Month so far tonight will stay warm with lows only dropping to 70 degrees and it will be humid, with a light wind there is the chance for summer is quickly winding down, in fact some students are already back in the classroom. As ann sterling shows you, hundreds of student went back to school this morning, and the first subject discussed the violence in sherman park. School is back in session at messmer high school. The first bell rang just before 8 this morning and seconds later. The schools principal greeted the students with a conversation about the riots and violence in sherman park. A topic he says he couldnt principal messmer 30. 58 its on the forefront of my kids mind. We have students who come to us from the sherman park neighborhood. To ignore it, to pretend it didnt exist, would be a disservice to them. Its part of their reality 31. 04 730 students from all over the city are attending messmer this year. The school is part of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program giving certai
Thousands of miles from rio. Friends and family watched and cheered for gwen at a party in her honor in milwaukee. Its a moment theyve been waiting and hoping for. In the 2012 london games. She blew a tire er she proved today she is the best and most dominate triathlete in the world. In high waukesha passion was in swimming. She also made state in to run and swim at uwmadison. Then usa triathlon officials came calling. Shes come a long way since her early days in waukesha running, swimming and biking as a child. Joregens paul, minnesota with her husband. She finished the triathlon in one hour, 56 minutes and 16 seconds to take the gold. Well have more olympic coverage coming up of gwen jorgensens win in rio in the triathlon in our olympic zone at six30. You can also log onto our website at tmj4 dot com slash olympics. Our olympic coverage continues ryan lochte. Today show host matt lauer sat down with lochte, who lied about being heldup at gunpoint during a robbery in rio. That intervi
Showers tonight. Heres a live look at clouds hanging out over lake michigan. This is the Port Washington tower cam. Meteorologist scott steele shows us when the rain will arrive. It looks like it will be later on this evening. Good evening, steve, shannon and all of you as well. No significant precipitation across our viewing area, but as we widen out the view, just off to the west, from southern minnesota and then into western iowa, and that area in iowa will clip us as we approach the 10 00 hour. And then overnight well see a few more scattered raindrops before things dry up tomorrow. Heres a live look from our Waukesha County tower cam. Some breaks trying to develop in the clouds. Dont get used to that. Enjoy them because they will be few and far between as we go through the rest of the night. Your weather word is cooler, weve got a oneday drop coming our way as we head into the day 68 in waukesha. If youre heading out on the town, i think youre okay through 9 00, before the scatter
Of local roads. In waukesha. Pz. Tmj4 organizers say the information gathered at todays discussion will be used to craft proposals for how to better improve local, public transit. The city and the county of milwaukee face costly upgrades for aging streets and bridges. A new report by local Research Group Public Policy forum shows more than half of city streets are rated in poor or fair condition. The city anticipates spending 76 milliondollars a year to keep repairs over the next four years. The county expects to spend about 11million a year for highways and streets arent the only concern for local officials. According to the report nearly athird of the countys 436 bus fleet should be replaced. Each one costs about 475thousand dollars. A chance tonight to ride along the future milwaukee streetcar route. Bublr bikes and the wisconsin bike fed are leading a group ride starting at 530. The ride begins at burns streetcar route and ends at newaukees night market on wisconsin avenue. Organiz
Diminish as we head into the afternoon with plenty of sunshine returning. High pressure then takes over for thursday with bright blue skies and a tranquil atmosphere. The biggest difference will be a cooler air mass. In fact, temperatures probably wont get out of the 60s tomorrow with a slow return to the 70s by the week. Go to todays tmj four dot com for our li interactive maps, and any other Weather Information you need. Someone robbed three banks in less than 30 minutes this afternoon in kenosha. The robber hit two brances of chase bank and a . Johnson . Bank. Police say the description of the robber in all three cases is the same. More on this story is coming up on live at six. More local news now. Some of the dogs rescued from deplorable conditions from a house in racine are recovering at the wisconsin Humane Society. Their owners have today. Shes live with us. Yes we were able to see three of them today they were visibly nervous but overall seem happy and healthy. These photos sh