New this morning stunning numbers just released giving a better look at families dealing with financial struggles in wisconsin. In fact this reports Shows Nearly Half of all wisconsin families are struggling to make ends meet. Ann sterling is live in oak creek to explain. United way of wisconsin just released this report. It reveals that 42 percent of families here in wisconsin earn below what is known as an alice threshold. This report is long but i went through it to give you this break down. First off lets define an alice household. It is a working household they hold jobs and pay taxes positions include retailsales People Office clerks laborers and movers and Customer Service reps. The core issue is that these jobs do not pay enough for the basics transportation, and health carebottom line according to this report many households earning . . More than the federal Poverty Level stilldo not earn enough to afford the basics. In wisconsin, there are nearly 671 thousand alice households
Yes, we are getting reports of small hail. We are getting a live look at the network and the showers and the thundershowers and heavy stuff north of sheboygan at this time. I have turned on the lightning up to the north and certainly the showers and thundershowers are coming through this morning with briefly heavy downpours. Action not quite so significant in t bordering illinois. This is all associated with a cool front situated to the west. We have instability around this morning. Then another chance for lighter rain showers this afternoon. The first round is coming through and second round this afternoon. We dont expect severe weather. For tonight, a couple of showers moving off. Ben . 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. First, im following breaking news. Police have blocked off several blocks of fond du lac avenue as they search for a shooting suspect. Police say someone was s
Front, we are seeing some rain and thunderstorms this morning and we can expect more this afternoon and evening. Highs today will get into the mid 70s. Behind the cold front, rain and thunder will slowly ease up and we should get back to sunshine by wednesday afternoon. Highs will fall into the upper 60s. Were back in the low 70s later this week with rain and thunderstorms returning friday and into saturday. Sunday is a bit drier but still offers a slight chance for showers. Today rain and thunderstorms off and on through the day. High 76 dewpoint 64 wind swnw 515 mph tonight rain and thunderstorms5 h traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no breaking news in milwaukee. Police are searching for a shooting suspec. 20s was shot in the arm near fond du lac and custer around 130 this morning. He is expected to survive. Police believe they know who the suspect is and they have been searching the area all morning. The incident remains under investigat
Lakefront, thanks to a sw breeze at 1020 mph. There is a chance for a few pop up tshowers in the late afternoon, and a scattered rain before 10pm. Behind the front, drops and lows drop and lower 60s tonight. Keeping an eye on an incident near oak creek on 94 northbound at drexle ave semi in a ditch not affecting speeds tow truck on sight sheriffs on scene traffic is fine speeds at or above normal breaking news now another device exploded this morning appeared to contain pipe bombs near a new Jersey Transit station. According to the citys mayor, the device exploded as the bomb squads robot was cutting wires. The device was found in a backpack and contained as many as five explosives. The pack was found in a garbagecan by two men who thought it may have contained valuables. When they saw what was inside they reported it to police. It comes after a bombing saturday night injured 29 people in manhattan. In minnesota isis is claiming reponsibity for a stab rampage at a mall in st. Cloud. In
Keeping an eye on an incident near oak creek on 94 northbound at drexle ave semi in a ditch speeds tow truck on sight sheriffs on sceneeleswhere traffic is fine speeds at or breaking news happening right now a portion of Peninsula State Park in door county is closed this morning because of a deadly plane crash. Investigators located the wreck just before 10 last night. Door county sheriffs deputies say there are no survivors. The faa is on the way. Well keep you updated throughout the morning. Milwaukee is one of two cities at the center of a lawsuit that could change how we get around. Rebecca klopf is live at the pfr stand with more. Vince and susan. The question is. Are cabs allowed to be protected from other businesses. Like the popular ridesharnig Services Uber and lift. A federal court of appeals will hear the cases today. One if from milwaukee. The other is from chicago. In both cases. Entreprenuears have teamed up to fight for their companies. In the lawsuit brought by the ride