KENOSHA ⏤ This week has shown the area a variety of news on multiple fronts. On one hand, the county has reported the first positive case of the U.K. variant of the COVID-19 virus.
One the other hand, the new generation of musicians showed that the local music scene will be thriving for years to come, despite struggling during COVID-19 now.
See the stories from the Observer that you may have missed so far this week below.
This Week’s City News
- Nia program to help African-American youth ‘Rest and Reset’
KENOSHA ⏤ Kenosha County UW-Extension and Kenosha Public Library’s Nia: Pathways and Purpose for the Future program is hosting “Rest - Medical examiner cites increased overdose deaths for third time in 2022
KENOSHA – For the third time this year, Kenosha County Medical Examiner Patrice Hall is alerting residents to an increase - County Public Health hosting monkeypox vaccination clinic at 3 today (Thursday)
KENOSHA ⏤ Kenosha County Public Health announced early this morning (Sept. 8) that it would hold a monkeypox (MPV) vaccination
Latest Music News
- In the Crowd: Lumphead, Roaming Bear and Codes within Codes
Kenosha Creative Space hosted the talents of three local bands Saturday night: Lumphead (Brittany Lumley), Roaming Bear and Codes within - Listening To: Spare Animals’ “Better Winds” (review)
If I had to sum up Kenosha County musicians Spare Animals’ latest EP, “Better Winds”, it would be this: instrumental - Just a face in the Kenosha crowd: Local music heard in recent months
It’s been quite some time since I’ve shared glimpses of the music created, produced and performed here locally in Kenosha. - Around the Scene: Get out to Public Craft and Kenosha Creative Space (playlist)
KENOSHA – While musicians have a chance to start off their week at Rustic Road and Kenosha Fusion on Monday
Most Recent County News
- Update: KCSD names suspect in Bristol deputy-involved shooting
BRISTOL ⏤ The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department has identified the suspect in a Thursday deputy-involved shooting in Bristol as Allen - Deputies shoot suspect after he shoots sheriff’s department K9
BRISTOL ⏤ Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department deputies shot a fleeing suspect after he shot the department’s K9 officer at a
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- Last night’s meeting: Council increases bond for inciting violence more than 10 times normal amount; alderpersons object to city methodology
KENOSHA ⏤ During last night’s City Council meeting, alderpersons voted to increase the bond amount for the charge of inciting violence by more than - Updated: Kreuser finds Kenosha County Board behavior ‘disheartening’; Berg speaks out against Decker
Kreuser reacted to certain County Board members’ actions — specifically, Zach Rodriguez and Erin Decker — at the most recent - Art and activism: Beautifying, adding meaning to the aftermath of social unrest
KENOSHA ⏤ While the word saw Kenosha as a warzone, many young activists used art to beautify the areas that - Art and Activism, Part 2: Jon Linton gives names to the nameless, helps fill the needs of the needy
You’ve seen them. Whether they’re standing at the stoplight near Woodman’s by the interstate, the one at 67th Street and - Kenosha Alderman: ‘Our town has changed’
KENOSHA ⏤ Near the end of the Kenosha Common Council meeting on Monday, Ald. Anthony Kennedy had one message for his colleagues:
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