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Kenosha County plans Veterans Day events from Nov. 5 to 11

Plus, Union Grove football heads to a sectional final.

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Kenosha County plans Veterans Day events from Thursday, Nov. 5, through Nov. 11

Veterans Day events fill most of the week

Kenosha County Veterans Day events

November 2026

  • Events, Nov. 5 to 10
  • Veterans Day, Nov. 11

Sources: Kenosha County Eye, Kenosha.com

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Events, Nov. 5 to 10Nov. 5–8 and 10
Veterans Day, Nov. 11Nov. 11

If you want to honor a veteran this week, Kenosha County has events from Thursday, Nov. 5, through Veterans Day on Wed., Nov. 11. County Executive Samantha Kerkman announced the lineup, which the Kenosha County Division of Veterans Services compiled.

One of the largest is the free Veterans Day Breakfast and Resource Fair on Sat., Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to noon at the , 8600 Sheridan Road. Doors open at 8:30 a.m., and barbering students will give free haircuts.

  • Thu., Nov. 5: Jeffery Elementary program, 9 a.m.
  • Sun., Nov. 8: Pleasant Prairie ceremony, 1:30 p.m.,
  • Sunday speaker: Laurens “Dutch” Vellekoop, a former POW held 130 days
  • Tue., Nov. 10: Gateway Veterans Honor Dinner, 5 to 7 p.m.

Veterans Day morning starts at 7:45 a.m. in Wilmot

TimeEventWhere
7:45 a.m.Breakfast and observanceWilmot Union High School
8:45 a.m.Veterans Day programSalem Consolidated Grade School
10 a.m.Family celebrationAmerican Legion Post 21

Source: Kenosha County Eye

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Union Grove beat Waukesha South 52-28 in a Division 2 Level 2 playoff game. The Broncos will host West Bend West (9-2) in a sectional final, their fourth in school history. Racine County Eye

52-28Union Grove's score over Waukesha South in a Level 2 playoff game

Union Grove's rushing attack was too much for the Blackshirts.

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No. 3 Parkside wrestling faces No. 19 UW-Whitewater in the 51st Battle of the Sake Bottle. Both teams have multiple nationally ranked wrestlers. Kenosha News

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Sixty volunteers from Special Spaces and Northwestern Mutual Downtown Milwaukee created three bedrooms for 7-year-old Annali, a Racine child battling leukemia, and her brothers. WRJN

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More than 70 area employers met high school freshmen Monday at the 11th annual Racine Unified "SEE Your Future" Expo at Park High School, 1901 12th St. Journal Times

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The Choral Arts Society of Southeastern Wisconsin will present "Carols by Candlelight" at 7 p.m. on Dec. 5 at First Presbyterian Church, 716 College. Journal Times

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Pleasant Prairie Premium Outlets is lighting its tree on Friday, Nov. 20, and this year the tree sits across from Coach inside the center. Families can search for 12 different holiday characters placed around the center, then use them to craft partridges, swans, geese, and golden rings. It's free, and the tree lighting ceremony is open to the public. Count us in for the golden rings.

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Kenosha County plans Veterans Day events from Nov. 5 to 11

Plus, Union Grove football heads to a sectional final.

The TLDR

  1. Kenosha County's Veterans Day events run Nov. 5 to 11
  2. Free veterans breakfast and resource fair is Saturday
  3. Union Grove beat Waukesha South 52-28 in the playoffs
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