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Traffic check red on traffic map major delays major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays triple a. Issuing a Winter Driving advisory for the state of wisconsin. Angelicas in the newsroom with the very latest. Triple a expects to help nearly 8 million drivers throughout the winter season in the us. Including 1point4 million requests for help with a dead battery. Triple a. Saying some of those calls for help. Can be prevented if drivers run through the following checklist. First aid kit. A phone and charger. Blankets. A flashlight and extra batteries. Check your antifreeze. And replace your windshield wipers and washer fluid. Check your tire pressure frequently. Make sure your batteries are securely fit. And keep your fuel tank at least half way full to avoid a freeze up. As a reminder. If you see flashers behind you. Pull over so emergency vehicles can get through. And of course drive slowly and move over when you pass by them on the side of the road.
Milwaukee police are searching for this missing woman. Sabrina allen suffers from Health Issues and was last seen wearing a Navy Blue Coat and black shoes with white stripes and pink lining. If you have information. Call police at the number on your wisconsins president ial recount effort hits the home stretch. A federal judge has just refused a request by two protrump groups to stop the effort. This morning. As county clerks around the state are finishing up with counting ballots. Pete zervakis reports from waukesha. The final votes are being tallied up in Waukesha County tabulator thats a high speed tabulator. Counting up the remaining president ial ballots at the Waukesha County courthouse. Tabulatoraccording to the county clerk. It can zip through 5thousand ballots an hour. Sorting and ballots into box compared to the 720 an hour that can be counted by a machine. A total of 970 the counting should be complete this afternoon. Then the board of canvassers has to review and certify th
They are done for the night. But hundreds of people with public works will be on duty this weekend. And you should know salt is a bit different this season. Its prewet, meaning it has more of an oatmeal consistency. So what does that mean . According to Laura Daniels with dpw, this will make it much better for us drivers. The salt wont just hide under parked cars, but be spread out. Our employees, up to 350 of them, will be have safe and passable streets. Adrienne and of course we will be on top of it as well. There is Something Interesting to put it in perspective, tackling a storm like the one were expecting this weekend, not even our biggest, will cost about 1. 5 million. That is according to public works in milwaukee, im adrienne. Pedersen, wisn 12 news. Patrick a reminder, winter parking rules are in effect in the city of milwaukee. The amount of snow that falls will determine whether the 4 inch rule will take effect. So be sure to read the signs carefully. . Kathy if you arent re
The western part of the state. The Winter Weather advisory. And a look outside of our weather windy. Clear to partly cloudy skies across much of southeast wisconsin, not snow, but snow canon fest new this morning. Cold enough, and beautiful snowmaking weather for our ski hills. 16 degrees. This is the best part of the weekend through 6 00 p. M. Dive payments. No issues on the weatherwise for today. Cold temperatures out there bundle up. 24 this afternoon, and dry at 4 00. Once we get past 6 00 p. M. And 7 00 to 9 00 p. M. Light snow over spreads the area. More coming up. Andy all right. Jeremy, thank you. As you mentioned we are under a winter storm watch. The city of milwaukee is gearing up for tonights snow. On standby, 100 pieces of clear the roads. Crews started prepping on wednesday adding an antiice solution. They are using a different type of salt, with an oatmealtype consistency. Drivers are reminded to remain a safe distance behind plows and soft trucks. They are ready for the