And while we will continue to grow our business and hire accordingly, there will be impact to some positions over time. rich kirchen with the Milwaukee Business Journal says so far. Northwestern mutual has been fortunate and unique in that it hasnt had to deal with any big layoffs. Even in the current market. As he explains. Insurance companies rely on two sources of income. One is based on interest rates. And while the current low investment rates were seeing are go its a struggle in the industry. I think theyre the 9th largest employer in the rea. They have almost 6 thousand employees in downtown milwaukee and franklin. So its important, its significant but we dont know what the numbers are. Kirchen believes they will start by not filling open positions. Which may be the only way this new tower being built comes into play its expected to house 1000 this tower. And this potential layoff news are really two different issues. Live in milwaukee. Krystle kacner fox 6 news. Steph thanks kr
Know and just tried to get out of the building as fast as we can. The Us Geological survey says the sixpoint two magnitude quake struck roughly six miles southeast of the town of norcia. Its tremors. Reverberating all the way to rome, about a hundred miles away. Voice of Jessica Turner usgs we do know that it was felt pretty much throughout central italy. The initial quake was followed by a fivepointfive magnitude aftershock about an hour later. As reports started coming in of collapsed buildings and at least one town in ruins. The the night. Wednesdays quake. Striking near the site of another deadly earthquake in 2009. Voice of Jessica Turner usgs it occurred near an earth quake of magnitude 6. 3 that happened near laquila in april of 2009 which caused a lot of damage and also several casualties. Preliminary assessments were ongoing overnight, but the result of wednesdays quake could be devastating. The quake striking not only with significant force, but at a very shallow depth. A des
Of Keith Lamont Scott vented their rage and grief. Scott was shot tuesday police say he brandished a weapon but his family says he was reading a book in his vehicle. During the second protest, one person was shot by another civilian according to authorities and is in the hospital on life support. Several Police Officers were injured journalists were caught up in the chaos. Nats Boris Sanchez getting teargassed one reporter was knocked to the ground by a passing man. Some demonstrators stood in front of the police line in an effort to maintain peace. And there were those who tried to calm the tensions. Toussaint romain public defender im trying to prevent people from being hurt, my brothers are out here too theyre trying to do it the right way. And charlottes mayor pleaded for peace to be restored to the citys streets mayor Jennifer Roberts d charlotte, nc i ask again for calm, peaceful demonstrations. It is important we have a full and transparent collaboratively to insure the integrit
Arrests in the sherman park neighborhood. This, after a crowd gathered for a memorial for Sylville Smith last night. It happened near 44th and auer the same intersection where 23yearold smith was fatally shot by a Milwaukee Police officer two weeks ago. Police say they received several complaints from neighbors about a crowd of about 30 to 40 people. Officers asked the group to leave peacefully. About 20 minutes later, the crowd was asked to leave again. Police began making arrests when some refused to leave. They arrested 10 people for resisting an officer. Adlib to weather a quiet, cooler day ahead with decreasing clouds and a High Temperature in the low to middle 70s. Mostly clear tonight with temperatures dropping into the low 50s inland, upper 50s lakeside. High pressure keeps the sunshine around the rest of the week and temperatures remain comfortable in the 70s. Warmer and more muggy on labor day with the chance for rain and thunder. Today decreasing clouds. Cooler and less humi
9 Milwaukee Police are investigating the homicide of a 4 year old boy. The child was shot inside of a home near 15th and north. Thats where fox6s ashley sears joins us live. Police have been on scene for the last few hours. The shooting happened inside a home between north and lloyd. Shot and killed. According to police, the gun was fired from inside the home. Its unclear who fired the weapon. In addition to first responders, Salvation Army chaplains are on scene comforting the victims family. Again, it is unclear who fired the gun. The investigation is on going. Ben thanks ash now to our big story at 9 a string of vehicles have been vandalized creek area during the last couple of days. Fox6s Rachelle Baillon joins us now with more on what police think is going on. Good evening. Police here in South Milwaukee say more than 20 cars have been hit by bb guns and paint ball guns. Just in the last couple of days. This is not the way anyone wants to start the workday. this is the car we got