Senior citizen to go into space. Sound john glenn 58 1 03 although i always wanted to go up again, i never thought age would be an advantage. Glenn went through a battery of physical tests. And then. In october 1998. Natsoundbooster ignition. And liftoff of the shuttle discovery with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. Glenn spent almost nine days in space. Conducting more than 80 experiments on weighlessness and aging. And reflectinghi dont think you can be up here and look out the window. Out at this creation out here. And not believe in god. In 2012, president obama presented glenn was highest civilian honor. The medal of freedom. Throughout his life, john glenn called himself a very lucky man. God speed john glenn. Mark barger, nbc news glenn once joked that the only astronaut he was envious of was his fellow ohio native, to walk on the moon. John glenn was 95. We know. Its december weather in wisconsin. But after the mild weather we had over the past few months
Lauren winfrey stopped by a local Hardware Store to see what people are snatching off the shelves. Shes live with us now. George and carol, bitter cold has already arrived and lots of snow is expected this weekend, thats why the folks i spoke with say theyre preparing an advance. Snow blowers, shovels, and salt. Oh my. Our first big snowl finally scheduled to arrive. You just really need to make sure that youre prepared because if you arent its no fun. Nathan brennemanconsiders himself a wisconsin winter pro hes lived in the milwaukee area for 30 years and he says he knows a thing or two about snow. I know what a snow storm is like, i know what winters like. So, may as well take care of everything today. The department of public works is also busy preparing the city plans to keep all roads safe and passable. Thats snow storm is like, i know what winters like. So, may care of everything today. And taking it seriously is exactly what many people say theyre doing, stocking up to prepare o
The low 20s but feeling closer to 100. Snow arrives by turdayate afternoon or early evening. Light snow continuous saturday night and all day sunday before wrap ping up monday morning. Highs on sunday will be lose to the freezing mark in the lower 30s. By southeast wisconsiwill have 35 of snow on the ground with an additional 2 to 4 possible through sunday night. The snow looks to wrap up by a man is dead after falling through the ice in Walworth County. His body recovered after an extensive search that put Emergency Responders in danger because of the condition. Conditions. The call came in just after one this afternoon from lake como. Como. By 5 30 the grim news would reach shore that this was a recovery and not a rescue. Cbs 58s kristen barberesi with the story. 3 kristen introit took four hours and more than 30 agencies from southeast wisconsin and Northern Illinois to find recover the bo. Body. Police responded to lake como around 1 15 friday afternoonafter a man walked about 700
They are done for the night. But hundreds of people with public works will be on duty this weekend. And you should know salt is a bit different this season. Its prewet, meaning it has more of an oatmeal consistency. So what does that mean . According to Laura Daniels with dpw, this will make it much better for us drivers. The salt wont just hide under parked cars, but be spread out. Our employees, up to 350 of them, will be have safe and passable streets. Adrienne and of course we will be on top of it as well. There is Something Interesting to put it in perspective, tackling a storm like the one were expecting this weekend, not even our biggest, will cost about 1. 5 million. That is according to public works in milwaukee, im adrienne. Pedersen, wisn 12 news. Patrick a reminder, winter parking rules are in effect in the city of milwaukee. The amount of snow that falls will determine whether the 4 inch rule will take effect. So be sure to read the signs carefully. . Kathy if you arent re
Winter weather advisorys to the north, 35 inches of snow. Winter storm warnings in the pink. 22 milwaukee. Not a lot at Cathedral Square or in racine, but some pictures are coming in. Look at that camera. It does show the snow falling on i94 and us 18. Tonight and tomorrow, not recommending driving. It will not be pleasant. The side streets will be. This is a powdery snow. This side streets will be bad. This is a powdery snow. Stay inside, watch christmas movies, and stick with us for the latest updates. Next, amounts and the full adrienne thank you. Several local communities already declaring snow emergencies. Pleasant prairie and burlington are in effect right now. Kenosha starts at midnight. Watertowns snow emergency is set to begin tomorrow evening. We will keep you updated on that. And dont forget about the parking rules in the city of milwaukee. The dpw says they will let us know if and when the fourinch rule starts. So Pay Attention to the signs on the street. Street, you could