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Title: Weekday Report: September 11, 2013
Runtime: 5:23
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• An unnamed major e-commerce company project that could encompass 1.5 million square feet of warehouse and distribution space on Kenosha's far-northwest side will be the topic of a DNR public hearing on Thursday.

• Local schools found themselves adjusting to the unseasonably warm weather on Tuesday.

• A 75-year-old Trevor-area man drowned while swimming in Center Lake in Salem Tuesday afternoon.

Title: Weekday Report: September 10, 2013
Runtime: 5:10
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Somers Plan Commission gave its nod Monday to continued planning for a proposed industrial park on what's now 309 acres of farmland at highways H and S.

• The Pleasant Prairie Plan Commission signed off Monday on a proposed corporate park development there.

• A basement fire caused only smoke damage to an unoccupied house at 5406 25th Avenue Monday evening.

Title: Weekday Report: September 9, 2013
Runtime: 5:08
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A traveling version of the national World War II Memorial made a stop in Union Grove on Sunday.

• Ground-breaking was held Saturday for the first home to be built in Kenosha County by Habitat for Humanity's Kenosha chapter.

• The Kenosha Unified School District will have more students this year, due largely to more kids attending 4-year-old kindergarten programs.

Title: Weekday Report: September 6, 2013
Runtime: 4:40
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Racine County Executive Jim Ladwig is throwing his support behind the Kenosha casino proposal.

• About 50 downtown-area residents packed a meeting Thursday night to learn more about a mixed-income residential project proposed for the former Frank L. Wells Company site.

• A Kenosha woman accused of robbing a U.S. Bank branch in April took a plea deal Wednesday.

Title: Weekday Report: September 5, 2013
Runtime: 5:27
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A key leader in Wisconsin politics has remained mum on the proposed Kenosha casino.

• Veterinarians are warning dog owners to make sure their pets are vaccinated for canine parvovirus.

• The new Green Bay Packers season began early for 60 die-hard fans who met in the Kenosha ShopKo parking lot this morning,

Title: Weekday Report: September 4, 2013
Runtime: 4:29
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Tuesday was back-to-school day at public schools locally and across Wisconsin.

• What does a *retired* teacher do on the first day of school?

• Despite continued opposition from the ad hoc Southport Beach House citizens committee, the city began to install fencing Tuesday for a planned dog park in Southport Park.

Title: Weekday Report: September 3, 2013
Runtime: 3:48
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• More than 800 students -- freshmen and transfers from 26 states as well as Japan, Kenya and the Philippines -- made themselves at home Sunday, on move-in day at the dorms at Carthage College.

• 380 school book bags filled with supplies were snapped up in a matter of hours Saturday at Ken's Smooth Cutz Barbershop on 50th Street.

• Daredevil Bubba Blackwell wowed a crowd of motorcycle enthusiasts at Uke's Harley-Davidson Store on Saturday.

Title: Weekday Report: August 30, 2013
Runtime: 4:51
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Kenosha-area veterans and their families no longer have to travel so far for health care services.

• Travel during the Labor Day weekend is expected to increase in the state and nationally.

• Salem School has a renewed emphasis on programming.

Title: Weekday Report: August 29, 2013
Runtime: 5:32
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Harbor Thunder celebration of Harley-Davidson's 110th birthday roared through Kenosha Wednesday evening.

• Local lawmakers are optimistic Governor Walker will carefully review and rule quickly on the proposed Kenosha casino project.

• A jury in Racine County found Somers emergency medical technician Jodin Froeber not guilty on Wednesday.

Title: Weekday Report: August 28, 2013
Runtime: 4:21
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Menominee Nation is again asking the rival Potawatomi Tribe to join in as developer and/or manager of the proposed Kenosha casino.

• Hundreds paid tribute Tuesday night to the late Larry Zarletti as they attended the final concert for Twilight Jazz 2013.

• An early-evening fire destroyed a barn on Highway SA just north of Camp Lake on Tuesday.

Title: Weekday Report: August 27, 2013
Runtime: 5:15
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• While local business and political leaders are hopeful the proposed Kenosha casino would create more jobs for the community.

• A rolling celebration of Harley-Davidson's 110th anniversary will rumble through Kenosha on Wednesday.

• Revitalizing downtown Kenosha is now in the "put up or shut up" phase.

Title: Weekday Report: August 26, 2013
Runtime: 4:53
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Menominee Nation on Friday received long-awaited federal approval of its Kenosha casino proposal.

• The Grill Games competition brought plenty of people, and delicious food, to Kenosha's lakefront Friday and Saturday.

• A tail-wagging crowd of all breeds and sizes hit the Lincoln Park trail Sunday afternoon as Kenosha's Walk for Paws marked its greatest success so far.

Title: Weekday Report: August 23, 2013
Runtime: 4:43
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Trevor resident and mother-of-two Amee Janus is sharing her passion about slowing down speeding drivers in neighborhoods.

• Richard Ginkowski leaves the Kenosha County District Attorney's Office this week.

• A group of walkers in Paddock Lake is seeking fitness, and a dubious sounding award.

Title: Weekday Report: August 22, 2013
Runtime: 5:36
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A recovering housing market and an improved spring season helped major home improvement retailers report significant increases in sales.

• The city's new Ethics Board had its first meeting this week, and it has plenty on its plate already.

• Kenosha-area lawmakers are unsure about a new proposal to raise Wisconsin's speed limit to 70 miles per hour.

Title: Weekday Report: August 21, 2013
Runtime: 4:59
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• City officials are looking for more information before making any decisions on the proposed streetcar expansion.

• ACT test score data for 2013 was released today.

• The annual Grill Games competition is coming to Kenosha's lakefront this weekend, and organizers are still looking for competitors for a community grilling contest.

Title: Weekday Report: August 20, 2013
Runtime: 5:22
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Some Kenosha Unified Schools will be exempt from the district's new policy of keeping class sizes at 25-to-1 or lower.

• The Kenosha City Council once again took a stand Monday night against cellphone use while driving.

• Kennedy Drive will remain closed to traffic after 7 p.m., thanks to another action by the council.

Title: Weekday Report: August 19, 2013
Runtime: 4:25
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Kenosha County Fair set a new attendance record over its five-day run last week.

• A Holstein shown by Casey Lois was named the dairy supreme champion at the fair on Friday.

• Mud, muck, gunk and goo. That's what volunteers from the Scout Leaders Rescue Squad dive team slogged through during a volunteer cleanup project at the Lincoln Park lagoon Sunday morning.

Title: Weekday Report: August 16, 2013
Runtime: 4:38
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• 18-year-old Christy Schneckloth just began showing cattle at the Kenosha County Fair last year.

• Two Kenosha-area private schools will be participating in Wisconsin's state-sponsored voucher program this fall.

• Kenosha Area Family and Aging Services has expanded its lunch offerings at the Boys and Girls Club.

Title: Weekday Report: August 15, 2013
Runtime: 4:45
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Alizabeth Elfering is the Kenosha County Fair's newest Fairest of the Fair.

• Barring an early frost, the Kenosha County corn crop will be markedly better than last year and premium compared with other areas in the state.

• Piggly Wiggly has opened a 36,000-square-foot, full-service supermarket in the Sun Plaza Shopping Center.

Title: Weekday Report: August 14, 2013
Runtime: 4:51
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Two committees of the Kenosha Unified School Board approved a change to a district policy to require the board to approve contracts of $25,000 or more at a meeting on Tuesday.

• A resolution to place signs barring cell phone use in school zones appears headed for Kenosha's City Council.

• The Kenosha Dream Playground Project will take delivery this week of a $20,000 check from Kenosha Firefighters CARE.

Title: Weekday Report: August 13, 2013
Runtime: 5:16
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• After nearly four hours of discussion and public comment, the city Parks Commission voted Monday night to maintain the 7 p.m.

• The Kenosha Education Association is looking to retain and attract members following the end of its collective bargaining agreement in June.

• The Coast Guard has a new rescue boat in Kenosha's harbor.

Title: Weekday Report: August 12, 2013
Runtime: 4:27
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• First Congregational Church ended its 175-year run in Kenosha on Sunday.

• About 30 people pretended they were Union soldiers during a Saturday presentation at the Kenosha Civil War Museum.

• Members of the Kenosha Attack basketball club spent Sunday afternoon getting a little dirty.

Title: Weekday Report: August 9, 2013
Runtime: 5:44
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus was in town Thursday to speak at the Pints and Politics event at the Birchwood Grill.

• It's getting more expensive to run a farm, according to a recent USDA report that showed statewide farming costs rose 12 percent last year, to $10.8 billion.

• A 62-year-old Kenosha attorney who couldn't stop drinking and driving is headed to prison.

Title: Weekday Report: August 8, 2013
Runtime: 4:30
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Workers have started demolishing Simmons Field.

• A fire destroyed a 19th-century barn in Brighton Wednesday night.

• The city recently cut down dozens of trees as part of an eastward expansion of Washington Park.

Title: Weekday Report: August 7, 2013
Runtime: 5:31
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Mayor Keith Bosman is asking three city commissions to take a look at his preferred route for streetcar expansion.

• Teachers at Frank and Wilson elementary schools prepare for classes next week.

• Researchers say they've established a link between changes in the weather and spikes in violence around the world.

Title: Weekday Report: August 6, 2013
Runtime: 5:01
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• After a lengthy debate Monday night, the Kenosha City Council unanimously approved a conditional use permit for construction of a nearly-200,000-square-foot Meijer store.

• Kenosha's Metra station is again without a restaurant tenant.

• Douglas Arendt was sentenced Monday to two years in prison for sexually assaulting women who had fallen asleep at his home.

Title: Weekday Report: August 5, 2013
Runtime: 5:09
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Relay for Life event at UW-Parkside Friday night into Saturday raised more than $306,000 from 95 teams and their 1,000-plus participants.

• On Simmons Island, more than 300 re-enactors took a trip back in time to the 16th through 19th centuries on Saturday and Sunday.

• A bright lineup of boats graced Kenosha's harbor Saturday night.

Title: Weekday Report: August 2, 2013
Runtime: 5:23
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Kenosha Unified administration and the Kenosha Education Association have begun negotiations over base wage pay.

• Animal shelter workers are outraged after law enforcement officials removed and killed a fawn that was being held at a no-kill shelter in Bristol last month.

• About a thousand people will walk in the name of fighting cancer in the annual Relay for Life event tonight at UW-Parkside.

Title: Weekday Report: August 1, 2013
Runtime: 4:41
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Two Kenosha schools are among the 48 private schools that have registered with the state to accept students in Wisconsin's new statewide voucher program.

• A Salem man was sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in prison for physical and sexual abuse in October against his then-girlfriend.

• A shallower-than-planned footing depth delayed the construction of a Nissan dealership in Bristol.

Title: Weekday Report: July 31, 2013
Runtime: 4:57
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Kenosha Water Utility has received state approval for the water rate increase it sought more than nine months ago.

• Sheriff's investigators say a Trevor man found dead Tuesday morning at a Camp Lake boat launch apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

• Members of the Southport Beach House Citizen Committee toured the building on Tuesday.

Title: Weekday Report: July 30, 2013
Runtime: 5:32
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A Kenosha nightclub that's been a magnet for police attention is losing the ability to offer live entertainment and DJs.

• City Council committee weighed in on a couple of national issues on Monday.

• A newly released calendar showcases local cancer survivors and Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

Title: Weekday Report: July 29, 2013
Runtime: 5:36
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• More than 4,200 people visited the Convoy of Hope on Saturday at Brass Community School, where everything was free.

• A newly released calendar showcases local cancer survivors and Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

• An 81-year-old equestrian and her 26-year-old borrowed thoroughbred gained entry to an exclusive club this weekend.

Title: Weekday Report: July 26, 2013
Runtime: 5:00
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Echo Lake Foods in Burlington now faces $150,000 in fines for safety violations discovered days before a fire destroyed the plant in January.

• Jurors convicted Joseph Stortz Thursday for the 2011 arson of Horn Trevor Feeds.

• Two women were taken to the hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening this morning after a rollover crash at 39th Avenue and Roosevelt Road.

Title: Weekday Report: July 25, 2013
Runtime: 5:05
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The Kenosha Unified School Board is considering blocking an automatic one-year renewal of Superintendent Michele Hancock's contract.

• A Pleasant Prairie man reportedly is still in the hospital after he was shot by his girlfriend's ex-husband Tuesday night.

• Two men are awaiting charges related to a drug bust that ended at a Kenosha apartment Tuesday.

Title: Weekday Report: July 24, 2013
Runtime: 4:53
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A proposed math curriculum for grades six through nine drew vocal opposition at Tuesday night's Kenosha Unified School Board meeting.

• A man was shot in Pleasant Prairie Tuesday night by his girlfriend's ex-husband, who then confessed to the crime and killed himself.

• The only hotel in downtown Kenosha is getting a $2.2 million facelift.

Title: Weekday Report: July 23, 2013
Runtime: 5:28
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The news Monday that Brewers star Ryan Braun will sit out the rest of this season on suspension.

• Flight for Life took a boy to Children's Hospital in Wauwatosa Monday, shortly after he was hit by a vehicle while walking in the 7900 block of 39th Avenue.

• A Kenosha-area lawmaker's attempt to crack down on food stamp fraud was signed into law Monday.

Title: Weekday Report: July 22, 2013
Runtime: 5:24
Date posted: 13 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• Country Thunder wrapped up its sometimes-sweltering four-day run on Sunday.

• A Kenosha family has been chosen to move into the first house to be built by the new Habitat for Humanity-Kenosha Chapter.

• About 15 teams took part in Dragon Boat racing on Lake Andrea in Pleasant Prairie on Saturday.

Title: Weekday Report: July 19, 2013
Runtime: 5:06
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• A house explosion rocked 60th Street late Thursday afternoon.

• The heat wave bombarding southeastern Wisconsin baked the opening day of Country Thunder in Randall Thursday.

• Plans for a 193,000-square-foot Meijer store on Kenosha's southwest side received the support of the City Plan Commission Thursday night.

Title: Weekday Report: July 18, 2013
Runtime: 5:06
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

• The steamy heat wave that has gripped Kenosha County all week is expected to continue through Friday, with temperatures reaching the low 90s and heat indexes flirting with 100.

• A Bristol man appeared in court Wednesday, charged for a Tuesday night crash.

• A driver fell asleep this morning about 8 a.m. while traveling north in the 1900 block of Sheridan Road.

Title: Weekday Report: July 17, 2013
Runtime: 5:08
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

· Fatal accident on Tuesday night at Highway 165 and 120th Avenue in Pleasant Prairie

· An update on the status of the horses rescued from Hidden Lake Stables.

· County residents got another chance Tuesday to talk to state officials about a plan to build a roundabout at the intersection of highways 45 and K.

Title: Weekday Report: July 16, 2013
Runtime: 5:41
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

· An anonymous letter to County Board members is setting off a discussion about the off-duty use of squad cars by the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department.

· The Aquanuts water ski team held an adaptive skiing clinic Monday.

· A little green bug that's beginning to cause big problems for trees in Kenosha.

Title: Weekday Report: July 15, 2013
Runtime: 4:55
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

· Bristol Progress Days was back with a bang this weekend, complete with the customary fireworks display.

· Authorities are investigating a Saturday house fire, the cause of which was believed to be suspicious.

· Members of the 175-year-old First Congregational Church in downtown Kenosha have decided to call it quits.

Title: Weekday Report: July 12, 2013
Runtime: 5:27
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

· More than 250 firefighters from numerous jurisdictions paid their respects Thursday to the family of fallen firefighter Tony Rose.

· Food, Folks and Spokes kicked off in downtown Kenosha this morning.

· Littering has helped make for an unsightly, unsavory mess in the Lincoln Park lagoon.

Title: Weekday Report: July 11, 2013
Runtime: 5:33
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

· A proposal to lower elementary class sizes by hiring 34 teachers will go before the Kenosha Unified School Board later this month.

· The Silver Lake Village Board engaged in more heated debate Wednesday night over the future of emergency medical services for residents.

· A father and son have been charged with molesting the same young girl over several months in 2005.

Title: Weekday Report: July 10, 2013
Runtime: 4:28
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

· Two pit bull mixes are being kept under a bite quarantine at Safe Harbor Humane Society, after they attacked and killed a small dog and bit several people on Saturday.

· The reptiles removed from a Kenosha home in May will be moving to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

· DaJun Williams was sentenced to prison Tuesday, for his role in the mob attack of two undercover police officers last August.

Title: Weekday Report: July 9, 2013
Runtime: 5:05
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

· Questions surfaced Monday night regarding the city's possible intent to close Simmons Island Road nightly to motor traffic.

· A City Council committee showed some interest Monday in allowing backyard chickens in Kenosha.

· We Energies is taking a wait-and-see approach on a new initiative to reduce carbon emissions nationwide.

Title: Weekday Report: July 8, 2013
Runtime: 4:42
Date posted: 14 years ago
Description: On today's Weekday Report:

· Former Kenosha County Sheriff Larry Zarletti died early this morning.

· A march for gay pride that organizers hope will become an annual event went off Saturday in Kenosha.

· Some 30 airplanes and a few dozen compelling cars drew crowds to the Wings and Wheels festival.

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