Recent stories by Kenosha News reporter Brian Rosenzweig
Public Works Director Brian Cater says the up-and-down weather this year has caused more potholes than usual. Still, the city has a plan to get them filled.
The mixed-use “Helmsman” building would be the next phase of the nine-block “Kenosha Harbor District” redevelopment. It would feature 212 apartments and 7,200 square feet of retail space.
After a community GoFundMe raised over $23,000 for repairs, the White Lilac is back to offering its intimate, “listening room” style shows. Venue owners Kelly McKay and Barbie Clarke say their acts draw audiences from Chicago, Madison and beyond.
The historic Kenosha building, one of Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens’ last performance venues, suffered extensive water damage in 2024. Owners say necessary repairs could cost as much as $4 million and are seeking to raze the structure.
The 23-student Class of 2026 is the first group to have spent all four years of high school at KTEC Schools of Innovation in Kenosha. The charter’s high school first opened its doors in 2022.
Th 158-unit luxury apartment complex has 58 of its units occupied and more pre-leases signed. Staff say its residents hail from Uganda, Russia, Turkey and beyond.
Forward Latino says more than 10 signs with similar messages have been found in Kenosha. Similar signs were spotted in Waukegan and North Chicago last week.
The Thursday ceremony marked Hillcrest’s first graduation at their new school building, formerly Wilson Elementary School. The school moved from its former location at 4616 24th St. last summer.
More than 280 students received diplomas from Bradford High School, KUSD’s second-largest high school, during an afternoon ceremony on Saturday, June 6.
Kenosha Unified School District wrapped up its graduation season with a commencement ceremony for its 163 Equivalency High School Diploma Option students at Indian Trail High School and Academy on June 8..
The development would create 336 market-rate apartment units, with studio, one, two and three-bedroom floorplans. Pending City Council approval, construction could begin in the next two months.
The Harbor District plan has been criticized for putting luxury developments before a Downtown grocery store or affordable housing. Mayor David Bogdala believes those developments will follow through “natural growth.”
Nearly 500 new apartment units could soon be developed in Kenosha after two projects, the Helmsman and Breeze Landing, received their conditional use permits from the city Plan Commission.
Selina Gomez-Beloz, an experienced leader who previously served as a program manager at the national Institute of Museum and Library Services, steps into the new role on June 6.
A comedian, a nurse, and a retired engineer walk into a panel. All three of them aren’t fans of a Microsoft hyperscale data center.
Sweltering heat and humidity didn’t stop over 100 people from attending the unveiling for the sculpture, which stands at approximately 10 feet and weighs over 800 pounds.
Over a dozen Kenosha residents spent nearly an hour speaking out against Microsoft’s proposed data center during a July 6 City Council meeting.
