Kenosha News

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.

A Kenosha city bus crashed over a retaining wall at the Lake Michigan shore Tuesday, coming to a stop with its front wheels suspended over a staircase and benches at the water's edge.

Residents of Kenosha County with property damage from last week's storms are asked to report the damage to county authorities for possible disaster relief funds.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is issuing an Air Quality Watch for Ozone for Brown, Calumet, Dodge, Door, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Kenosha, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha counties effective 12:01 am on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 through 11:59 pm on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 .

The National Weather Service is investigating the report of a tornado touchdowdn just five miles west of Kenosha.

Miss Madison Capital City Kristina Smaby is the new Miss Wisconsin. Smaby was crowned Saturday night in the 2009 Miss Wisconsin Scholarship pageant.

A tornado reported west of Kenosha tore up some trees as severe storms moved through late Friday and produced downpours and street flooding.

A spotter reports seeing a tornado touch the ground shortly after 6 p.m. Friday about 5 miles west of Kenosha.