Prediction, but by noon on sunday most of southeast wisconsin will have 35 of snow on the ground. While we wait for this weekends snow, our recent stretch of cold weather has been a economic boon for local ski hills including Little Switzerland in Washington County. Cbs 58s julie parise joins us live from little swiss in slinger with more. Julie . Were not expect snow until tomorrow. But you can see over my shoulder here that its already looking like a Winter Wonderland here in slinger. Take a look,. Theyve been making this snow since tuesday, so the hill here is already looking covered. Now that the pumping the snow out. The technology they use to make this stuff is advanced. There are 23 snow guns all over the hill blowing it out. Managers here can operate the amount of water and pressure from their cell phones. One of the managers tells me i think a lot of people think is real snow, uh is icey or tough to skn, i ot as nice as powder you have out west. Its great snow, its powertilled
Filled with snow. Snow. Dpw briefed reporters about those preparations cbs 58s amanda devoe is live with the key points of the plan. Amanda . The city wants you to know that crews will be out in full force to make sure the roads are safe to drive. The Milwaukee Department of public works says antiicing operations started on wednesday. Crews are brining the streets with salt and water to keep the snow from sticking to the pavement. 102 streets starting tomorrow. Dpw says 350 workers will be out over the course of the storm, and theyre prepared to work 12 hour shifts. Dpw also says they are monitoring the storm, and will do whatever it takes to keep the roads safe, reminding drivers to be patient with plow trucks as they remove snow. Laura daniels, director of operations, dpw its important for us to get the snow moved and especially with a storm of this sizable predicted amounts that we dont leave snow there because itll just compound future storms. We need to get through this weekends s
The low 20s but feeling closer to 100. Snow arrives by turdayate afternoon or early evening. Light snow continuous saturday night and all day sunday before wrap ping up monday morning. Highs on sunday will be lose to the freezing mark in the lower 30s. By southeast wisconsiwill have 35 of snow on the ground with an additional 2 to 4 possible through sunday night. The snow looks to wrap up by a man is dead after falling through the ice in Walworth County. His body recovered after an extensive search that put Emergency Responders in danger because of the condition. Conditions. The call came in just after one this afternoon from lake como. Como. By 5 30 the grim news would reach shore that this was a recovery and not a rescue. Cbs 58s kristen barberesi with the story. 3 kristen introit took four hours and more than 30 agencies from southeast wisconsin and Northern Illinois to find recover the bo. Body. Police responded to lake como around 1 15 friday afternoonafter a man walked about 700
Weather together. Milwaukee police say a teen fleeing from officers caused a fatal crash , killing one and injuring 6. It started as a traffic stop near 27th and capitol when the 18yearold driver sped off. Police say they did not pursue as is policy and the driver sped into oncoming traffic, hitting another car. One passenger in the fleeing car died, the driver and two other passengers are expected to survive. The 3 people in the other car were all injured but are also expected to survive. The ceo of wauwatosa based company penzey spices making National Headlines after criticizing republicans who voted for president elect donald trump. According the Milwaukee Business Journal bill penzey wrote an email referencing an open embrace of racism in the republican party. In a followup Facebook Post penzey said he didnt believe all republicans are racist just those who voted for the president elect. President elect donald trump had a busy weekend working on building he met with two different p
Pursue, but , the chevy sped off near capitol, swerved into southbound traffic, struck a 2015 Nissan Altima and a concrete light pole. As a mother hurts francis sympathizes for all of the victims involved. One male passenger in her daughters car died on the scene while two others, an 18 and 20 yearold suffered serious injuries. Just ask for people to pray for both families while unsure of why her daughter made the decision she did, or the consequences certain, francis hopes to prevent future tragedies and makes a heartfelt plea. I just want these kids to understand one poor choice you make affect the whole situation, affects families, loved ones and you never one if someone is going to die in a situation because of a poor choice i just want them to realize, think before you do because other vehicle that was hit they were taken to the hospital to be treated for non life threatening injures as the investigation into the incident continues. In milwaukee derica williams, fox 6 news. A big