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

• Police have arrested a man and a woman suspected of hiding two video cameras found in the women's locker room at the Pleasant Prairie RecPlex.

• New trials have been ordered for two men tried together and convicted in 2011 of killing Brighton resident Robin Leydel in 2009.

• Investigators are still searching for the cause of one of the biggest wildfires in recent years that spread rapidly through three jurisdictions Wednesday night at Illinois Beach State Park.

Title: Weekday Report: April 9, 2014
Runtime: 5:06
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Students in the Kenosha Unified School District improved reading scores in state standardized tests, but saw declines in other scores, and lagged state averages overall.

• A proposed master plan for Kennedy Park calls for the removal of Kennedy Drive.

• Somers' incorporation request advanced another step on Tuesday, after a successful hearing in Kenosha County Circuit Court.

Title: Weekday Report: April 8, 2014
Runtime: 5:09
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A 60-year-old Kenosha man has gone from a person of interest to the prime suspect in the 1990 homicide of 18-year-old Berit Beck of Sturtevant.

• The city's Ethics Board decided Monday to move forward with an investigation of a 44-count ethics complaint against Alderman Patrick Juliana.

• A July trial date is set for a former Kenosha man police say strangled his wife and then left her body in a house he set on fire.

Title: Weekday Report: April 7, 2014
Runtime: 5:14
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Virginia Towers is set to open its doors.

• It takes a community to help prevent child abuse and neglect.

• A Saturday event at the Kenosha County Job Center was aimed at getting people thinking about their quest for financial stability.

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

• A new study ranks Wisconsin worst in the nation for disparities in education and health outcomes between white and African-American children.

• The Kenosha man who was killed in Racine on Saturday was not shot in the head, as was originally stated in official records.

• State Representative Tod Ohnstad will seek another term in the Assembly.

Title: Weekday Report: April 3, 2014
Runtime: 5:34
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The country's second-largest bottled water manufacturer announced plans Wednesday to build and operate a $56 million plant in Pleasant Prairie.

• Those traveling on Highway 50 near I-94 might want to plan ahead as a construction project began this week.

• A vigil was held Wednesday night in downtown Racine to reflect on the life of 21-year-old.

Title: Weekday Report: April 2, 2014
Runtime: 4:24
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Voters shook up the Kenosha Unified School Board Tuesday, removing incumbent Jo Ann Taube and electing two newcomers who campaigned against the actions of the current board majority.

• Two incumbents were knocked off the Kenosha City Council on Tuesday.

• The fatal shooting of a Kenosha man in Racine on Saturday came during an argument between two groups of people on Main Street.

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Runtime: 5:33
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• If you've driven past the Amazon building site recently you've seen some action.

• Cardinali's Bakery served its last loaf of bread after 99 years as the family business closed for good on Sunday.

• The Kenosha Police Department will hold its spring bike auction Saturday at the Kenosha Rotary Safety Center.

Title: Weekday Report: March 28, 2014
Runtime: 4:59
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Governor Scott Walker's administration has agreed to triple the potential payment to a national law firm hired to help examine whether to allow the proposed Kenosha casino to move forward.

• Food, Folks and Spokes has pedaled away.

• The ELCA Outreach Center at Grace Lutheran Church partnered with Leadership Kenosha on Thursday to hold a foot care clinic for the homeless and others less fortunate.

Title: Weekday Report: March 27, 2014
Runtime: 5:30
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The city's coffers could be $1.2 million richer if people would just pay their parking tickets.

• Wednesday was a good day for soup in Kenosha -- and plenty of it was served up at the Rhode Center for the Arts' annual Bowls & Books Soupfest Contest.

• Companies that don't keep up with rapidly advancing technology can find themselves on the path to failure.

Title: Weekday Report: March 26, 2014
Runtime: 4:09
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A new industrial park could be coming to a chunk of land across Interstate 94 from the Amazon.com warehouse development.

• Now that Walmart's lease at its former Kenosha location has ended, city officials are considering what to do with the 52nd Street building.

• The two Kenosha men involved in the altercation that led to a gunshot being fired outside Duke's Country Saloon are in jail, pending charges related to the incident.

Title: Weekday Report: March 25, 2014
Runtime: 5:17
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The extreme cold this winter led to record-breaking natural gas usage.

• More than a third of the cigarettes sold in Wisconsin are illegal smokes that have been brought in from other states and have either been not taxed, improperly taxed or counterfeited.

• Alderman Scott Gordon has now had all ethics complaints against him dismissed.

Title: Weekday Report: March 24, 2014
Runtime: 5:02
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A fire caused by unattended candles displaced two Kenosha families on Saturday.

• The former Twin Lakes resident who's competing on NBC's "The Voice" performed at her childhood elementary school and at the Brat Stop on Friday.

• Earlene Girman was affectionately described as "a force to be reckoned with" Friday night, when she was the guest of honor at the 24th annual Susan B. Anthony Awards Dinner at the Parkway Chateau.

Title: Weekday Report: March 21, 2014
Runtime: 5:25
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Twenty-two people have applied for the superintendent's job in the Kenosha Unified School District.

• It isn't every day your average sixth grader gets to hold a heart in his hands.

• A new communications tower for county and city emergency services is expected to go online by the end of May.

Title: Weekday Report: March 20, 2014
Runtime: 4:39
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Kenosha Unified will revamp its math program, under a plan expected to go before the School Board in May.

• A major water main broke on 19th Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Streets Wednesday afternoon.

• A two-week Mexican immersion program at Paris School culminated Wednesday with a little mariachi music and some fried ice cream.

Title: Weekday Report: March 19, 2014
Runtime: 4:58
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Meijer and the Kenosha County Job Center partnered Tuesday for a unique job fair to fill positions at the retailer's new Pleasant Prairie warehouse.

• Four candidates vying for two Kenosha Unified School District school board vacancies met for another forum this morning at the Kenosha Country Club.

• The harsh winter has led to a slow start to the season for Kenosha-area golf courses.

Title: Weekday Report: March 18, 2014
Runtime: 5:32
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The summer roadwork season will soon begin on I-94 in Kenosha and Racine counties.

• Judge Wilbur Warren will retire this summer, about one year before his term is set to expire.

• Water woes are continuing for residents of a Twin Lakes subdivision.

Title: Weekday Report: March 17, 2014
Runtime: 5:08
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Wilmot High School's academic decathlon team is headed to Hawaii, after winning the state championship on Friday.

• St. Patrick's Day came early in Kenosha this weekend, as the Kenosha Area Pipes and Drums Association began its "Kenosha Krawl" on Saturday.

• Candidates for Kenosha Unified School Board, City Council and County Board met and mingled Sunday at an informal gathering at the UAW Local 72 headquarters.

Title: Weekday Report: March 14, 2014
Runtime: 4:37
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• This season will likely be the last for the Keno Drive-in Theater.

• Students at Tremper High School set a state blood donation record on Thursday.

• The harsh winter that has battered the Kenosha area has wreaked havoc on the local construction industry.

Kenosha News Weekday Report: March 13, 2014

Title: Kenosha News Weekday Report: March 13, 2014
Runtime: 4:54
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Costs for the city's review of complaints made against Fire Chief John Thomsen have reached $15,000 and are climbing.

• Now that he has admitted his involvement in the attack, the Tremper teenager who punched a bus driver will likely not face jail time.

• A Kenosha man will spend six years in prison for the near-fatal stabbing of a friend.

Title: Weekday Report: March 12, 2014
Runtime: 4:45
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• It hasn't necessarily been one of the worst winters for the Kenosha Street Division, but it has been one of the busiest.

• ESPN reporter Lester Munson has made a career discussing major issues in the sports industry.

• United Hospital System plans to bring a medical facility to Green Bay Road, just north of Washington Road and east of Sam's Club, by the summer of 2015.

Title: Weekday Report: March 11, 2014
Runtime: 5:19
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Governor Scott Walker joined members of the Boys and Girls Club of Kenosha at the group's "Stars for Tomorrow" awards banquet at Snap-on Monday night.

• Attorneys for the city will be allowed to intervene in the Police and Fire Commission's review of complaints made against Fire Chief John Thomsen.

• The start of the next high school football season may be many months away, but a familiar face will be on the sideline when Bradford hosts Brookfield Central on August 29th.

Title: Weekday Report: March 10, 2014
Runtime: 4:38
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A group of 12 will join the ranks of Kenosha firefighters, after the Police and Fire Commission approved hiring them this morning.

• Skiers and snowboarders took part in the U.S. AirBag tour at Wilmot Mountain this weekend.

• Hundreds of student musicians participated in the District Solo and Ensemble Music Festival Saturday.

Title: Weekday Report: March 7, 2014
Runtime: 5:25
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• There was a terrible crash on Highway 45 Thursday afternoon, with a Toyota Camry plowing into and under a school bus that was stopped south of Highway 142.

• The Kenosha Fire Department is reminding property owners to shovel around fire hydrants.

• The History Center is about to reopen.

Title: Weekday Report: March 6, 2014
Runtime: 4:15
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A man who killed his girlfriend then left her body in a car in a Chicago parking lot has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide and hiding a corpse.

• The City Council is going to debate funding sources for repairs to Fire Station number 5 on Washington Road.

• The state Building Commission has approved a $284,000 renovation of the Vern Wolf Lake Dam at Bong State Recreation Area.

Kenosha News Weekday Report: March 5, 2014

Title: Kenosha News Weekday Report: March 5, 2014
Runtime: 4:57
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Ashes on the go? That's right.

• A 20-year-old Salem woman was killed in a crash on Highway C in Bristol Tuesday morning.

• Three years probation. That's the sentence for the man who terrorized his girlfriend's sons while wearing a clown costume.

Title: Weekday Report: March 4, 2014
Runtime: 5:07
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• For a town know for Italian sweet treats, the Polish Paczki is gaining some street cred.

• Over $9 million in financial incentives will go to two of Kenosha's newest and highest profile employers.

• A man who received goods stolen from Snap-on and sold them has avoided prison but was sentenced to three years probation Monday.

Title: Weekday Report: March 3, 2014
Runtime: 5:01
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The 86th annual Academy Awards took place Sunday and it was quite a night, with "12 Years a Slave" taking home Best Picture bragging rights.

• Nearly 300 people went bald for a cause at the annual St. Baldrick's event at the Brat Stop Saturday.

• The Kenosha Fire Department has responded to an alarming number of carbon monoxide incidents in the last several months, both actual and unfounded.

Title: Weekday Report: February 28, 2014
Runtime: 3:49
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The family of the late Terry Kentcy accepted an award from the Urban League of Racine and Kenosha this morning as part of Black History Month.

• Some Kenosha County businesses owners are not in favor of a minimum wage increase partly because the hike would add pressure when the local economy is just beginning to recover.

• Char Summers has spent the last 20 years helping people find relatives, often, reconnecting birth parents with the children they gave up for adoption.

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

• Now that a grant application has fallen through, city officials are looking at ways to fund repairs.

• Members of Kenosha County's legislative delegation had mixed reactions to Governor Scott Walker's promise.

• Kenosha Unified students in kindergarten through fifth grade will no longer be working with Rosetta Stone.

Title: Weekday Report: February 26, 2014
Runtime: 4:42
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Kenosha Unified School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to censure member Kyle Flood, who was recently cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and for vandalism.

• A plan for Central High School's gymnastics program to join a cooperative with the Kenosha Unified School District won approval from the Unified School Board Tuesday.

• A former Bong State Recreation Area ranger has returned to the area as a conservation warden.

Title: Weekday Report: February 25, 2014
Runtime: 5:18
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A week long murder trial ended with a guilty verdict on Monday.

• American Transmission Company has released a map showing two possible routes for a new transmission line that will stretch from Salem to Lake Geneva.

• One of the coldest and snowiest winters in recent memory has left its mark in the form of potholes throughout the city.

Title: Weekday Report: February 24, 2014
Runtime: 4:45
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Deliberations are expected to begin today in the Javier Garcia trial.

• The Kenosha bus driver who fought back after a high school student attacked him has had his firing overturned.

• A Pleasant Prairie woman and her daughter are heading to Los Angeles to be on the red carpet for the Oscars.

Title: Weekday Report: February 21, 2014
Runtime: 5:24
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The state will appeal a federal judge's decision to overturn Mark Jensen's conviction for killing his wife with poison.

• A state DNA analyst testified Thursday that a murder victim's DNA was found on the hat and shoes of the man charged in her death.

• Twenty-five students competed Thursday in the 11th Annual Kenosha Unified School District Black History Bee.

Title: Weekday Report: February 20, 2014
Runtime: 5:07
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• City crews are working to make sure all this newly formed water has a place to go.

• The medical examiner who autopsied Lisa Marie Mezera's body said he found three signs of strangulation.

• Silver Lake will hold a November referendum to ask residents whether the village should contract with Salem for fire and rescue service.

Title: Weekday Report: February 19, 2014
Runtime: 5:08
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Primary voters promoted Kenosha Unified School Board incumbent Jo Ann Taube to the general election, but axed incumbent Robert Nuzzo.

• In opening statements Tuesday morning, attorneys told jurors how they believe the evidence will line up in the trial for Javier Garcia, accused of killing Lisa Marie Mezera in August 2012.

• It was an emotional day Tuesday for Michael Bell as the state Assembly voted without objection to require independent investigations for all officer-involved deaths in Wisconsin.

Title: Weekday Report: February 18, 2014
Runtime: 5:30
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Today is primary election day, but few voters are expected to turn out.

• The recent cold made conditions favorable for an unusual activity: ice fishing in Kenosha's harbor.

• Opening statements were set to begin this morning in the trial for the man accused of killing Lisa Mezera in August 2012.

Title: Weekday Report: Februrary 17, 2014
Runtime: 4:41
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Central High School student Delainey Smith had plenty to cheer about on Friday night.

• Kenosha Unified School Board member Kyle Flood could face a public censure.

• A Friday event promoted health and wellness for kids.

Title: Weekday Report: February 14, 2014
Runtime: 5:27
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Early cost estimates for the proposed expansion of Kenosha's downtown streetcar route have exceeded the city's budget for the project, but Mayor Keith Bosman said the city is working to find a plan that will work.

• The Elks Club redevelopment project moved forward Thursday

• This week's Fix it feature takes on illegal truck traffic on Kenosha streets.

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

• This winter's deep freeze has left behind at least one positive consequence: fewer potholes.

• The city took formal possession of the former Chrysler property on Wednesday.

• Kenosha County soon plans to add dedicated bicycle lanes to both sides of Highway H between Highway 50 and the Illinois state line.

Title: Weekday Report: February 12, 2014
Runtime: 4:49
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Frost more than 4 feet deep is causing winter water woes across southeastern Wisconsin, and residents are being urged to routinely run their tap water.

• The city's Ethics Board has dropped a complaint leveled against Alderman G. John Ruffolo for his alleged involvement in the "Gluegate" incident.

• The city has released footage of the January 17th attack involving a city bus driver.

Title: Weekday Report: February 11, 2014
Runtime: 4:47
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Though it may be many months before Amazon.com begins accepting applications for jobs at its proposed Kenosha fulfillment center.

• Kenosha firefighters responded to a basement fire this morning in the 1500 block of 27th Street requiring additional units when the fire reportedly spread to the main floor.

• We Energies says a one-day record for natural gas usage was set on a frigid day last month.

Title: Weekday Report: February 10, 2014
Runtime: 4:51
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Shalom Center's executive director says the organization will soon have a permanent shelter for the homeless.

• There was plenty of fun to be had outside in Kenosha during the chilly weekend.

• The Kenosha area's athletes of the year were honored at Holy Rosary Sunday night.

Title: Weekday Report: February 7, 2014
Runtime: 4:44
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The proposed redevelopment of the former Elks Club and Heritage House would include the construction of a second building to house additional hotel rooms.

• Two area families are appealing to the state to legalize medical marijuana for children.

• A man police say broke into a home and robbed it an hour after getting out of jail must undergo a competency evaluation before he can be sentenced.

Title: Weekday Report: February 6, 2014
Runtime: 5:01
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• With five snow days to make up, it looked like the Kenosha Unified School District could be keeping kids in class until mid-June.

• With the primary election in less than two weeks, candidates for the Kenosha Unified School Board came together Tuesday in a forum at Gateway Technical College.

• A water main break closed a block of 57th Street near the post office this morning.

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

• The Kenosha area awoke to another snowy, slippery mess this morning.

• The state is still researching the proposed Kenosha casino, and is now bringing in outside help to gather the information Gov. Scott Walker needs before he can decide whether to allow the $808 million project.

• Kenosha will finish this snowy winter using the same snow removal guidelines as years past.

Title: Weekday Report: February 4, 2014
Runtime: 4:56
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The dilapidated former Elks Club building in downtown Kenosha could soon see new life as a boutique-style hotel.

• The unemployment rate in Kenosha County fell from 7.8 percent in December 2012 to 6.7 percent this past December.

• The Kenosha Fire Department is continuing to investigate a Friday afternoon fire that destroyed a Tirabassi Construction Building.

Title: Weekday Report: February 3, 2014
Runtime: 4:42
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A massive fire destroyed a warehouse Friday afternoon on the Tirabassi Construction property in the 8200 block of 39th Avenue.

• A bill reforming officer-involved shooting investigations may soon have the largest Wisconsin law enforcement associations on board, and it could get a vote in the Wisconsin Assembly this week.

• Former Tremper High School teacher Michael Feldman brought his successful "Whad'Ya Know?" public radio show to UW-Parkside on Saturday.

Title: Weekday Report: January 31, 2014
Runtime: 5:16
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Water main breaks are keeping Kenosha Water Utility crews busy.

• Washington Middle School eighth-grader Chris Nelson was the winner of the Kenosha Unified School District's annual middle school spelling bee Thursday night

• A look at a frozen celebration this weekend in Lake Geneva.

Title: Weekday Report: January 30, 2014
Runtime: 5:32
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A former superintendent's retirement settlement and a new contract for teachers emerged as hot-button issues at a Wednesday night Kenosha Unified School Board candidates' forum.

• Free Internet access could be coming to the downtown area, if a plan proposed by Kenosha County is approved by the city.

• The Kenosha Fire Department is taking steps to help reduce deaths from heroin overdoses.

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