Tstorms. Better chances overnight. Low 74 dewpoint 73 wind sw 510 mph friday cooler and humid with rain and tstorms. High 78 dewpoint 73 wind ne 515 mph saturday decreasing clouds, still warm and humid. Am low 67 high 80 dewpoint 70 wind ne 515 mph wind w download the fox6 storm center app. Its free and available for apple and android devices. Youll have instant access to the interactive radar and fox6 weather forecast. Our big story at four. We are learning more about an alleged federal fraud scheme that sent investigators to several business earlier this month. Officials had search warrants and . Removed boxes of documents and computers in the raid. Fox6s Myra Sanchick has more on what it was all about. The allegation is that several milwaukee businesses landed around 268 Million Dollars in government contracts, because they claimed to be owned by minorities and disabled veterans. Government Officials Say it was all a fraud. We were there earlier this month as agents from several agencies removed evidence and records from the businesses near 55th and florist. Contruction, c3t, pagasa construction and the Sonag Company, as well as a local accountant. Federal documents say the alleged crimes range from conspiracy to defraud the United States to money laundering. The documents claim that to get minority contracts from the government, the Sonag Company approached a former hispanic worker, who agreed to become president and manager of another company, nuvo. But documents say the worker lived and worked in minnesota. And the supposed president was never at nuvo, i stopped by the businesses at 55th and florist today. The two that were open said no one is commenting. For more on last weeks search warrant execution in milwaukee head to our website, fox six now dot com, or your fox six news mobile app. On the home page, youll find a Photo Gallery showing agents in action. A former cudahy City Employee is accused of stealing parking ticket money from mueller resigned today. She faces charges of theft and misconduct in public office. She served as a dispatcher and police spokesperson. According to court documents. Surveillance cameras captured mueller failing to record a parking ticket payment that a driver had dropped off on july 23rd and then later pocketing that cash. People in cudahy call the crime awful to find a ticket on your window, its bad. And to know that someone is stealing that money, its even worse. How much money was stolen. She has not yet been charged. The man accused of drowning his threemonthold son in a pond pleads not guilty. 25yearold sean flowers was in court this morning for his preliminary hearing. Police say flowers got into an argument with the infants mother earlier this month. Thats when investigators say he waded into the pond near 76th and brown deer road. When a witness swam in to try and save the baby, he says flowers lunged charged with first degree intentional homicide. The medical Examiners Office has identified the man who drowned in a pool at Washington Park last night. Officials say 19yearold Christopher Taylor along with some friends, climbed over the locked fence to get to the closed pool. Taylor began having trouble swimming, and sank to the bottom. Despite efforts to revive him, he died on the scene. According to the medical Examiners Office, the group had been smoking marijuana before hopp fence. Taylors girlfriend says he didnt know how to swim. Indiana governor mike pences town hall meeting in la crosse wrapped up just a few minutes ago. Now the Vice President ial candidate is making his way to milwaukee for a rally tonight. Our Mary Stoker Smith is live in the newsroom with a look at what we can expect from pence tonight. Mary . Mike pence is in the badger state one day after a Marquette Law School poll shows his running mate is trailing Hillary Clinton here. In la crosse, pence began his town hall talking about how trump can relate to everyday workers. He also mentioned the respect trump has for Law Enforcement. He hammered home the idea that trump doesnt mince words. When he does his talking, he doesnt go tip toeing around the thousands of rules of politcal correctness that enforces semantics. Hear him loud and clear. The hilton downtown at 5th and wisconsin. Doors are open, the event starts at seven. Reporting in the newsroom,Mary Stoker Smith fox 6 news. Brad thanks ben. Democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton lays out her Economic Vision for the country today. While sources say shes close to giving americans a look at her tax returns, something donald trump claims he cannot do. Emily schmidt has more on clintons plan. Hillary clinton, d president ial about 18 miles between warren, michigan, where Hillary Clinton talked Economic Policy thursday, and detroit, michigan, donald trump, r president ial candidate ive been here many times. Where donald trump talked Economic Policy three days earlier. But as clinton made clear, 18 miles away is about close as the candidates get to being in the same place on the issue. Hillary clinton, d president ial candidate he hasnt offered any solutions for the real challenges we face. Her speech focused less on new policy proposals and more on why she says voters face a choice in nove economy for everyone, arguing trump looks out for millionaires. Hillary clinton, d president ial candidate in his speech on monday, he called for a new tax loophole. Lets call it the trump loophole. It would allow him to pay less than half the current tax rate on income from many of his companies. A tax policy analysis says most of clintons tax increases more than 75percent would hit the top 730,000 a year. Trump, speaking a couple of hours before his rival, argued too many taxpayers would pay the price under clintons plan. Donald trump, r president ial candidate Hillary Clinton wants to tax and regulate our economy to death. Clinton says both candidates have proposed middle class tax cuts but says trumps plan is too good to be true. Two different visions for prosperity trying to appeal to one swing part of a state. Im Emily Schmidt reporting. The man police pulled from the glass walls of the trump tower yesterday has been charged with Reckless Endangerment and criminal trespassing. Nypd officers pulled 19yearold Stephen Rogata from virginia, into the building after he reached the 21st floor. They had been trying to corner him for nearly three hours. Police say rogata posted a Youtube Video before the climb saying he wanted to have a personal meeting with trump. An suv found abandoned in a the water the problem isnt over. Later in the newscast. The bigger problem officials had to deal with. Long after the vehicle was towed away. Plus the local soccer camp teaching kids much more than just a sport. Feingold im Russ Feingold and i approve this message. Johnson ive always said ill be the calmest guy on my election night. I win either way. Narrator if he loses, senator Johnson Falls back on the ten Million Dollar bonus he paid himself as ceo. Johnson ive always said. I win either way. Narrator if he wins, he gets another six years to support tax loopholes and bad trade deals that ship jobs overseas. All to benefit corporations and multimillionaires like him. Johnson i win either way. Riders at six flags will soon be able to become helicopter pilots and fight off evil creatures. With a little help from virtual reality. Ride nats rollercoaster and wear vr headsets throughout the entire ride. Its called rage of the gargoyles. The interactive adventure debuts on saturday. Its been a long journey for a pair of dogs from burlington. Theyre involved in we energies new ads. Promoting their safe digging darby and boca and their owners teresa and frank rizzo showed off the new ads at the state fair today. Darby and boca were picked to be the furry faces of the campaign. We energies asked for submissions from people to be their ambassadors for safe digging. The utility wants anyone who plans to dig in their yard to call 811 to make sure its safe. For their hard work, darby and boca took home a basket of doggie goodies including dog treats, and special 811 frisbees. Big things are happening for the milwaukee torrent soccer team. It just finished its first outdoor season. And indoor soccer starts in december. But as tom pipines shows you, its what the athletes do for kids that goes beyond the game. Wfb dominican coach this yr 12 54 38 i want to do something for kids who can not afford soccer; because we all know that soccer is expensive in a club. And give the kids something that they can look up to. Andreas davi says you can call him andy because its faster to say. But good luck keeping up with the energetic native of germany davi not only coaches the torrenta 1st year pro franchise in the National Premier league, he took a job as head coach of the Whitefish Bay dominican soccer teamand started the milwaukee Torrent Community foundation. That led to scholarships worth almost 20 thousand dollars. For youngsters from the boys and girls clubs of greater milwaukee to attend the teams soccer camps for were so shy; because they didnt know what to expect. Then the 2nd day they came already with cleats that they have. Then the 3rd day they come here and they started hugging us 12 56 08 for davi and his staff, competition is fine, but giving youngsters a chance to experience something they wouldnt have been able to afford otherwise is the greater goal 12 56 13 its not about the level that youre in. This is really about the personal development. Then you tell the kids that they can keep the tshirt and you can keep the soccer ball. There were 2 kids that 13 06 58 awesome; i love running and making goals. 13 07 02 14 year old Johnny Marion is a camper whos learning much more than just soccer lessons. Theres something he calls teamship. 13 08 17 everyone being nice to each other and just having a good time. 13 08 18 13 20 05 i really like soccer. 13 20 08 i like all the running and how you get to be competitive. Its really fun 13 20 15 14 year old mekayla boyd is another one of the campers from the the boys and girls clubs benefiting from the scholarships providing by the 13 20 40 well the first day, i didnt know anybody, but everybody wanted to be friends with me and stuff. I was like the new person, and everyone helped me out. A nd it was like a bond with their family. 13 20 53 andy davi has a bond with fellow coaches from germany. Some of the best in the world fly in for the camp, which has been sold out for the past 7 years, to volunteer their 13 14 11 we do our best to introduce them the way to do it with other kids; so the most thing is to get this mixed stuff together, so that kiddies have fun and play football 13 14 23 13 14 34 if you see them laughing all the time and see them running around and from time to time it will be better and better; so that makes the feeling for us to say wonderful 13 14 44 12 55 49 its just the excitement or when you do the simple exercises, where you see how it works; and the kids are happy and theyre laughin 13 21 32 i will remember it a lot and really well; 13 21 34 tp; fss nabisco seems to be casting a wide net when it comes to releasing new flavors of oreos. The new flavor swedish fish. An oreo representative says the uniqueflavored cookie is being sold at Kroger Grocery stores and for a ad lib about cookies gino tells us about Meryl Streeps new film Florence Foster jenkins heres a live look outside from our camera on top of the moderne building in downtown milwaukee. Ad lib what you see weather expert tom wachs is up next with a look at the downtown milwaukee. Ad lib what you see weather expert tom wachs is up next with a look at the we have a slight chance for a few t storms this evening, otherwise warm and humid with temperatures in the 80s. Thunderstorm chances will increase overnight with lows in the middle 70s. Cloudy, cooler and humid on friday with showers and thundertorms. Locally heavy rain is possible. The weekend, but dewpoints will hold in the 60s to around 70. Tonight slight chance for tstorms. Better chances overnight. Low 74 dewpoint 73 wind sw 510 mph friday cooler and humid with rain and tstorms. High 78 dewpoint 73 wind ne 515 mph saturday decreasing clouds, still warm and humid. Am low 67 high 80 dewpoint 70 wind ne 515 mph maestro this is the talented young man i was telling you about. Lets get started. Singing off key shes remarkable isnt she . She can be a little. Flat. Flat . It opera singer theres just one catch she cant sing. Gino is here with a look at Florence Foster jenkins ad lib to bite i think you have the toughest job in this movie. Oh wow. No i mean that in just reacting. It looks hard. It does because you cant give the same reaction and your face says so much and youre doing so much without talking. Yes they wouldnt let me speak so it was confined to just this. Its to your face as a punchline over and over again but you know enough about my lack of self esteem. Yeah you know it was i dont think my job was. Meryl, working with meryl and hugh and stephen they make People Better so they make your job easier actually. He mentions meryl streep who is arguably one of the best actresses in the business. You mentioned meryl, talk to me about what its like first of all when you know its her and youre acting it and in your head youre going oh my god this is meryl streep. Yeah that is the feeling there were times where i think id be like. Oh, oh i have to talk im sorry i was just watching the greatest actor ever do this amazing thing and i would get lost occasionally in that shed do sometimes that are where i was genuinely surprised by it and it affected me. That is what you want to do when youre in a scene with someone. You want to surprise yourself and its alive and she is kind of always pulling the life into a scene shes just in front of a camera coming up the diet that could actually make you smarter. Plus taking after the state fair, the new update ready at Kenosha Police are investigating after a stolen suv is found in a retention pond. Divers. And hazmat crews also responded. Fox6s Deandra Corinthios why explains why despite the car being out of the water. Crews are dealing with a new concern. A wrecker tugs a tan suv out of the retention pond. As divers get suited up. I have never seen anything like this before the scene is next to the kenosha meijer. Where stephanie brecheisen works the overnight shift. I was more curious about what was going on and if anyone was hurt a semi Delivery Driver reported the submerged vehicle around operation around the vehicle with surface rescue Kenosha County dive rescue searched the waters. They did not find any victims. But. Hazmat crews are called in. To deal with fuel leaking from the suv. We have our Water Utility here making sure none of that spills into the rest of the environment and the department of Natural Resources is also involved each time the divers came out of the water they were completely hosed down. Fire Officials Say that is because of the large amount of gasoline in the water that leaked from the vehicle as well as maybe some oil. If the vehicle had not only a large amount of fuel in the tank but probably had some spare gas tanks within it, unfortunately that leaked out into the water. As brecheisen watches. She hopes police catch the person or persons responsible. Meijer security cameras may offer clues in the investigation. I hope whoevers car it is, they get it back in kenosha Deandra Corinthios fox6 news. Pleasant Prairie Police say the vehicle was stolen from a home there. The home is near where the suv kenosha pond. Fire officials hope to have the pond cleaned up before it rains. To prevent further contamination. Long back ups this morning causing delays for commuters. A towed camper turned over on eye43 north at hampton after 7 00. The left lane of the interstate had to be closed initially, and eventually all of the northbound lanes were closed. About an hour and 15 minutes the interstate was opened back up. A massive fire at a tire plant breaks out in upstate new york. Of black smoke climbing the sky over lockport last night. The smoke was so heavy that locals were told to evacuate their homes. At one point at least onehundred firefighters were trying to put the flames to rest. No injuries were reported. Officials are still trying to figure out what started that fire. The Us Drug Enforcement Administration denies a petition to reclassify marijuana. Two former governors had requested the dea change the designation to a drug with accepted medical uses. Allow more research. Based on the controlled substance act. Marijuana does not meet the criteria for currently accepted medical use and has a high potential for abuse. The deas new policy will allow more organizations to grow and distribute marijuana for fdaauthorized research purposes. This Week Delta Airlines was hit with thousands of Flight Cancellations due to a computer issue. But, last month it was southwest that had the same problem. Now we are learning w delays cost southwest. Its been pegged at right around 54 Million Dollars. No doubt delta will surely take a big financial hit after their similar problems. Its a charity that raises more than oneMillion Dollars annually. Potowatomi hotel and casinos heart of canal street program. Fox 6s kim murphy was emceeing the event this afternoon. Wisconsin. It kicked off today by announcing ten of the 31 benefiting charities. The program has been going since 19 94 and the association has noted more than 16Million Dollars to wisconsin charities. Mary stoker smith joins us now from the news room with some stories coming up on fox six news at five. From teaching in the classroom to a life of crime. Coming up. See the disturbing operation a local teacher and her husband were allegedly running out of their home also. More changes on the way for the zoo interchange. The big closures set for next week th those stories and more are about twenty minutes away on fox six news at five. Steph thanks mary. The new security at Lambeau Field is ready to go. Most of it was tested out at family night, but not all of it. There are new measures, ordered by the nfl, and the packers have a way for fans to make it through those security lines quicker. Fox 6s Jessob Reisbeck takes a closer look. As the packers gear up for their first preseason game. Security at Lambeau Field is detectors at every gate. Its our number one priority to make sure fans feel safe and understand that when they come here they shouldnt fear anything. The metal detectors are part of the nfls new safety rules, youll see them at every stadium through out the United States. Theyre not set as sensitive as the airport ones so you dont have to take your belts off, you dont have to take your shoes off, small rings of keys wont go off, its a large cell phone a large any of those things will make it go off. This isnt the first time the packers have used metal detectors. The organization rolled them out last year using them only at the shopko gate, and the detectors were also used at family night. We were able to push 50,000 fans through in the first hour, so it is very efficient. The officers that work the games experienced this with family night and we anticipate a smooth transition for the first preseason game. New this season. An express lane. The packers say these new to get into the game quicker as long as theyre not carrying any items. The express lanes are meant if you only bring your keys and your cell phone to a game, you have no bags, no stadium seats or those types of things you can pull those out and youll be able to hold those over your head and walk through the detector and youll just keep walking. Were going to use these metal detectors to detect those large metal objects to get the fans in the game as quickly as possible with the ultimate goal of keeping everybody safe. Safety features will ensure that every fan, has an enjoyable time come game day. Jessob reisbeck fox 6 news. The team is also reminding fans about its bag and purse policy. Bags larger than 12 inches by 6 inches will not be allowed in. And the bags that are allowed inside must be clear plastic. Australias iconic opera house upgraded to the tune of one hundred and fifty four Million Dollars. Renovations include improving the acoustics and accessibility at the concert hall. The opera house says work crews will also turn empty offices into a familyfriendly Creative Learning center. This is going to open more of the opera house to the public, its going to replace aged equipment and its going to carefully balance our heritage and our future. The renovations will begin next year and wr the largest upgrade for the Historic Site since its opening in 1973. Its not a problem many of us have to deal with. But in some countries clean Drinking Water isnt around coming up a 22yearolds New Invention that could change that. Plus the items making backto School Shopping way easier. Heres a live look outside right now from our Estabrook Park camera. Ad lib what you see weather expert tom wachs is in next with awards open. Pens, paper, backpacks. These typically make the cut when it but there are other items that could make your year a bit easier. In this contact 6 report Katrina Cravy shows you what could go on your list. Back to School Shopping lists are quickly being fulfilled. Inside the Amazon Fulfillment Center in kenosha. Back to school is always chaotic. But the rest of year doesnt have to be. Amazon spokesperson Stephany Rochon says there are items that can help make the year a little easier. Specificl music . Forget the big packs of ice inside the lunch bag. This resuable ones got em built in its really convenient. Pop it in the freezer, put your lunch it and youre good to go for the day. And you dont need to mess with plastic sandwich bags either. You can reuse it over and over. Both these reusable items are under 20 bucks. If youre little one is not so little anymore and heading off to college you should still think small what can they use in multiple ways that doesnt take up a lot of space and is still budget conscious. Amazon recommends. The magic bullet for everything from small. It takes up really minimal Counter Space the George Foreman grill. The cleaning is so easy. You just wipe it down. Its perfect for the dorm room. And a mini crock pot. Its perfect for a kids with a busy schedule especially around finals week. And the end of the day. Or year. Its all about making the school year as stress free as possible. Of course, amazon is hoping one of their boxes will be headed to your house and the convenience will be great for your family. Im Katrina Cravy in kenosha, contact 6. Remember if you have a consumer story, issue or an investigation for katrina call the number on your screen or file a complaint on the contact 6 page at fox 6 now dot com. Adlib to weather we have a slight chance for a few t storms this evening, otherwise warm and humid with temperatures in the increase overnight with lows in the middle 70s. Cloudy, cooler and humid on friday with showers and thundertorms. Locally heavy rain is possible. Highs in the upper 70s. Rain moves out for the weekend, but dewpoints will hold in the 60s to around 70. Tonight slight chance for tstorms. Better chances overnight. Low 74 dewpoint 73 wind sw 510 mph friday cooler and humid with rain and tstorms. High 78 dewpoint 73 wind n still warm and humid. Am low 67 high 80 dewpoint 70 wind ne 515 mph sunday mostly sunny. Am low 65 high 85 dewpoint 67 wind wnw 510 mph monday mostly sunny. Am low 66 high 82 dewpoint 66 wind se 510 mph tuesday partly sunny. Am low 66 high 85 dewpoint 65 wind sw 510 mph wednesday partly sunny with a dewpoint 65 wind w 510 there are thousands of diets out there. And usually the goal is to improve your health or your figure. But new Research Suggests one diet could actually be good for your brain. Mary stoker smith is here with more. New Research Shows that your diet may actually be able to sort of. Researchers looked at eighteen studies on how the mediterranean diet affects brain function. They saw the closer adults follow that style of diet. The better their memory and thinking skills. Specifically longterm and working memory. Plus they had a smaller chance of developing alzheimers disease and there were improvements in attention and language. Overall findings point to mediterranean diets improving cognitive function. But more can be confirmed. Its part of many peoples summers in wisconsin. Heading to the lake to cool off. Bit its important to stay safe while swimming. If youre swimming in a lake, never go alone. And keep an eye out for posted warnings before going in the water. According to the cdc, there are about ten deaths a day from accidental drownings. Nonfatal drowning injuries can result in severe brain damage and longterm disabilities. So keeping an eye out for anything that looks out of place rip current warning, dont think that, you know, youre stronger than that and you should go out. And if theres Water Quality warnings, you need to Pay Attention to those because you can get sick if you ignore those and go out in the water. The epa has Resources Available online. Where you can check whether bacteria levels are monitored at a beach that youre headed to. You can also check for Information Available through your local county the name and face of the Huffington Post is stepping down from the liberal news website. Arianna huffington cofounded the Huffington Post a decade ago. And was president and editor and chief. She announced today she was stepping down from the news site to launch a new health and Wellness Company thrive global. She said thrive which will start in november demands her fulltime attention. No word yet on who will replace her. Macys announcing it plans to close down 15percent of its companys secondquarter sales fell less than originally feared. But it still was the sixthstraight quarterly decline in sales. The stores being shuttered have not yet been . Disclosed. Those impacted will be closed by early next year. There are two macys in the miwaukee area. One mans awesome New Invention could be the answer to Drinking Water problems around the world. Its called dewdrop and has the ability to turn air into water. The creator is 22yearold engineering student from india. The airtowater machine runs on solar energy and produces about twoliters of water every hour. Patel says a computerized sensor provides information about moisture levels in the air and turns it into water free of chemicals. The mechanism i am using is totally different from them. I am using the peltier effect in collaboration with the thomson and i am using the laws of the thermodynamics. There is no harmful effect of electricity that is used to produce hot and warm conditions to convert the water. patel says that with Government Support the dewdrop would be a big step in providing clean water for generations to come. Currently 21percent of indias diseases are water related. Our wakeup crew this morning bringing out their inner mascot. Its important to remember dont leave costumes unattended in a tv studio. Take a look at what costumes around because tomorrow Law Enforcement officers throughout the state will be on the rooftops at dunkin donuts. Theyre raising awareness for the Special Olympics of wisconsin. A woman from madison finally becoming a cop in her city. Just ahead the nonprofit that helped her overcome her about what they want to be when dream job was finally in reach. But it took some help from a wisconsin non profit. Meredith bearick barack has her inspiring story. Since the age of 8, ive always wanted to be a police officer, but not just a police officer, i wanted to be an officer with Madison Police department. Growing up on the eastside, lyjya liejayuh miles said it was the positive impact from the officers in her neighborhood that inspired her dream. It was the things that the Madison Police department the officers realized they did that affected my life and helped me become who i am today. But finally becoming an officer didnt come easy. Initially, miles didnt pass a test given to mpd applicants. When it comes to things like reading, speed reading, thats kind of where i struggled a little bit but thats definitely where the Literacy Network came out and helped me. Like the new Literacy Network building. Many of the people who seek out their theres 55,000 people here in dane county who could use our services, right now were serving about 1,000 students each year, and really its not enough, weve got to be able to serve more we have to be ready for them which is where this building kind of came into play. Davie explained how a larger, more versatile building would help someone like miles reach their goals. Its really a person blossoming more. The talents were there, i just needed someone to tell me that they were there. Nothing is impossible and nothing worth having comes easy. Good evening. We start with breaking news at 5 fans are . Suing. A lawsuit has been filed against the n fl and pro football hall of fame for more than 5 Million Dollars. Its over the decision to cancel sundays hall of fame game. The game between the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts was canceled because of bad paint on the field. The hall of fame says fans will be refunded their money for the ticket. But four fans who had tickets the tickets as well as travel, hotel, souvenir and concession expenses. They are also seeking money for time missed from work. Two of the four plaintiffs in the lawsuit are wisconsin residents this is a class action lawsuit. More breaking news this from the milwaukee archdiocese. Archbishop of milwaukee Jerome Listecki is hospitalized after a severe alergic reaction. According to a blog post by listecki he says he was taking cough medicine fo on monday he mistakenly took one with acetaminophin something he is allergic to. Listecki started to go into anaphylactic shock and called 911. He was treated at the scene and taken by ambulance to the hospital. He says he has since been released and is doing much better. Now to our big story a former cudahy dispatcher and spokesperson is accused of stealing parking ticket money from the police department. Melissa Miller Mueller faces charges of theft fox6s madeline anderosn is live outside city hall. Where Officials Say the money went missing. This is where you go to pay your parking tickets. One man says he went to do just that on july 23rd. But his payment was never recorded. When dan stanhke found a 25dollar parking ticket on h this summer. He headed to city hall. 53 20 i went in to put the money in the box on the side and the lady at the desk said, i can take it here. So i went over there and paid it. 28 stahnke tells fox 6 over the phone. He received an overdue notice from the city a week later. Reminding him he still had to pay the fine. 53 30. So i called them up and i said, hey i paid it. You can check. Police looked through Surveillance Footage of that day. According to court documents. Cameras captured Melissa Mueller taking stahnkes cash at the lobby