Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Dover man changes plea in 2025 child pornography case
Milana Doné
RACINE — A 42-year-old man changed his plea Monday in connection to 2025 child pornography accusations.
Michael Castagnino, from the Town of Dover, faced five counts of possession of child pornography.
He pleaded guilty to three counts. The remaining two counts were dismissed but read in to the court record.
Each is a class D felony and, upon conviction, can result in a maximum fine of $100,00, up to 25 years in prison or both. Additionally, the court can impose a $500 surcharge for each image recovered.
Castagnino was arrested in February 2025 by investigators with the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office and Wisconsin State Patrol troopers.
He originally pleaded not guilty in May.
Castagnino is scheduled for a sentencing hearing April 17.
Monday, February 2, 2026
What was the Milwaukee County Zoo rhino's prediction on Groundhog Day?
Hannah Kirby
The rhino has spoken.
Without a resident groundhog, the Milwaukee County Zoo had an eastern black rhino – one of its newest residents – handle its Groundhog Day prediction this year.
According to non-scientific tradition, if a groundhog emerges from its den on Feb. 2 and sees its shadow, it'll return to its burrow for six more weeks of winter. If it's a cloudy day and it doesn't see its shadow, there will be an early spring.
Rhino Kianga predicted "cloudy skies and an early spring forecast," the zoo posted on social media before 8:45 a.m. Feb. 2.
The zoo shared a video of a cloud poster and a sun poster propped up next to each other. Kianga is seen waltzing up to the posters and nudging the cloud one.
While the Milwaukee County Zoo's Groundhog Day prediction had been a media-only event since 2021, it went online-only for 2026.
Is Kianga on the same page as Punxsutawney Phil? Nope, Phil saw his shadow. But Jimmy the Groundhog in Sun Prairie didn't see his shadow.
Kianga, 22, from the Racine Zoo, joined the Milwaukee County Zoo in October, along with fellow eastern black rhino Zuri, 16, from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.
They reside in the new Ladish Co. Foundation Rhino Care Center and Robert Dohmen Hippo Indoor Haven. Female Zuri and male Kianga have been paired as potential breeding partners via the multi-zoo Eastern Black Rhino Species Survival Plan.
After the passing of the zoo's last groundhog, Gordy, in 2023, Humboldt penguins were consulted for the 2024 winter-weather prediction, and in 2025, Nigerian dwarf goats did the honors.
Getting a new groundhog is not a simple matter, explained Bridget Carpenter, assistant curator of the zoo's family farm, in a 2025 interview. Here's a look at why that is.
Jim Higgins of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed to this report.
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