That parking ticket hundreds of dollars worth of tickets near State Fair Park are handed out after the city of milwaukee switches signs without letting drivers know. The city now says it was a big mistake fox6s Ben Handelman is live with the story youll see only on fox6. This you park on a street that says 3 hour parking. When you return you find new signs, and a hefty fine awaiting you. Near State Fair Park finding days of crazy. And then its nice and quiet. Thomas jacoy juhcoy knows those who get a spot in front of his house have found gold. At 75th and main parking is free for a few hours. Which is why jacoy says he didnt expect to see the city of milwaukee changing the rules on the fly. These were here on wednesday. And friday im not sure what time it was a guy from the city came and put these on. Friday night, with the west side of the street full of cars new towaway restrit appeared. I was like sir, do you work for the city and hes like yeah. And im like whats going to happen to
The west side of the street full of cars new towaway restrictions suddenly appeared. I was like sir, do you work for the city and hes like yeah. And im like whats going to happen to all these cars here. He said this will not go into affect tonight. It wont go into affect until tomorrow. Sure enough that didnt happen. I dont know maybe an hour or so later, here comes the police, putting tickets on every side of the car on vehicle. 60 bones. 60 big ones expensive tickets an assistant in Alderman Michael murhpys office admits, it was a mistake. It was their office that asked the department of public works to put up the signs after a neighbor complained about traffic. They say there was miscommunication between dpw and the Milwaukee Police department about when the restriction should start. Its absurd. Its ridiculous. Jacoy now worries hard earned money may be going down the drain. These people dont even realize that what they were doing was legal. So theyre probably department dispatcher
Hopping the fence to a pool overnight. What police say they saw when they got to the scene. Plus the rules are changing again about what you need to bring with you to the voting polls in november. The latest on the id or no id debate. Good morning and welcome back to wakeup. Time now x xx adlib Weather Forecast forecast from fox6 chief meteorologist making its final exit today and a low moves into wi over the next 24 hours with rain and thunderstorms likely. Ahead of that low, we warm into the low 90s today and with dewpoints climbing into the low 70s, it will be very hot and humid. Take care not to remain into the overnight. There is a risk for Severe Weather in our area with the main threats being large hail, downpours, flooding and strong Straight Line wind gusts. The cold front wont completely clear us until early saturday so we keep a chance for storms and the hot and humid air until the weekend but we do get more comfortable sunday and monday. Traffic map major delays yellow on t
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 age
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