63 degrees in milwaukee. Feeling great. The dew points 57. Just a light southwest breeze and swinging to the southeast moving into the afternoon. We start with the sunshine and clouds mixing in midday. The rain is moving no the north and west. It is dry here this morning and probably dry right into the afternoon. Later today, this evening, a couple of popup showers moving through southeast wisconsin. The h we have the weekend forecast, because of it includes some showers. When youre on the go, take the weather watch 12 forecast with you. Just download the wisn 12 news app. Its free for your smartphone or tablet. Saying goodbye to a wellknown milwaukee man. Radio host and journalist eric von has died. Hes known for hosting precious lives on wuwm radio and wnov the several years ago, von cohosted a show here on wisn 12 called its your vote. Weve gotten several reports that von may have died of a heart attack but his family has not yet released the official cause of death. Developing now,
Effort enough. We will not beat the heroin issue by arresting people. I think you have heard many times we are not arresting our way out of this one. Education is the best way to do it. People need to see this is a devastating crisis in our community. To say it wont happen to me is entirely wrong. It will happen to you. The thought is, if it is something affecting a community it is affected in the hallways by even the why all the students 4th grade up will see the video with experts on hand to answer the questions. The District Communications director took the lead working endless hours with the videographer. When we finished the product, i truly believed we would save at least one life and to us, that was worth it. Reporter the plan is to make sure all the classes will have seen the video and have questions and concerns answered asking questions, getting answers, catherine bosley. Denise did you see the picture everyone is talking about on our Facebook Page, a couple near youngstown l
Two weeks. Energy stocks are popping. As a result today, theyre not taking the stock market with it. Well tell you whats behind the move coming up momentarily. And bank of america ceo telling cnbc this morning, the customer looks strong in august. Tell that to some of the Grocery Stores and food distributors like supervalu, which is getting smacked today. After the bell, the ceo of allergan will explain why hes coming out with a major stand against drug price increases. Thats a cnbc exclusive with Brent Saunders coming up a little bit from now. And weve got the Company Behind the dna test that completely changed mr. Griffiths life and inspired the look the stranger in my genes. Weve been talking about the book, which came out on tuesday, and well have more about the tests themselves in jus a moment. And hes going to demonstrate how you take a test. Youre very anxious to take a dna test. Uhhuh. I think its a great idea. The whole evans family needs to take a dna test. That might be true
And im maria silva. Welcome to fox5 news this morning. First les krifaton joins us with a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. Triple digit temperatures return the next few days as a ridge holds on bringing us quiet weather until sunday afternoon. A low meandering off the california coast will shift creating breezy conditions by the afternoon. A trough from the Pacific Northwest starts to slide down the coastline overnight sunday and that will usher in much cooler temperatures for our area beginning or very high. Good morning. Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk the slow release of information to parents during the fifteen hour lockdown of Walter Johnson Junior High School caused a lot of frustration. A town hall meeting last night to update parents about the mercury spill only grew fru
Traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays its been a busy night for milwaukee firefighters. They were first called to a house fire near ear 4th and keefe last night. The red cross says its helping 5 adults and 9 children after the blaze. The Fire Department has not released any information about what may have sparked the fire or how much damage was caused. And firefighters also responding overnight to fire at a business on brown deer road. Crews were called around three this morning to kangaroo milwaukee which is a Family Entertainment center. No word yet on what caused the fire or if anyone was will be responding as part of the investigation. And a vacant house goes up in flames early this morning. The fire happened near 42nd and florist around five. Again all of the fires remain under investigation. And Milwaukee Police are looking for suspect after an overnight shooting. Were told a 29yearold man was shot near 44th and stark just befor