Kenosha News

A Kenosha woman accused of stealing more than $70,000 from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor theft charges.

Two convicted felons escaped from the minimum security Kenosha Correctional Center in the last week.

For those traveling south of Milwaukee, this weekend might be a good one to explore alternate routes to I-94. Local Kenosha and Racine county drivers who have short trips might want to stay off I-94 during the July 4 weekend, said Mark Klipstein, construction project manager for the widening of I-94. Illinois and southern Wisconsin residents ...

Fireworks and the 4th of July go hand in hand, but safety is important. It's legal to buy fireworks in Wisconsin, but it's illegal to use them.

Interstate 94 is under construction from south of Mitchell International Airport and it's causing headaches for travelers.

Silver Lake a ' Flu cases, including one confirmed as swine flu, have forced the temporary shutdown of a summer camp operated by the Salvation Army in southeastern Wisconsin, officials said Friday.

The accident occurred on County Highway Z east of County Highway P. An automobile veered off the road and struck a tree.

Police are hoping simplicity is key to limiting the post-fireworks traffic crunch around the Sheboygan lakefront Saturday night.

A Milwaukee man serving time for felony murder fled from a minimum security facility in Kenosha County on Friday after corrections officers discovered him with a cell phone.

July 1, 2009 8:52 p.m. Pilot error caused a helicopter to slam into a Kenosha house last year, killing the pilot and passenger but sparing the family of five inside, according to a federal report.

July 1, 2009 5:00 p.m. I applaud Governor Doyle's veto of the Milwaukee Transit Authority and echo his call for a truly regional transit authority.

Federal officials say pilot error caused a helicopter to slam into a Kenosha house last year, killing the pilot and passenger but sparing the family of 5 inside.

June 30, 2009 9:00 a.m. Plans to develop an incubator for technology-oriented business start-ups in Kenosha County took a big step backward Monday when proposed state funding was slashed.

In just a couple of months, these robbers stormed into two dozen businesses at gunpoint including some well-known hotels and restaurants.

A former Kenosha high school scholarship athlete has died after a 10-day illness.

The arrest of eight people believed responsible for 21 armed robberies in Illinois and Wisconsin is expected today.

The Kenosha County community of Pleasant Prairie, home to LakeView Corporate Park and other business parks, hopes to develop an incubator for technology-oriented business start-ups. The 2009-'11 proposed state budget, which is pending in the Legislature, includes a $700,000 grant for what has been dubbed the Pleasant Prairie Technology Incubator ...

A spokeswoman for a project to extend commuter rail between Kenosha and Milwaukee, via Racine, says the latest version of the state budget should give the effort a big boost.

Two teenage women died and a third was injured when their 2003 VW Jetta veered into a ditch and rolled over in western Kenosha County on Wednesday evening.

KENOSHA, Wis. The longtime news editor at the Kenosha News will retire this week.