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The community is invited to an outdoor barbecue from 5-7 p.m. Monday, June 3, to celebrate the grand opening of the new Kenosha Community Health Center (KCHC), at 903. S. Second St., in Silver Lake.
Travel experts are anticipating one of the busiest Memorial Day weekends in decades.
Officers searched for several minutes after receiving a call that a man had been shot outside a Pleasant Prairie restaurant Monday night.
A Kenosha County man will remain in prison for at least another seven months for the 1985 murder of Bristol resident Joseph Vite.
The state’s crop of honeycrisp — one of the most popular varieties of apple — was damaged by the polar vortex, Wisconsin apple growers report.
How much is a monthly mortgage payment? What about a health insurance premium? And how much should you budget for such essentials as groceries?
SOMERS — The future of the country’s most vital industries from accounting to information technology, nursing and technical trades is the hands of those graduating from technical colleges, according to the president of a marine group who gave the keynote address before students graduating fr…
A 52-year-old Burlington man is being held in Kenosha County Jail awaiting charges after he was arrested for a sixth operating while intoxicated offense following a hit-and-run crash and a high-speed chase.
Johnson Financial Group employees took time away from their jobs Tuesday to volunteer at nonprofit and charity agencies as part of JFG Service Day.
Lifeguards needed at Silver Lake park
A federal lawsuit against a Kenosha Police officer who shot and killed a man after a chase is being considered by the appellate court.
A Racine alderman has been tapped to lead the state’s Parole Commission.
Kenosha’s tall ship Red Witch will open its sailing season Saturday.
A 19-year-old man shot outside a Pleasant Prairie restaurant Monday is dead, and police are still searching for suspects.
MADISON — Racine Alderman John Tate II has been tapped by Gov. Tony Evers to be the chairperson of the state Parole Commission starting on June 3.
A light bulb went off in Keydi Osorio’s head when an adviser from Gateway Technical College said she could work toward an associate’s degree while still at Bradford High School.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE — The Village Board gave its blessing to the initial phase of the Haribo development that will begin construction this fall on a three-story manufacturing facility, a four-story administrative building and offices for its corporate campus in the Prairie Highlands Corporate Park.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE — Police and emergency personnel responded to a report of a man who had an apparent gunshot wound near 75th Street Monday night.
Students from Kenosha County, Racine and Illinois proved their knowledge of geography Monday at the annual Geography Bowl held at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
Despite a good economy with strong job growth, low interest rates and high demand, the Kenosha County housing market is stalling in low gear with a short supply of houses that is curbing sales and escalating prices.
SALEM LAKES — Diann Tesar said, as a local high school teacher, she knows firsthand how big an issue vaping is among teenagers.
Seventh-grade students at KTEC West culminated their learning of probability with a probability carnival on Monday. Students created games that included probability and invited students to attend the carnival to test out their games. The carnival will continue during the school day today.
A 55-year-old Kenosha man convicted of possession of child pornography received the minimum available prison sentence Monday.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo has agreed to fund the construction of an indoor basketball court in a fire-ravaged area outside Athens where at least 100 people were killed last year.
Editor’s note: Each Monday, the Kenosha News takes a look at the life of a Kenosha County resident who recently died. We share with you, through the memories of family and friends, a life remembered.
RACINE — Festival Hall was the place to be for more than 100 special guests and their hosts who arrived in a motorcade of classic cars and school buses Sunday afternoon.
“If you’re looking for employees the traditional way, you’re at the back of the line.”
The newly installed leaders of Downtown Kenosha Inc. want to build upon previous achievements and set a path for new goals.
Just before this past Christmas, I was hardly the poster child for healthy living.
To close out this high school theater season, Holly Stanfield, an Educational Theatre Association Hall of Fame member, is bringing “The Scottsboro Boys” to the Bradford High School stage.
The auditorium at Reuther High School now has a new name — the Ralph J. Houghton Performance Center.
Julia Alberth, Paris
SOMERS — The University of Wisconsin-Parkside spring commencement ceremony was a 50-year anniversary celebration of hard-fought journeys, overcoming challenges and destinies realized.
Program slated on medication safety
Caledonia search yields $45,000 worth of drugs
As measles cases continue to be reported in record levels nationwide, some communities are finding they are better prepared than others.
WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week.
As James Poltrock got ready to pick up his phone Friday to make a call about the accelerated pace of opioid overdoses in Kenosha, he heard an emergency call come in.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's Republican-led House on Friday passed sweeping legislation designed to survive court challenges, which would ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy.
This week I had the great pleasure of graduating from Leadership Kenosha (Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce and UW-Parkside Partnership).
Whether you’re looking for a job, a victim of identity theft, or just trying to clean up your image, the information about you on the internet may be stubborn and hard to get rid of.
Visitors from around the globe have arrived to celebrate a monumental weekend at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE — Stateline 94 Corporate Park, a new corporate park under development in Pleasant Prairie, is moving closer to reality, as is its first tenant, a pharmaceutical firm.
Fleet Farm has canceled plans to build a store in Kenosha.
A 20-year-old Kenosha man is alleged to have drunkenly shot a handgun through an apartment door, setting off a chase with police.
When the season started, everyone knew the Eastern Conference would have a new king.
What is the most challenging aspect of your business? My guess — dealing with people (i.e., employees, vendors and/or clients). Sailing Red Witch requires focus upon an additional challenging element — weather.
BRIGHTON — No injuries were reported early Thursday when a van collided with a school bus in Brighton.
A decision to table legislation on the “dark stores” loophole Wednesday in Madison was not received kindly by some in the state capital or in Kenosha County.
About 170 people attended a prayer vigil in Kenosha for a Racine student pastor recently arrested by immigration officials.