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KPD investigating shooting on city’s north side; suspect believed dead

KENOSHA ⏤ On Tuesday night, a 24-year-old man killed two people ⏤ and wounded two others ⏤ in a shooting in a home on the

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Tonight’s meeting: City Council to address alternative crowd control, TIDs

KENOSHA ⏤ Tonight, the Kenosha Common Council will vote on crowd-control alternatives for police and a couple of tax incremental districts (TIDs) Mayor John Antaramian

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Kenosha police release image, seek ‘person of interest’ in death investigation

KENOSHA ⏤ The Kenosha Police Department has released the image of a man sought in connection with a death at a home near 75th Street

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Kenosha County deputies respond to 59 calls during Tuesday thunderstorm

KENOSHA COUNTY ⏤ Tuesday night’s thunderstorm downed trees, caused outages and kept Kenosha County deputies running to various calls throughout the night. According to Kenosha

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On the Scene: Live videos you may have missed

KENOSHA ⏤ Over the past week, the Uptown Observer has been on the scene of city and county government meetings, a visit by Lt. Gov.

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Licenses and Permits: Liquor license shortage an issue for committee

KENOSHA ⏤ On Monday evening, the Licenses and Permits Committee faced an issue that is bound to happen in a city with many taverns: There

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Observer on the Scene: Live at Kenosha COR, city meetings

KENOSHA ⏤ The Observer has been on the scene of government meetings and also a few announcements recently ⏤ including the move of the Great

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KCOR hoping to help stop violence before police intervention

KENOSHA ⏤ A new community group ⏤ Kenosha Coalition Organizing for Resolution (KCOR) ⏤ hopes to de-escalate situations before they reach the point of violence

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Observer on the Scene: Brent Penny at Creative Space; poetry at Lincoln Park; gentrification discussion

KENOSHA ⏤ From time to time, the Uptown Observer finds itself with a cache of videos of live music, poetry and other events that we

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UPDATE: KCSD identifies Kenosha woman killed in Tuesday crash

SOMERS ⏤ The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department has identified the woman killed in a Tuesday crash on Green Bay Road as Pamela S. Dupuis, 54,

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Tuesday crash kills 54-year-old Kenosha woman, KCSD reports

SOMERS ⏤ The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department reports a crash on Tuesday afternoon killed one local woman. Authorities have charged another person with felonies in

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Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department responds to Burlington Road blaze, one dead

KENOSHA COUNTY ⏤ Tuesday morning, Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Chris Hannah told the public that one person had died in a Monday afternoon fire. 

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Observer on the Scene this week: Body cam demo, downtown shots

KENOSHA ⏤ This past week, the Uptown Observer went live for the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department demonstrating its new body cam system to the Kenosha

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Police take several in custody in connection with 89th Street homicide

KENOSHA ⏤ Kenosha Police Department officers have arrested three people in connection with the killing of an 18-year-old in the 2000 block of 89th Street

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UPDATED: Alderperson: Rusten Sheskey should be ‘given a permanent desk job’

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include information from KPD documents released online concerning the Sheskey investigation as of 11:40 a.m. Tuesday, May

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Police Chief Miskinis’ disappointment, protests lead #SaturdayMorningMix

KENOSHA ⏤ This week, readers focused on local protests and also now-retired Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis‘ statement on his disappointment with some citizens. The

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Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis: ‘I am extremely disappointed’

KENOSHA ⏤ Monday afternoon, Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis voiced his extreme disappointment with recent events in the city of Kenosha. In particular, Miskinis addressed

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Police and Fire Commission approves Kenosha Police Chief’s retirement, resignations from department

KENOSHA ⏤ After approving Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis’ retirement, the Police and Fire Commission addressed the “significantly understaffed” department Tuesday morning. Miskinis announced his

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UPDATE: Somers House shooting leads to six confirmed shooting victims; person of interest in custody

Editor’s note: By the definition that the FBI uses to determine it, this shooting is technically a mass shooting. And our hearts break for the

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Shooting at Somers House leaves three dead, others injured

Editor’s note: By the definition that the FBI uses to determine it, this shooting is technically a mass shooting. And our hearts break for the

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