You are watching fox 6 news at 9. Tonight two big stories. The Green Bay Packers weather snowy conditions at lambeau. With a win over the Houston Texans to even their record. And a steady snowfall blankets our area. Wisconsin is ready for the first blast of winter. Just expired at 9 oclock. So how much snow did we get . We have team coverage. Brittany shannon is live in milwaukee. But first lets start with weather expert tom wachs out on the weather deck. Snow tapering off. Roads could remain slick in spots throughout the evening, so use caution. Mostly cloudy on monday with highs in the upper 30s to around 40. Tonight snow ending this sw 510 mph monday mostly cloudy. High 40 wind s 510 from the dot cameras. Drivers taking it easy out there calls to area sheriffs departments show only a handfull of accidents. But we energies had plenty of action today by power outages. Mainly due to snow on tree limbs and on power lines. The city of milwaukee . Got an early start on this storm. The dpw put 102 salt trucks on the streets first working the main streets then the secondary roads. Our Brittany Shannon is live on the citys north side with more. Were here near 14th and walnut and you can see many of those trucks are. Still out back after working on side streets for much of the evening. And they head out on the streets. The roads are covered in white. But not for long. 22 23 part of helping out 24 if Dewayne Harris has a say. 22 13 pastor asked me could i do the snow down here and here i am 22 16 he plows the lot at unity gospel house of prayer. 21 53 you dont want anyone to slip and fall so i just came out a little earlier to try and get it up, everybody safe 22 00 even on the first snow of the season. People here brave the weather. For church. 26 15 its important to come to church and hear the word from god and regardless of the weather were still going to try to get here whatever the situation is 26 20 drivers say the situation sunday was mostly wet. 26 24 the roads were a little bit of water little it of slippery it seemed like the salt trucks had been out a little bit 30 102 salt trucks to be exact. The department of public works salting secondary roads throughout the evening. We caught up with some people on foot. Who say the sidewalks could use some more work. 15 28 slippery really slippery 32 the first snow, however, not scaring people away. Now that Winter Weather has arrived, the dpw reminds people to another plenty of room, and give the salt trucks room, as well. In milwaukee, Brittany Shannon, fox 6 news ted thank brit drivers in Washington County got their first taste of choppy weather. Fox sixs Jonathon Gregg continues our Storm Team Coverage from north. To Washington County. Drivers were reminded where they live. Its at home. I totally forgot. And why corey bogenschneider had to improvise sunday. At a park n ride near allenton first few snowfalls everyone has to get back into the groove. He and a friend we had to get winter eventually. Are traveling south from steve corey did you see any cars in the ditch . I didnt see any cars in the ditch. Then. There is judy reinke. Taking 41 to north fond du lac. She realizes she couldnt escape the snow forever. I know but who thought it was going to come when i had no socks on or no boots. Let this be a lesson, besides its already december fourth. A snow ball and this is probably long overdue. And so are the winter tires we were able to keep up pretty decent. If you havent already switched over. Not a bad one at all since its all wheel drive. Sundays snowfall is bringing drivers back to reality. Ok ill see ya, have a the long winter road that lies ahead. Jonathon gregg, fox six news, allenton. Keep an eye on the storm anytime right from your phone. Just download the fox 6 storm center app, its available on android and apple. The weather provided the perfect backdrop for a packers home game in december. The snow and wind a bit much for the visiting texansand so was our team coverage. Mike mccarthys quick strike offense is harder to pull off in the snow. But even with just a 7 point halftime lead, and the texans eventually tying the game, Aaron Rodgers and company cranked it up with 2 long 4th quarter drives for a 2113 winto even their record at 6 and 6. Tender hammstring, slippery conditions and allrodgers continues to play randall cobb for a 9 yard td and a 70 lead. Check out the snow angel by number 18 for the 2nd straight week, the packers d played wellholding an offensively challenged offense to 13 points. Julius peppers with 6 and a half sacks rodgers threw for 209 yards. 118 of em were gained by jordy nelson on 8 catches. Wide open after a receiver fell down. A 32 yard score 147 green bay in the 4th quarter. Yard drive it took the pack 11 games to get somebody not named Aaron Rodgers to score a rushing td. Once again, Aaron Ripkowski does the honor from 3 yards out. That capped off an 89 yard drive. Packers 21, texans 13. Tim van vooren on the blitz. It is truly six of one and half dozen of the other now for the packers. Theyre at six wins and six losses after knocking off the Houston Texans on an unusual day that looked like it could go either way. The long drives offensively in the Fourth Quarter is what really stands out as far as our performance there. Defense, the point total, keeping them down to thirteen points. And thats for. It was just one of those games that was kind of a weird game but we stuck with it and guys stepped up. Another big drive at the end of the game in the Fourth Quarter like we did last week in philly and thats what we talked about before we started. We wanted to do it again and finish that way. Our last two drives were back on the two and the ten or eleven so for us to put together two drives over 180 yards of offense was pretty special. We had a couple good drives last week to close the game out and did the same this week. So now its back to the nfc for the packers. Nothing but Conference Games the rest of the way. The final three are division games. Green bay has to keep winning, ge a settles. In green bay at lambeau field, tim van vooren, fox six sports. To break the game down on the sports blitz at 10 35. Two other stories were following. The badgers will meet 13 and oh western michigan in their first ever cotton bowl appearance on monday january 2nd in arlington texas. And baseballs hall of fame has opened its doors to former commissioner bud selig for induction on sunday july 30th of next year. A richly deserved honor for the commissioner emeritus. Ted, mary. North dakota pipeline protest. The government says theres a change of plans. And demostrators are celebrating. But i think we need to keep in mind that we need to be ready to keep going. The surprising decision by the army corps of engineers and why demonstrators are only cautiously celebrating. And Big Box Stores want you you to think youre saving money when you shop there and maybe you are. But theres evidence they could make you pay more. In property tax. Well explain with a simple gesture to veterans but one that was a huge announcement from the Us Army Corps of engineers today. The corps now say it will not grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in north dakota. The Obama Administration will not allow the fourstate, nearly 4 billion dollar pipeline to be a Missouri River reservoir where construction had been on hold. The route has been the subject of months of protests by the Standing Rock sioux tribe and others. They argue the pipeline threatens a water source and cultural sites. The federal government has ordered people to leave the main encampment by tomorrowan order demonstrators still say theyll ignore. Its not clear what the Company Building the pipeline will do next. There is yet another plan to makeover a north side property of one. A newly announced partnership aims to revitalize an area thats been hurting since northridge mall closed more than a decade ago. Fox6s bret lemoine is live near 76th and brown deer road with new details. The alderwoman for this district says residents want to see new stores, green space and condos here. She thinks all of those things could soon happen. But there might foot vacancy in milwaukee since 2003. Cl theyre bypassing this area to go to something a little more newer. dark. Empty and long gone. The former northridge mall was the first of many to say byebye to business on the citys north side. Cl we dont want to see any other business leave the area. alderwoman Chantia Lewis says she has a plan to turn things around lewis is announcing a pr the department of City Development and uwmilwaukees Community Solutions group. Together, lewis hopes fresh ideas will spur redevelopment on the far north side. New retail. Condos. And green space. Are all priorities. Cl we want to see something out of the box. We dont want to do with the same old same old. but businesses continue to fold or relocate. Including target. Pick n save. And . Aldis gs we really would like to revitalize this entire area. in the middle of it all is the salvation armys family store. Managers as neighbors are leaving. Still, more foot traffic wouldnt hurt especially because sales here help fund a downtown mens rehabilitation center. Gs were still hopeful that other businesses will see that they need to be here as well to serve the people just like we serve the people. lewis calls the northridge site the gem of all plans going forward. But it could also be the citys biggest stumbling block the facility is privately owned by a chinese company. The city and other stakeholders will have to work around the owners current plans for thei opening of a chinese market. Cl if you think about it, everything is made in china. Everything gets imported here. Glasses, couches and dishes. lewis, who took office in april, says she expects the Redevelopment Partnership to work. The granville Business Improvement district will also help fund the study. Reporting live in mke, bl, fox6 news. Which gets us to this story about Big Box Stores. Many are appealing their assessed values in an attempt to pay lower property taxesa move costing local municipalities millions of dollars each year. Its an issue well be hearing more about in wisconsin. Fox 6s Brittany Shannon looks into the Dark Store Theory and how it could affect you. Shopping the Big Box Store. A place where you can find almost anything. And in the dozens of options. Theyre choosing this location because its desirable and its going to be beneficial to their company 22 54 but mayor Kathleen Ehley says. Big box stores are becoming bad business for local government. It would make me very hesitant to support a big box coming in 26 41 in the past four years, stores like target, lowes and firestone have sued the city of wauwatosa. Claiming high by using a tax strategy called the Dark Store Theory. its a store thats dark. Its a store that has no lights on Pleasant Prairie assessor, rocco vita, says stores want assessors, like himself, to value their businesses the same as a closed or dark store. Now all of a sudden just for property tax purposes we have to consider using sales of vacant or of value for good thriving locations this target in the village was constructed in 2006 for 15 million dollars. The village assessed it around 12 million. But target claims its only worth 6. 5. If municipalities begin lowering values because of this Dark Store Strategy there will be a shift in taxes 09 a shift to homeowners. Pleasant prairie estimates homeowners would see an increase property taxes. In wauwatosa. Taxpaye rs would see a jump of nearly 400 dollars. People do need to be aware of this the city is currently facing 12 appeals from Big Box Stores. Like lowes mdash;asses sed at 16 million dollars. But the company says. Its only worth seven million. The nordstrom is assessed at 29. 9 million. But the stores opinion of value is just 10. 8. The fight has cost wauwatosa 275 thousand dollars past four years. Think of what we could do in our community with 275000 dollars tax attorney, don millis, represents about 60 Stores Across the state including wauwatosas target and nordstrom. He says Big Box Store properties are specificcally branded, making resale difficult. The issue is what is it worth to the market 07 and we know when the lowes its going to sell for a lot less than what walmart put into it and thats just life this target on brown deer road closed earlier this year. Its listed price is 2. 5 million dollars. The Dark Store Theory argues Properties Like this one should be comparable to similar sized operating stores. What i object to is what assessors are saying is that the mere fact that a property is vacant makes it thats what the law and i dont think thats what appraisers would argue doesnt sound fair. Intuitively it doesnt make any sense for that reason, Curt Witynski with the league of wisconsin municipalities, is working closely with legislators, drafting a bill to close this tax loophole. Unless this legislation passes, there would be some noticeable effects over the next couple of years where this tax shift would happen thats why local governments have also passed resolutions asking for help. To provide clarity for our assessors because thats really whats being questioned. A loophole with the potential to cost homeowners big bucks when big boxes go dark. Brittany shannon fox 6 news. Day four of the election recount in wisconsin. Has Hillary Clinton picked up any more votes . How about president elect donald trump . The latest totals. And will we be done on time . And tragedy in california. The death toll from a dance party is break break snow tapering off. Roads could remain slick in spots cloudy on monday with highs in the upper 30s to around 40. A few flurries or areas of drizzle will be possible tuesday with a high in the upper 30s. The coldest air of the season moves in on wednesday through the end of the week with highs in the 20s and lows in the teens. Tonight snow tapering off. Low 28 wind sw 510 mph monday mostly cloudy. High 40 wind s 510 mph tuesday mostly cloudy with the sligt snow showers. Am low 32 high 39 trip in to work today as the recount moved into day four. Six counties are already done so how did the results change for each candidate . Well tell you next. The Milwaukee Bucks are on a four game winning streak. But their biggest victory came off the court when they entertained some of our veterans. Wisconsin hit a milestone in the election recount today. More than a million votes have now been added up a second time. And the results have barely changed. Political reporter theo keith examining the numbers for us tonight theo, what have you found . In the 59 counties that have reported some or all of their results president elect trump has gained an extra 40 more votes over Hillary Clinton. More than 22thousand. Nats from racine in racine, election inspectors work through a snowy sunday and a packers game. It is the reality of it, and again, you only have a limited timeframe to get this done. The county clerk says workers are almost halfway through the 97 thousand ballots they must recount by the december 12th changes in the results. Its typical of a recount where you go through everything again. You find things where people have used a blue pen that the machine didnt count on election day, so were handcounting some of those unlike in racine, the recount is over for six wisconsin counties. President elect donald trump lost a total of 20 votes, and Hillary Clinton also lost a total of 20 votes. The margin between them is unchanged. Green Party Candidate jill stein, who asked for the recount and is paying the full cost, picked up votes. As of sunday, most counties have finished recounting some but not all of their wards. 13 counties had yet to report any results to the state. This is sort of bizarre, but i think it caps a sort of bizarre year uwm professor mordecai lee says voters shouldnt fault stein for requesting the recount, even though she got barely 1 percent of the wisconsin vote and finished in fourth place. It seems to me, we ought to think about this as giving finality in racine county, finality wont think were a little ahead, but i dont want to jinx that the counting continues after a federal judge refused to immediately stop the recount on friday. The judge has scheduled a hearing for this friday on the request, which comes from two protrump groups. Live, theo keith, fox6 news. Meantime green Party President ial nominee jill stein is now saying she will move ahed pennsylvania through a federal lawsuit. This after announcing yesterday that she would drop it. Because of to the expense put on taxpayers. Today stein tweeted on monday, i will escalate the recount in pennsylvania and file to demand a statewide recount on constitutional grounds. The people deserve answers. This comes after michigans attorney general announces that he would file a suit to stop a recount in that state. The ag says stein is not entitled to a recount over onepercent of the vote in michigan. A judge is expected to decide if a halted recount can get underway immediately.