Kenosha County News

Out-of-wedlock births comprised nearly 44 percent of all births in Kenosha County in 2008 - a number that has increase each year for more than a decade now, according to the latest state figures.

'Tis the time of year for giving thanks and Thanksgiving meals. Several locations in Kenosha County will be offering free holiday feasts Thursday.

The number of deaths in the area attributed to the H1N1 flu virus continues rise, with officials in Racine and Kenosha counties reporting new victims this week.

A two-car crash caused minor injuries and slowed traffic on Interstate 94 Monday morning.

In a windswept yard, the crowd standing outside of the doors of the Shalom Center, 1713 62nd St., struggled in vain to keep their candles lit Sunday evening.

Authorities have arrested a man who could be tied to the theft of more than $4,000 worth of copper pipes and brass fittings from a construction trailer at Salem Grade School.

Imagine 14 hogs somehow getting loose in the storeroom where the farmer keeps his feed.

The Kenosha County Board is sharply divided over the question of its own health care coverage.

An Illinois man got an indefinite delay in his murder trial after what a prosecutor called a suspicious, "11th hour" request for a new defense attorney.

Taking a page from the Milwaukee County Board's playbook, Kenosha supervisors take care of themselves first .

Nov. 5, 2009 11:24 a.m. The Milwaukee County Board voted Thursday to lay the groundwork for extending domestic partner benefits to county employees, with questions about the potential cost stacked against assertions the benefit should be a civil right.

Defense attorneys began trying to make sense of "chaotic" testimony involving a 16-year-old boy, his mother and her alleged attempt to pressure him into telling police about a murder.

State health officials say two more people have died from the H1N1 flu virus. The state Department of Health Services has confirmed two deaths in Rock and Kenosha counties in the last week.

Nov. 5, 2009 11:04 a.m. Kenosha County has canceled a swine flu vaccination clinic scheduled for Thursday and all future clinics because the county is low on the vaccine.

A person has died of H1N1 influenza in Dodge County, according to the Dodge County Human Services and Health Department.

St. Croix County officials on Wednesday announced the first H1N1 death in the county.

State health officials say two more people have died from swine flu. The state Department of Health Services has confirmed two deaths in Rock and Kenosha counties in the last week.

A recent newspaper advertisement stating Rep. Paul Ryan "voted to end Medicare" is patently false, the Republican congressman says.

County and city health departments around southeastern Wisconsin are beginning to host swine flu vaccine clinics.

Kenosha County appears to have had its first death related to the swine flu virus.