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Tuesday, November 3, 2026

148 Kenosha plant workers face Dec. 31 layoffs

Plus, Kenosha St. Joseph's Friday playoff game, Election Day and a free tour of 50+ sites.

The Daily Kenosha team2 stories13 sources5 min read

JobsTop story

Allstaff is laying off 148 workers at Kenosha's Visual Pak plant on Dec. 31

148Allstaff workers losing their jobs at the Visual Pak plant in Kenosha

The jobs end effective Dec. 31 and will be treated as permanent eliminations.

Source: BizTimes

If you or someone you know works through a staffing agency at a Kenosha plant, this one hits close. , a Gurnee, Illinois, employment firm, is laying off 148 workers at the plant at 9605 136th Ave., according to a WARN notice. Visual Pak, a Waukegan, Illinois, contract packager and manufacturer, chose a different staffing vendor for the plant.

  • Last day: Dec. 31
  • Jobs: warehouse, forklift, QA, maintenance, shipping/receiving and more
  • Allstaff foresees no new openings for these workers for six months
  • Visual Pak and Allstaff reps were not immediately available for comment

Allstaff told the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development it has no other work assignments for these employees. The site isn't closing; the assignment there is ending. The Kenosha layoff is one of six companies' notices in Wisconsin in October.

Wisconsin layoff notices rose from one company in September to six in October

6
companies sent Wisconsin layoff notices in October
400+
workers received those notices
1
company filed a layoff notice in September

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Kenosha St. Joseph plays top-seeded Manitowoc Lutheran in a Division 6 playoff game Friday

If you're pulling for Kenosha St. Joseph Catholic, here's your Friday. The #2 seed visits top-seeded Manitowoc Lutheran in a Division 6 playoff game on Fri., Nov. 6, so yes, it's an all-Lancer battle. Kenosha has flexed its offense this postseason, outscoring opponents 77-21.

Kenosha St. Joseph is the #2 seed against top-seeded Manitowoc Lutheran

TeamSeedPlayoff form
Manitowoc Lutheran#111-0 overall
Kenosha St. Joseph Catholic#2Outscored opponents 77-21

Sources: Seehafer News, Journal Sentinel

  • Where: Coach Heinrich Field, home of the top seed
  • Radio: 98.9 FM WOMT and WOMTRadio.com
  • Manitowoc Lutheran has eight shutouts this season, per Seehafer News

Manitowoc Lutheran shut out Randolph/Cambria-Friesland on Fri., Oct. 30. Senior Josiah Martin carried 15 times for 129 yards and three touchdowns. “We got to the spots faster than they could and eventually they wore down,” coach Ryan Hulse said.

35-0Manitowoc Lutheran's score over Randolph/Cambria-Friesland on Oct. 30

The Patriots averaged over 270 rushing yards a game but gained 108 on 30 carries.

Source: Journal Sentinel

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News Notes

Election Day

It's Election Day. Kenosha's clerk is reminding residents of do's and don'ts for casting a ballot, and in-person early voting in Wisconsin is up from the 2022 general election while mail-in absentee voting is down. In Racine, the clerk's office counted 3,984 returned ballots as of Tue., Oct. 27, against 3,804 at about the same point in 2022. Wisconsin State JournalKenosha NewsRacine County Eye

Racine has more in-person absentee voters than at this point in 2022

1,951Mailed ballots returned2,734
2,033In-person absentee voters1,070
3,984Total ballots returned3,804

Source: Racine County Eye

Lead pipes

If you have a child seven or younger, or a pregnant woman, in your home, is asking you to inquire about your lead service line status. It's part of Kenosha's new priority lead pipe replacement program for families with young children. Wisconsin State Journal

Keys to Kenosha

If you like old buildings, more than 50 sites open their doors for the first on Sat., Nov. 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It's free and self-guided, and a full list of sites and a story map are at keystokenosha.com. Kenosha.com

Prep football

Case High School beat Kenosha Indian Trail 49-0 in a second-round Division 1 playoff game at Hammes Field, reaching the third round for the first time. The Eagles are 10-1 and the No. 2 seed in their quarterfinal bracket, and they beat the Hawks 42-0 on Oct. 16 to win the Southeast Conference title, their first conference championship since 1987. Racine County Eye

Putter buzz

Tim Wright assembles Caliber Golf putters one at a time in a Kenosha garage he calls “the lab,” and the company has become the talk of the PGA Tour. Its website went from 100 visits a day to 2,000, with orders coming in from Japan and Europe. Wisconsin.Golf

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  1. Sat., Nov. 14Kenosha St. Joseph and Union Grove fall in state semifinals
  2. Fri., Nov. 13Kenosha County gas hits $3.67 and Carthage sets a $120 million goal
  3. Thurs., Nov. 12Racine Case is one win from a state title game
  4. Wed., Nov. 11Antioch's wild Hail Mary finish and Kenosha's Microsoft talks
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Daily Kenoshato me · Tues., Nov. 36:00 a.m.

148 Kenosha plant workers face Dec. 31 layoffs

Plus, Kenosha St. Joseph's Friday playoff game, Election Day and a free tour of 50+ sites.

The TLDR

  1. 148 Allstaff workers at a Kenosha plant face a Dec. 31 layoff
  2. Kenosha St. Joseph visits Manitowoc Lutheran on Fri., Nov. 6
  3. It's Election Day, and early in-person voting is up from 2022
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