and two-mile walk called Hope Run Kenosha.

Title: Weekday Report: June 3, 2014
Runtime: 4:41
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Pleasant Prairie-based Uline today announced it will double the size of its corporate headquarters, adding hundreds of jobs.

• The Kenosha City Council voted Monday to abruptly terminate its computer services contract of 26 years with local firm Comsys.

• Work us underway on a facelift to the south side of Southport Park.

Title: Weekday Report: June 2, 2014
Runtime: 5:03
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Kenosha Kingfish survived their first weekend with glowing reviews, as the collegiate Northwoods League team attracted near-record crowds at renovated Simmons Field.

• There was no shortage of pomp and circumstance over the weekend, as high schools across Kenosha County held commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2014.

• The 56th annual Blessing of the Fleet Ceremony took place Sunday at the Kenosha Yacht Club.

Title: Weekday Report: May 30, 2014
Runtime: 4:41
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Janet DePaoli will spend a year in jail and seven years on probation after admitting she stole more than $180,000 from the Kenosha Cemetery Association when she worked there.

• Mentors and their students celebrated a year of developing relationships at the Boys and Girls Club of Kenosha Thursday afternoon.

• Gremlins took over Jeffery Elementary School earlier this week.

Title: Weekday Report: May 29, 2014
Runtime: 5:07
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report

• Authorities with the Racine Sheriff's Department were in Kenosha Tuesday to obtain more information for its look into city government.

• The Waukegan man police say asked someone to place cameras in the women's locker room at the Pleasant Prairie RecPlex entered not guilty pleas to the most-recent 26 charges against him.

• A 15-year-old Bradford High School student helped gather more than 35 area mascots to participate in a Mascot Walk at the Relay for Life of Union Grove.

Title: Weekday Report: May 28, 2014
Runtime: 4:38
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A group of Silver Lake residents who have organized under the title, "Moving Silver Lake Forward" are circulating a petition that calls for a November vote to dissolve the village.

• A Kenosha man has admitted to driving drunk in October, when he crashed into a minivan, killing a 5-year-old boy.

• Now that work on the stretch of 56th Street near the Kenosha County Courthouse is complete, the city has turned its road repair focus to elsewhere in the city.

Title: Weekday Report: May 27, 2014
Runtime: 4:22
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Governor Scott Walker provided a keynote speech in what was an eventful Memorial Day weekend in and around Kenosha County.

• Community leader and outspoken activist Greta Hansen died Saturday morning at her Kenosha home.

• Whether they were carving it, digging for a prize, feasting face first for a contest, or simply sampling the confections, thousands paid homage to chocolate over the weekend at the 28th annual Chocolate Fest in Burlington.

Title: Weekday Report: May 23, 2014
Runtime: 5:00
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The salmon were biting Thursday in Lake Michigan and the Kenosha Area Convention and Visitors Bureau was on hand to document it.

• Firefighters took part in one of the most important training exercises available during a live burn at a vacant house located on the Amazon construction site off Highway 142 near I-94.

• Students from Harborside Academy helped out on Thursday, planting flags on the graves of veterans in Sunset Ridge Memorial Park and St. James Cemetery.

Title: Weekday Report: May 22, 2014
Runtime: 5:01
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A 33-year-old Kenosha man is dead following a Wednesday afternoon shooting in the 1700 block of 62nd Street.

• More jobs are coming to Kenosha.

• A Twin Lakes couple had an eventful ride to the hospital to deliver a baby early Wednesday.

Title: Weekday Report: May 21, 2014
Runtime: 4:59
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• If you've spent time on Facebook the last few weeks, you've probably heard of the Cold Water Challenge.

• Two aldermen have been cleared of ethics violation charges against them.

• HarborPark received a new sculpture on Tuesday, as Chicago artist Michael Young's "Looking Up" was placed just north of 54th Street and Fourth Avenue.

Title: Weekday Report: May 20, 2014
Runtime: 5:16
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A temporary restraining order filed against a 5-year-old kindergartner at Prairie Lane Elementary School was dismissed in court this morning.

• The city Parks Commission signed off Monday night on a plan to move the Kenosha Dream Playground Project from its original location at Kennedy Park, to Petzke Park.

• City Council members have reached an agreement on how to resurface some area streets that were badly battered by this winter's weather.

Title: Weekday Report: May 19, 2014
Runtime: 4:35
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• UW-Parkside graduates celebrated their achievements this weekend, as Chancellor Deborah Ford encouraged them to take on their futures with confidence.

• Hundreds of people came out Sunday to support the Night to Remember prom, a dance for students, teens and adults with special needs.

• Scores of Boy Scouts from Kenosha and Racine took part in a Spring Camporee at Petrifying Springs Park over the weekend.

Title: Weekday Report: May 16, 2014
Runtime: 4:44
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht is not going anywhere

• City officials are still debating how to make improvements to 104th Avenue and other roads.

• Bill Guida visited a downtown spot for this week's Fix it feature.

Title: Weekday Report: May 15, 2014
Runtime: 4:42
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The three men charged with Anthony M. Edwards' death last month have asked their trials be held separately.

• Maintenance on a UW-Parkside utility tunnel will close the Wood Road roundabout and some nearby campus roadways for much of the summer.

• A newly passed bill to help seizure suffers didn't arrive in time to save the daughter of the legislation's chief advocate.

Title: Weekday Report: May 14, 2014
Runtime: 5:24
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Holy Rosary Catholic Church bid its farewell to the Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph by presenting them with a spiritual bouquet Tuesday evening.

• The Kenosha County Sheriff's Department debuted its new mobile command unit during a visit to Paris Consolidated School on Tuesday.

• A pack of foxes living in the WhiteCaps neighborhood suffered a pair of evictions as Kenosha Police took a second fox into custody just across the street from Nash Elementary on Tuesday.

Title: Weekday Report: May 13, 2014
Runtime: 5:28
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A powerful storm ripped through western Kenosha and Racine counties Monday afternoon resulting in high wind, hail and flooding.

• The Kenosha City Council voted Monday to annex at least 350 acres in the town of Paris in an effort to bring a developer promising 500 hundred jobs.

• A local care facility celebrated the start of National Nursing Home Week by honoring its oldest resident on Monday.

Title: Weekday Report: May 12, 2014
Runtime: 5:02
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Kenosha Unified School District plans to name its new superintendent at a special meeting on June 26th.

• The Waukegan man police say asked cameras be placed in a Pleasant Prairie RecPlex locker room has been charged with 37 felonies, and more could be coming.

• The fourth annual Mother's Day Ephemeral Brunch and Wildflower Walk took place Sunday at the Pringle Nature Center in Bristol.

Title: Weekday Report: May 9, 2014
Runtime: 5:28
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Following a statewide trend, graduation rates improved in the Kenosha Unified School District, with a rate of nearly 85 percent for the 2012-13 school year.

• A 40-year-old Kenosha man is in custody after leading police on an wild chase through Muni Golf Course early this morning.

• This week's Fix it feature concerns way-finding signs that don't quite find the way.

Title: Weekday Report: May 8, 2014
Runtime: 5:12
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Kenosha honored its fallen officers in a ceremony on Thursday.

• The Shalom Center wants the city to reconsider plans for a permanent homeless shelter in the former St. Vincent de Paul thrift shop.

• Gateway Board President Ram Bhatia says the technical college is looking into any number of options to respond if President Bryan Albrecht leaves.

Title: Weekday Report: May 7, 2014
Runtime: 5:17
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• More charges are expected this week against Karl Landt, the man police say was behind the cameras placed in women's locker rooms at the RecPlex and Uline.

• Carthage and city officials broke ground on Tuesday on a $43 million overhaul of its David A Straz Jr. Center for the Natural and Social Sciences.

• Family members of Robbie Wilde came to court Tuesday, hoping Judge Anthony Milisauskas would shut down convicted murderer Julian Miller's attempts at getting a new trial.

Title: Weekday Report May 6, 2014
Runtime: 4:54
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: • Another industrial park could be arriving in Kenosha, as city officials received a conceptual plan for one just went of I-94 near 60th Street.

• Kenosha City Council members shuffled the city's budget on Monday to finance dredging of the harbor and Southport Marina.

• A Kenosha man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison, after a judge sentenced him to 60 years in prison for a horrific attack on his wife.

Title: Weekday Report: May 5, 2014
Runtime: 4:59
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Iowa resident Logan Beausoleil turned in a record-breaking performance at the Wisconsin Marathon on Saturday, with a time of 1 hour, 12 minutes, 31 seconds in the half marathon.

• U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin says that while the national economy is growing painfully slowly.

• More than 500 motorcyclists pulled into St. Paul's Lutheran Church on Sunday to celebrate its 25th annual bike blessing.

Title: Weekday Report: May 2, 2014
Runtime: 4:35
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Brace yourself for more cool weather this spring and early summer.

• The local Boys & Girls Club is looking for a new leader.

• Kenosha County has received Bird City status.

Title: Weekday Report: May 1, 2014
Runtime: 5:08
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• After sitting dormant since 2008, the Virginia Towers building downtown is ready to house its first tenants.

• Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht is a finalist for chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.

• Police heard different stories about who knew that a man was being set up for a robbery when he was asked to make a drug deal.

Title: Weekday Report: April 30, 2014
Runtime: 5:17
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• City crews are continuing to mop up after a bad winter for potholes.

• Kenosha property assessments climbed slightly on average for the first time in several years.

• The Wisconsin Marathon makes its return this Saturday.

Title: Weekday Report: Tuesday April 29, 2014
Runtime: 4:09
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Kenosha Unified School Board shook up its leadership Monday, electing Tamarra Coleman as board president.

• The Fifth Avenue Lofts project got a boost this week, with notice that it received $673,000 in tax credits.

• A public input session was held Monday night at the Kenosha Public Museum and used as a forum for many topics.

Title: Weekday Report: Monday April 28, 2014
Runtime: 4:30
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Kenosha Fire Department and other local departments were busy this weekend responding to a pair of fires Saturday night and one early this morning.

• Local residents had an opportunity to reflect on the Holocaust at an event at the Kenosha Public Museum Sunday.

• Nearly 200 runners donned their favorite capes, masks and flashy outfits for the "Every Kid Needs a Superhero" 5K run-walk Saturday.

Title: Weekday Report: April 24, 2014
Runtime: 5:15
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A 33-year-old Sun Prairie woman is dead and her 34-year-old husband remains in extreme critical condition after a two-vehicle crash that closed I-94 in Kenosha County for several hours overnight.

• It's back to the drawing board for the Shalom Center and its effort to open a permanent homeless shelter.

• A third man was charged in the April 14 shooting that killed Anthony M. Edwards.

Title: Weekday Report: April 24, 2014
Runtime: 5:29
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Despite the third straight drop in monthly home sales, Kenosha real estate professionals are optimistic spring will heat up, with more sales and at slightly higher prices than this time last year.

• The Racine man charged with fatally shooting a Kenosha man in Downtown Racine last month pleaded not guilty to homicide.

• The bill allowing outside investigators to run officer-related death investigations was signed into law on Wednesday by Governor Scott Walker.

Title: Weekday Report: April 23, 2014
Runtime: 5:10
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Two men were charged Tuesday with reckless homicide for the April 14th shooting death of Anthony M. Edwards.

• If you're in Wisconsin, you'll likely hear sirens going off early Thursday afternoon.

• The site of this June's Kenosha County Dairy Breakfast has been announced.

Title: Weekday Report: April 22, 2014
Runtime: 4:55
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The man convicted for the August 2012 murder of Lisa Marie Mezera will spend the rest of his life in prison.

• A review into complaints made against Kenosha's fire chief ended this morning, with the Police and Fire Commission voting to dismiss complaints made against Chief John Thomsen.

• New announcements on major business developments in Kenosha are expected this spring, several local officials confirmed Monday.

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

• The Kenosha Fire Department acted swiftly in extinguishing a house fire at 4307 Sheridan Road just before 7:00 this morning.

• A Kenosha Police officer was taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons when her squad fell into a sinkhole near 23rd Avenue and 56th Street on Saturday.

• A longtime Kenosha business is getting a new owner and a new name, but will keep the same hometown feel.

Title: Weekday Report: April 18, 2014
Runtime: 5:13
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Pleasant Prairie Police have evidence the Pleasant Prairie RecPlex may not have been the only location hidden cameras were placed in the case involving Waukegan's Karl Landt and Pleasant Prairie's Melissa Wenckebach.

• The city's Police and Fire Commission will wait until Tuesday to decide whether to hold a hearing into allegations against Fire Chief John Thomsen.

• It was a royal day at Pleasant Prairie Elementary on Thursday as students and teachers, dressed as kings, queens, princesses and knights, roamed the castle-themed library.

Title: Weekday Report: April 17, 2014
Runtime: 4:34
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Nearly 700 students, staff and parents from All Saints Catholic Academy made a two-mile pilgrimage.

• Administrator John Gendron is moving from one western Kenosha County school to another.

• The Kenosha Fire Department's training division chief is leading his last class of new recruits before he'll retire later this year.

Title: Weekday Report: April 16, 2014
Runtime: 4:55
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Kenosha police have identified the 20-year-old man who died after a shooting and car crash late Monday.

• The woman police say placed cameras in the RecPlex women's locker room has been charged with 11 felonies.

• The start of spring didn't mark the end of snowfall, as the Kenosha area received its record 39th day of measurable snow on Monday.

Title: Weekday Report: April 15, 2014
Runtime: 5:14
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• 1 man dead, 2 in custody after Monday night shooting, crash.

• Today is Tax Day -- for those who owe or don't seek an extension.

• A Monday night memorial service celebrating the life of the Reverend Georgette Wonders drew a packed house at St. Mary's Lutheran Church.

Title: Weekday Report: April 14, 2014
Runtime: 4:48
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Kenosha Area Family and Aging Services honored several hundred of its volunteers on Saturday.

• Lots of good cheer was on tap at the seventh annual Dairy State Cheese and Beer Festival at the Brat Stop Saturday afternoon.

• A 24-stop tour on Sunday was aimed at promoting the arts in Kenosha and Racine.

Title: Weekday Report: April 11, 2014
Runtime: 5:12
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A 10-year-old girl was among the Pleasant Prairie RecPlex patrons police say were videotaped without their knowledge while using the women's locker room.

• A candlelight vigil was held Thursday night for The Reverend Georgette Wonders.

• Kenosha's Miss America, Laura Kaeppeler, is now in Italy, celebrating her recent marriage to Mike Fleiss, creator of ABC's "The Bachelor."

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