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
The morning with a few scattered showers and isolated storms possible throughout the day. Highs in the upper 70s before cold front arrives. Wind sw nw 515 mph. Tonight shower and storm chance continues. Lows around 600. Wind n 510 mph. Week ahead a few rain showers wednesday morning before clouds gradual clear and sunshine returns. Much cooler wednesday through friday with highs on either side of 700. Chance for storms returns most of friday into saturday morning. 3 3 roads will be wet this morningplan ahead as you head out the door. There will be a full closure overnight of i94 wb at 84th st through the zoo for a traffic switch. At the mitchell interchange the i 894 43 eb to i43 nb system ramp will once again be closed overnight for friction surface 3 new this morning Milwaukee Police are actively looking for a suspect. After a shooting around 1 30 this morning. It happened near fond du lac and custer. Police say. A man in his early 20s was shot in the right arm. He was taken to a hos
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
The suspect is and they just have to find him and confirm that. Back here live, they do not believe that the public is in danger. The streets in the area are back open and the search for the suspect is continuing and we asked the officers if they thought p the suspect is armed and that is under investigation as well is this incident. Well bring you any new information when it is available. For now, live near fond du lac and custer 12 news this mog. Thema, thank you. We are learning more about a power outage after a pole caught on fire. We are looking now at the wi energy power outage map. This is 4 f and wells. Crews are working for deenergyizing the power lines. To the airport and hes high above the scene in news chopper 12. Matt, what can you see . The police are here with the wee energy crews. This is just behind the Humane Society building on wells street. They are on the scene. The fire appears to be out at this point. I was driving through here and street. It is starting on the o