Demolition. But it takes more people and costs more. A house like this is taken apart piece by piece. With the parts either sold or recycled. The mayor says its worth it because of what it does for the people chosen to do this job. The sounds are embraced by lemmer ross staples, who lives across from the condemned house at 40th and center. I would like to see them change it up and make it look like something good so people can be like ooh i wanna move in here. 22 workers from the nonprofit northcott Neighborhood House are doing the work. I want them to take the experience theyre getting here and help them launch a longterm career. Barrett says the deconstruction is part of the citys plan for following the sherman park violence. He says the focus will be on a total of about 500 vacant buildings around the sherman park neighborhood, 200 of which already owned by the city. If we can fix them, were gonna fix them. If we cant fix them, were either gonna demolish them, where we just come in and clear cut, or we deconstruct them. While deconstruction costs about 20thousand dollars per house versus the 15grand it takes for demolition, barrett says the added benefits are worth it. Northcotts director says 33 members recently graduated matc and are now certified to work in fields like plumbing and electrical. And thats really time or another, they probably thought theyd never have an opportunity to do this. The city still doesnt have specifics for how Many Properties the state investment will affect. For now, one neighbor is happy the vacant house across from her is one of them. Just do something positive. Thats what i think they should be doing with these houses. Northcott says its looking to hire 60 more people to work on its deconstruction efforts. The city hopes that if this is successful, it will lead to more state and private investment. Live at 40th and center, a. J. Its time for your news and weather together. John doe is back in the spotlight. The british newspaper, the guardian, has published leaked documents showing Governor Scott walker pursued Corporate Funding ahead of his 2012 recall election. The documents indicate walker directed millions of dol Corporate Cash to a conservative group called the Wisconsin Club for growth. It was legal as the group was not required to disclose its donors, nor did it have contribution limits. Democrats responded at the capitol today denouncing walkers strategy. Walkers Campaign Spokesman called the allegations baseless. After six years, the Milwaukee CountyBoard Committee doesnt seem to want hector colon anymore. Colon is the director of the health and Human Services department. But against his reinstatement at the court house today. But more than a dozen other Board Members still have a say. They will vote in a week. Dozens of people did speak in support of colon and on his behalf today. Board members, no doubt, have plenty to consider going into next weeks vote. A new report reveals some surprising statistics on poverty in wisconsin. The united way releases a study that shows while milwaukee has the highest poverty rate some other cities in outlying counties are not far factor. Those who are working yet still struggle to make ends meet. The united way has Just Launched its annual fundraising drive with hopes to lower the cost of common survival items. Its rivalry week for the packers as they get ready to head to minnesota. Well hear from the packers coming up. Gamesmanship. What is minnesotas head coach doing to try and mess with the packers . Brandon cruz has the answer next . Go paperless, dont stress, girl . . I got the discounts that you need . . Safe driver . . Accidentfree . . Everybody put your flaps in the air for me . . Go paperless, dont stress, girl . . I got the discounts that you need . . Safe driver . . Accidentfree . . Everybody put your flaps in the air for me . I cant lipsynch in these conditions. . Savings . Going to be hostile. Its going to be exactly what a packersvikings game should be. But theres the added bonus sunday night that its the opening of us bank stadium, the new home of the vikings and the packers are ready for whats ahead. Communication is a big part of it. Its definitely part of the challenge of playing over there. I thought our players had a very good preparation week for jacksonville so we are trying to build off of that and emphasis those things. We Football Team so we are tayloring a lot of our focus to our young guys. As for the vikings, the big question is who will start at quarterback, shaun hill or or newly acquired sam bradford. Well, mike zimmer doesnt want you, the packers, or even his team to know before sunday night. He said today that he wont name the starter, yet. Hill started last week in their win against the titans. But reports say that bradford o 1st team snaps today. When the packers play the vikings, the game will end late sunday night and that means the fox 6 sports blitz will also go on a bit late. We will get things going at 11 05 as Tim Van Vooren will join pip and me live from minnesota bringing all of the post game reaction. And the voting is open for this weeks High School Blitz game of the week. The candidates this week are all big rivals, oak creek at franklin, new berlin west at new berlin eisenhower and west allis central at west allis hale. Until thursday night at 10 to vote on our website, fox 6 now dot com slash sports. As the brewers wind down their 2016 campaign, they know when and where theyll be playing in 2017 as their schedule was released today. Highlights april 3season opener vs colorado at miller park april 79 cubs visit miller park april 2023 cardinals visit miller park may 911 red sox visit miller park full schedule at fox6now. Com also tonight on fox 6 news at 9 a very special story as the rick majerus foundation comes together with st. Thomas more high school to rebuild its gym. Tom pipines goes beyond the game. Its a game changer for us. We will respect the game, we will respect the majerus family, we will respect this new wonderful gym that we now have and were just Russ Feingold im Russ Feingold and i approve this message. Hnson Social Security is a legal ponzi scheme. Narrator as senator, johnsons been working to turn it into one. He wants to privatize Social Security putting benefits at risk. And he attacks medicare would turn it into a voucher program, costing seniors thousands outofpocket. Dont let ron johnson turn Social Security into a johnson . Legal ponzi scheme. Narrator senator johnson. Not for seniors. Not for wisconsin. We upped the ante at culvers topped with spicy pepper jack cheese and jalape . O ranch. On a lightly buttered, toasted ciabatta roll. The perfect cheese for pepper jack is going to be creamy and mild, and its really going to tone down the spiciness of the peppers. Youre going to taste the cheese first, and then youre going to get just a little bit of warmth from the peppers. Its really good. A bold new flavor and only here for a limited time. Mmmhmm. 13th in valuation of nfl franchises even with a significant increase in overall worth. According to forbes the packers are worth 2point35 billion dollars a 20percent jump from last year. Analysts noted the Teams Development of the titletown district around Lambeau Field help boost the packers value. Another big climber the Minnesota Vikings whos worth jumped 38 percent with the opening of stadium, where the packers will take on the vikings sunday night. Milwaukee bucks legend Marques Johnson and veteran announcer gus johnson will be back for a season of game telecasts on fox sports wisconsin. And theyll by joined by another former bucks allstar vin baker. Baker will provide analysis on the bucks live pregame and postgame shows for select games throughout the season. Baker was a 1993 draft pick who milwaukee and served on the bucks staff at the Nba Summer League the past two years. For more information on this and other stories in the business journal, we have link to their site on ours, fox6now. Com. A Community Celebration of life. Thats what prompted hundreds of people to gather at Marquette University right now. Theyre sharing memories of veteran journalist and Community Activist eric von. Beverly taylor is on the campus the celebration is going on in the alumni memorial union. We stopped out for this liveot. So, lets take you inside. Eric von touched many people. And they showed their appreciation for him at todays Community Celebration. There are people from different corners of the community. Von hosted the eric von show on wnov and found brain, brawn and body a African American men. He was a Community Activist whose influence of bringing different people together will be missed. often times they dont relate to each other very well. Eric was able to bring them all to the table to have a meaningful conversation about what need to happen to this community in order to make milwaukee a better place for everyone to live 13 and was a gentle voice. Sense with them. 41 the large room reserved for this celebration is standing room only. Celebration is standing room only. It continues until 7pm weather together. Workers remove 30 pieces of heavy machinery from a Dakota Access pipeline worksite in north dakota. The crude oil pipeline is planned to run from north dakota to illinois. Yesterdays removal comes after the army, justice and interior departments jointly announced they would stop at least temporarily working near a lake the Standing Rock sioux tribe considers a crucial water source. A federal judge refused the tribes request to block construction. Developer will continue working on other sections of the oil line. China has issued a red alert warning as the strongest storm of this year approaches. Typhoon meranti has weakened significantly after making landfall in taiwan. Its been downgraded from a super typhoon. Forecasters say winds could still be as high as 125 Miles Per Hour when it hits Mainland China thursday morning. 1thousand people in taiwan had to be evacuated from their homes. Meanwhile Tropical Storm julia becomes the tenthnamed storm of the atlantic hurricane season. The storm formed late last night about five miles west of jacksonville, florida. That means it formed over land not over water. Julia wasnt expected to form at all and has since weakened to a tropical depression. But heavy rain could still cause flooding along coastal georgia and south carolina. Weather mostly clear tonight with the potential for areas of fog. Lows will drop into the upper 50s. More sun tomorrow but rain showers are likely on friday. A few showers may linger into saturday morning then expect decreasing clouds. Beautiful to upper 70s. Today partly sunny and cooler. High 69 dewpoint 59 wind ne 510 mph tonight mostly clear with areas of fog possible. Low 58 dewpoint 58 wind ne 24 mph thursday mostly sunny. High 74 dewpoint 59 wind se 510 mph friday mostly cloudy with rain showers likely. High 75 dewpoint 61 wind se 510 mph saturday lingering showers early then becoming partly sunny. Am low 64 high 77 dewpoint 61 wind wsw 510 mph sunday mostly sunny. Am low 57 high 74 monday mostly sunny. Am low 57 high 78 dewpoint 56 wind sw 510 mph mostly clear tonight with the potential for areas of fog. Lows will drop into the upper 50s. More sun tomorrow but rain showers are likely on friday. A few showers may linger into saturday morning then expect decreasing cl with highs in the middle to upper 70s. Today partly sunny and cooler. High 69 dewpoint 59 wind ne 510 mph tonight mostly clear with areas of fog possible. Low 58 dewpoint 58 wind ne 24 mph thursday wind se 510 mph friday mostly cloudy with rain showers likely. Am low 60 high 75 dewpoint 61 wind se 510 mph saturday lingering showers early then becoming partly sunny. Am low 64 high 77 dewpoint 61 wind wsw 510 mph sunday mostly sunny. Am low 57 wind nw 510 mph monday mostly sunny. Am low 57 information from the Democratic National committee. The dnc documents released tuesday. Reportedly reveal more information about the groups finances and personal Contact Information for donors. But there appears to be no real damaging emails in this batch. Earlier hacks from the same source led to the resignation of dnc chairwoman Debbie Wasserman schultz after leaked emails revealed a bias for Hillary Clinton over bern the democratic nomination fight. Experts have pointed to russia as the most likely suspect for the dnc hacks. Russian hackers are also being blamed for releasing what they claim are medical records of several team usa olympic athletes. The World Antidoping Agency confirming its data base was hacked and athletes records were stolen. Venus williams and gymnast simone biles have responded to the leaks. And biles also says her use of medication for adhd is within the rules and shes not ashamed. German drug and Chemical Company bayer says it has signed a deal to acquire monsanto for 66billion dollars in cash. The deal still needs to be approved by monsanto shareholders and antitrust regulators. Bayer makes a wide range of Crop Protection chemicals while monsanto is known for its see has the nfl picked the super bowl halftime performance already . And amy schumer has a health scared while overseas. The details in tonights buzz. David bowies lazarus has new life. Some of bowies final recordings are included on the album from his musical lazarus, which was based on his 1976 movie the man who fell to earth the musical opened in new york late last month. The lazarus cast album comes out october 21st. Amy schumer suffered a minor health scare this week. The comedian had to be hospitalized for Food Poisoning while visiting paris with her boyfriend. She chronicled the ordeal on instagram with some sick selfies. Im on the edge of glory and im hanging on a moment of truth. Out on the edge of glory. Lady gaga is in talks to take the stage at the super bowl 51 halftime show. According to billboard magazine the nfl loved her performance of the National Anthem at the game in a final decision on the halftime show has not been made. Super bowl 51 will air right here on fox6 on sunday, february 15th 2017. And thats your buzz. With autumn nearly here apple season is nearly in full swing. But up next. The confusion thats creating for one apple bay that doesnt sell iphones or computers. And that apparently has some people confused. The apple store is a produce stand it opened for the season on monday. But the Stores Manager says theyve been getting numerous calls from people asking when the new iphone is coming out or to set up an appointment to repair an ipad. We get calls daily about how to fix phones and computers and things like that. And i have to explain to them these apples are what anyhow. The store currently features sweet tango apples from door county and more apple varieties are expected in the coming weeks. Open accused of making terrorist threats against his Childs School and he now faces serious charges for his alleged choice of words. Fox6s Rachelle Baillon was in Sheboygan County court today and is back now with more good evening. The man is accused of threatening to light this place up. According to a criminal complaint, School Officials contacted jesse j culp on september 12th because his child had a dress code violation. Demanded a principal be removed from the campus. He also threatened to light this place up. Documents quote School Officials as saying culp had been aggressive and confrontational in the past. But this latest incident has him facing a charge of terrorist threats. He appeared in Sheboygan County court via video feed on wednesday. I think thats quite clear especially to the administrator who obviously understood at least what that threat was suggesting and that was that there was either going to be a fire or a bomb that was directed towards the school. . The compl district officials asked law enforcers to be on campus, on the lookout for culp. But he never showed up. Without a doubt it was certainly a threat that the school took as to be a threat of the schools property. According to his attorney, culp is also a former educator himselfhaving served as a substitute teacher. Documents say a Family Member of