Nursing home administrators claim it is the federal ranking system that’s to blame for painting facilities in a negative light — including in Kenosha, where half of Medicare-certified nursing homes are deemed below average and well-below average.
As a result of the November 2009 search, police found a “world” of pornography, including more than 100 DVDs of child erotica and images of children in sexual poses that covered his walls, cupboards and shelves, the criminal complaint says. If convicted, Kevin Derks faces up to 500 years in prison.
Amid national and state issues facing the federally funded preschool program, the Kenosha Unified School District will increase the number of locations to eight next year, and officials say a local study shows the Unified program’s benefi ts are longer lasting than the national trend suggests.
