Tonight worries are growing about water contamination near a massive jim sum stack sink hole in mull berry. People came there to protest, because they want to know how this will affect their tonight about that massive sinkhole to tell you about, concerns over well water after a sinkhole sucked hundreds of millions of gallons of radioactive water into our aquifer. 8 on your side has been digging into this story for several days now, and chip joins us in mullberry where a number of people held a protest today. Reporter well, thats right. While mosaic claims it has wells to capture all of that some live in this small Polk County Community tell us they arent so sure. A hand heful of protesters gathered in front of city hall holding signs, hoping to hold mosaic accountable. Im concerned for your childrens health. And that should be it. We should all be out there holding mosaic responsible, having them do their best to clean this up. Its going in our water supply. It affect mice family, chil
It is 5 00 a. M. Right now. Lets get your day started with a look at your forecast. It is the last weekend of summer . Sally lets not think about it right now. We still have loads of gorgeous weather for september and october. A goodlooking forecast overall. I am in for meteorologist Jeremy Nelson this morning. 63 at waukesha, west bend, and sheboygan 67 in racine and kenosha. The wind is southwest and we will look at a southwest breeze today. Clouds are mostly cloudy. You can see we still have a few clouds lingering. To the west of madison, that is sunshine. It will build in today. The Early Morning clouds and sprinkles will exit, gradually becoming sunny. I like southland, 79, lows at 76degrees. Thema thank you. Wisn 12 news time is 5 01. Back the blue. That is the message being shared by supporters of local Police Officers. It is National Thank a Police Officer day. In milwaukee, groups will be passing out gift bags filled with water bottles, wristbands, and thank you cards to every
, faith, and vibrancy she had. Nearly two years ago the , little girl was sitting on her grandfathers lap when gunfire broke through the home, hitting and killing her. Police say the shooters meant to fire at another house. Milwaukee police chief edward flynn tells us laylahs story is too familiar. Having a permanent reminder is a way to keep focused on the fact that for too many children, their young lives are punctuated by be part of any normal childhood. Students placed peace pinwheels in the garden a , reminder of a precious little girl. She always had a smile on her face and would run up and give you a great, big hug. Investigators tell us carl barrett and arlis gordon fired the shots that killed laylah. Paul farr is charged with being the getaway driver. Each have hearings coming up in earlier this month, the community built a garden to remember nineyearold zalayia jenkins. Someone shot and killed the girl near 15th and meinecke back in may. Police are still searching for the sho
Weekend with us. Lets start i checking the weather. Meteorologist Sally Severson is in the weather center. Sally i am in early this morning for meteorologist jeremy nelson. So long to the showers as we say hello to a nice weekend. Summerlike low 80s on deck for monday. We have a chance for a few showers and temperatures next week above normal. Overnight showers have with a little bit of cloudiness left her around. 64 for mequon, greendale, they view. 66 that cudahy and the airport. Waukesha, 61degrees. We will see a gradual clearing with highs reaching 79 degrees. 64 tonight. Tomorrow, a nicelooking sunday was sunshine and highs of 76. Thema thank you, sally. New from overnight a fire causes near 60th and morgan in milwaukee. Fire crews were called just before 3 00 this morning. According to firefighters, they had a tough time getting the fire under control because of hoarding conditions. The one person in the home did get out safely. The fire started in the kitchen, but the exact caus
Neighbors say the woman was visiting a family members home and left her car near the back of the house and stepped inside the home for just a brief time leaving the car running with her , 10yearold twins, a boy and a girl, inside. Like just this quick, the car was gone and her kids were with the car. Jasmine duck lives nearby. She ran to help that panicked mom and called police. She was like freaking out and falling on the ground and stuff. Authorities issued an amber er when the twins were found safe about an hour later inside the stolen car which was abandoned , in an alley nearly two miles away. Police say the children were unharmed but taken to a local , hospital as a precaution. It was a blessing. It was a relief. It could have just been so bad. It could have been so bad. So, the search for the suspect continues, but police say those 10monthold twins are doing just fine. Near 49th and concordia, im firefighters struggle to battle a southside blaze. The house at 60th and morgan so