Sunny. Highs 5100. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Wind chill readings 10 below to 25 below developing and less chilly with highs to te 20s. Highs around 20. Chance of snow 70 percent. Snow inuecontsaturday with balmy highs near 30 before sunny, cold weather returns for toss back to mike milwaukee mayor tom barrett is gettinthe wo out about this dangerous cold. Hes appealing toresidents to watch out for one another. 3 mayor m barrett its pretty much common sense and its about being a od nehbor make sure you are watching out the people who live ar you and the poeple you know and i think for Church Groups in particular theyre gonna have a lot of elderly people who are members of their congregations to check onth at a News Conference late th moing at city hall. The mayor urged residents to check up on elderly relatives mothers with chen a those with disabilities. The yor maalong with public th commisoner bevan baker, outl some other recommendations like making sure you take the time to are for t
10 to 15 mph. Wind chill readings 10 below to 25 below zero. Friday. Cloudy. Snow developing and less chilly with highs returning to the 20s. Highs around 20. Chance of snow 70 percent. Snow continues saturday with balmy highs near 30 before sunny, cold weather returns for the city of milwaukee is preparing to keep people safe during this cold snap. Snap. Mayor tom barrett says several agencies are hard at work preparing for the dropping temperatures. Temperatures. Ive also asked chief flynn and the milwaukee Homeless Outreach team to continue their important work. The Homeless Outreach team is very active during weather events. Theyve established relationships with Homeless Individuals and know typical locations where they know people can help direct them to Warming Centers and other servi services. 3 Centers Available throughout our area. 3 and to find one. People can call 211. Thats the 24 hour hotline that gives out information on cold weather events and warming shelters. Shelters.
Information on shelter openings. Cbs 58s Jacob Kittilstad joins us live from their call center where theyre still hard at work. You can actually call 211 at any time. People here answer 24 a day. It is a yearround operation. But the tone or immediacy of many of their calls changes when the weather gets this cold. typing nat. 4;12;15 and how long has it been since you lived in your own home . Johnsons job is to ask tough questions. As people face the cold. 4;14;40 have you ever been attacked or beaten up since you become homeless . Hearing the answers isnt always easy. 2. 5 secyes you have . Okay. nancy 4;18;19 4;18;19 it gets little busier during the winter of course because people dont want to be outside. The big board shows so far. 117 plus 226. That 383 callers serve so far around noon. 4;10;18 we typically take around 600 calls. Today im expecting that well exceed that. John hyatt president and ceo of connect people with services. Giving referrals to shelters. hyatt 4;04;44 4;04;44
Body was recovered by the Sheboygan County dive team this afternoon. Authorities do not believe there was any foul play involved in the incident. Lakeland university tells wisn 12 news, oneal was a member of the football team. He was also from north carolina. Joyce a fire on the roof of milwaukees Pfister Hotel, and hundreds of guests evacuated. It happened during the busy lunch hour, while construction crews were working on top of the hotel. Wisn 12 news terry sater is live with the terry the call about a fire on the Pfister Hotel roof came in just before noon before from someone high up in a neighboring building. Roughly 300 people were evacuated, and so far fire investigators are pointing to insulation and a construction crew. Just before noon, we got a call of fire on the roof of the Pfister Hotel. Terry milwaukee deputy fire chief Terry Lintonen says, thankfully, no one was hurt. We did find fire around an area that was under construction on the roof. Shows the part of the roof fi
At six, temperatures drop below zero tonight. Windchills as cold as 19 in sheboygan in waukesha. It is brutal no matter where you are. That wind chill advisory in effect until 10 00 in the morning tomorrow. At that time, it will not be a magical warm up. It will be cold all day long with temperatures hitting nine. Er to 20 five below zero. That is only one part of the story. We go from bitter cold to snow, and back to bitter cold. I will have more coming up. Joyce thanks. Emergency centers are now open to get people out of these dangerous temperatures and indoors. Patrick as Christina Palladino reports, outreach workers braved the frigid cold to find Homeless People and bring them to safety. Warm sleeping bags and hot food await people who walk into feeding his flock shelter in west allis tonight. The center is remaining open dangerously cold temperatures. It takes a lot of volunteers. It takes a lot of time, and it takes a lot of money actually. These two women with the shelter get a