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made with nutritious ingredients. now at seven -- as things get back to normal in the sherman park neighborhood we are expected to learn new information that details ahead in a live report. plus.. and a high speed chase overnight ends in a crash. coming up who police say was behind the wheel. good morning and welcome back to wakeup! time now x:xx
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near 18th and hadley. officials say an officer was patrolling the area after receiving a shot spotter call -- and found an 18- year-old man who had been shot. the victim died on scene. a teenager is facing charges after a police chase ends in a crash overnight. we're told brown deer police attempted to stop a stolen minivan near 60th and brown deer around 11-30. the driver sped off - reaching speeds up to 70 miles per hour...and running multiple red lights. the van eventually hit another vehicle near 76th again. the chase ended near 84th and carmen after the van hit a tree. police say the 17-year-old driver was taken into custody. thankfully - no one was hurt. this morning the sherman park community continues to rebuild...and regain a sense of normalcy... this morning...some students in the neighborhood will return to school and the priority is their safety. deandra corinthios is live near sherman and center with the latest we're outside lumin schools...where students will
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...from where the destruction and violence took place... school officials met with parents over the weekend...to assure them students will be safe. this week we're expecting to learn more information about the investigation into the deadly officer involved shooting on august 13th...that sparked the violence. this...as several community leaders and faith based groups came together on sunday - to pray for their city as it works through the turm lutheran church were grateful their church was open despite the unrest. the pastor shared a message of hope and strength ....a message he says will withstand any evil. 'very definitely. it continues this week, next week, as long as sherman park is here, were gonna be here for the community, reaching out through the love of christ.' several businesses in the sherman park neighborhood... are being demolished because of the damage. criminal
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looting. reporting live in milwaukee dc fox6 news. 35 people are now homeless after a deadly fire at an apartment complex in sheboygan. now the red cross is stepping in to help. many of them left without the shirt on their back without the medications they needed. one person was killed in the blaze. an emergency shelter is set up at farnsworth middle school. displaced residents are getting help with their bas finding new housing. neighbors are grateful ... to the red cross ... and to the first responders who rushed into the burning building. i wanted to thank the men in uniforms you know they risked their lives they werent running away from the flames they were running towards making sure people are out. id like to give a big shout out to them i mean that was heroic. the red cross says this fire is unusual ... because so many people are displaced. it put out an expanded call for service ... bringing in help from green bay,
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the red cross cannot provide this type of assistance without your generosity. if you'd like to donate, visit fox6 now dot com or the fox6 news app and click "links" for the necessary information. you'll also find information on volunteer opportunities. one woman is dead and another person injured after a serious crash near 27-th and wells. it happened a little after six last night. police say a car going west on wells ran a red light...colliding with a car on 27th street. a 64-year-old woman -- who was a died at the scene. officials also say the driver was taken to the hospital. only on fox6 -- unbelievable video of a high speed chase through wauwatosa. nicole is in the newsroom with details. police say the driver hit 97 miles an hour and drove down a sidewalk to try and get away from officers. dash cam video shows the chase went from tosa, into milwaukee and back. police say they began the pursuit because the car was stolen. what they didnt know is the driver, 40 year old lucas byrd,
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misses a turn, drives through a yard, before later driving down a sidewalk. he actually hits a street sign, he jumps out of the car. then the officers able to follow up. :53 we got a perimeter set up the yards, and were able to take him into custody byrd is in jail facing several charges. hes done time for similar cases in the past. court records show that in 2012, he was sentenced to four years for eluding an officer and endangering safety. the state corrections department says he just got out on may 17th we are learning new information about deadly officer- involved shooting in new london... the man shot and killed by police on friday - was carrying a toy gun. the department of justice says 31- year-old kole knight used the toy to trick police into shooting him, knight's fiancee told the appleton post- crescent... that knight was suicidal and he knew if he showed a weapon
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14-year-old son. an update now on a famous musician who was found dead over the weekend in a west bend hotel. matt roberts was a founding member of the rock band "3 doors down". he was found unconscious in the hallway of this "hampton inn". family members tell t-m-z they believe he overdosed on prescription pills. roberts was in west bend this weekend for a benefit concert. he was just 38 years old. donald trump's campaign trying to hit the rest button --- what saying about the race for the white house. plus, one wedding reception had some unexpected guests. how llamas were able to crash the part. plus, sending a positive message. how these milwaukee musicians making a difference in the sherman park community. and carl is hanging out at the wisconsin humane society.
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dick adlibs traffic red on traffic map = major delays yellow on traffic map = some delays green on traffic map = no delays breaking news out of kiel wisconsin this morning where a fire at a commercial building has been upgraded to a third alarm. it happened in the 200 block of fremont street at the true value hardware store. firefighters have been battling flames for over an hour. we're working to get more information and will update you as son as we
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also changed since the last week's violence. local hip-hop artists are coming together to send a message of peace. fox6's jonathon gregg shows us the tone has changed, in sherman park. "c'mon you all... with a driving force help them out, let's go and beat... the message couldn't be more clear. "people were at a stand still and i want to see us move forward and not backwards." turn down the violence. and don't play "hate." "when you get all people like this together.." "and and you're not fighting" family reunion." "we wanted to come to the community as the voice of the city and you all that we care." artists from milwaukee's hip-hop scene assembled in sherman park sunday a week ago it looked and sounded much different. "a lot of you listen to our music." sawi perry is a national guardsman and local musician promoting peace. "so the artists are going to the children. we are going to give them a perspective of who we are
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us." their popularity as musicians is a natural hook for an audience... "we need to show them violence is the not the answer.." kevin lee says he's listening, and so are his granddaughters. peace isn't a new song, "tell me what you want to be." it's a classic, worth another spin. "do the things we need to do to bring the city together. we can all meet at sherman park!" sawi perry says you can expect the milwaukee music community to continue to do things like this visit with young people and e hand out school supplies. reporting in sherman park jonathon gregg fox six news. it's an event that combines food and furry friends -- what more could you ask for. carl is at the wisconsin humane society's ozaukee campus with
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devon in west allis is celebrating the big oh-six today. he likes riding his bike, going to water parks and hanging out with family. wake up addie in greenfield-- it's your birthday! she likes swimming, doing make up and making crafts. here's a great birthday smile from brody in kenosha. he likes playing soccer, playing hockey and building creations with his legos. chloe in port washington is happy to be six. she likes fishing, puzzles and horses. it's time for john in racine to celebrate. he likes playing playing video games and bed time stories. and there's six candles on destiny jones' birthday cake in greenfield today. she likes shopping, playing dress up and having tea parties with her little sister. to find out how to wish your child a happy sixth birthday on fox six wake up news - just log on to "fox six now dot com" for all the
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feingold: that's my grandfather with a brand new truck. it was one of the first to come out of this plant in 1923. but today, too many good manufacturing jobs are shipped away because of a tax code that actually rewards companies for exporting jobs. let's close the corporate loopholes- that will save taxpayer money
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i'm russ feingold and i approve this message because we don't need an economy that works only for ceos, we need an economy that works for everyone. welcome back to wakeup! time now 7:xx. a gorgeous monday with sunshine and highs in the upper 70s. right now . when storms move our way next. nobody wants drama on their wedding day -- but what about some llamas? the unexpected guests crashed a north carolina couple's wedding over the weekend. the venue where they were having their
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convention on the same day. so naturally -- that resulted in dozens of pictures of the happy couple with their furry wedding crashers. those pictures are now making the rounds on social media. a popular board game gets super sized! spanish farmers are playing tractor chess. the board consists of a cleared-off field with shaded squares and the game pieces are tractors and combine harvesters. the contestants give commands through a walkie-talkie... an to their assigned spaces. they say it's a way to stay mentally active and promote local agriculture. roughly three thousand people visiting from around the world gathered to watch the game. the summer olympics wrap up in rio! and american swimmer ryan lochte is speaking out. ryan lochte: "if i never did that we wouldn't be in this mess. butt sot 1:06:40 none of this would've happened and it was my immature behavior." coming up the punishment lochte
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luzader says "..some surprising new numbers in the race for the white house. i'm doug luzader in washington. we'll have more on what's next for hillary clinton and donald trump, just ahead." thanks for staying with wakeup.. time now x:xx.. kim, nicole and angelica adlib toss to wx forecast from fox6 chief meteorologist rob haswell high pressure takes over our forecast for the next couple of days giving us sunshine and seasonal temperatures. todays highs will be in the upper 70s. as the high moves farther to our east, we should warm a bit for tuesday with highs in the low 80s. both days will have comfortable dewpoints but tuesdays will get a bit sticky. storms return for wednesday and thursday as a low moves in from
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center has us in a 'marginal risk' zone for wednesday. ahead of the cold front, we stay in the low 80s but drop into the 70s behind it for friday and saturday. anchor adlibs traffic red on traffic map = major delays yellow on traffic map = some delays green on traffic map = no delays milwaukee police investigating a fatal shooting happening overnig. patrolling near 18th and hadley around 12-30 after receiving a shot spotter call. that's when they found an 18-year-old man who had been shot. he died on scene. the investigation continues. new details expected to be released in the investigation into the deadly officer involved shooting...that led to unrest in the sherman park neighborhood this as the community works to regain a sense of peace. deandra corinthios is live near sherman and center ...with what's ahead...as some students in the area head back to school.
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class today orientation was over the weekend. but with turmoil and violence in the neighborhood still fresh on everyone's minds...school officials assured parents students will be safe lumin schools is tied to sherman park lutheran church. despite the unrest...the church was open sunday and services continued. parishioners reflected on the traumatic events that occured just over a week ago...a few blocks away sherman park is still taped off. and businesses have yet to and looting... but parishioners say they've found peace within the sanctuary's walls. 'this is our lively hood, this is where we work, this is where we play so my heart cried to see the things going on in the area.' 'a reminder that among all of that god still loves us, he even loves those that did wrong in the community. god love them.' mayor tom barrett says the city of milwaukee has plans to work
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unrest... the hope is to keep them in the area and continuing to employee workers in the sherman park neighborhood. reporting live in milwaukee dc fox6 news. a week after the unrest --- a positive sign to improve some of milwaukee's poorest neighborhoods. once overgrown with weeds... the newly named johnni mae phillips park was packed with families this weekend. alderman russell stamper the second - says yesterday's ribbon cutting of the park serves as a turning point in a week that's been marred by the sherman park unrest blamed the protests on a lack of resources for children in the inner city. its a place i want to be thats in my community instead of having to drive somewhere else and go away. this park is one of 14 deteriorating parks that will be transformed. the 20-16 summer olympic games come to a close in brazil... last night the cauldron on olympic boulevard in downtown rio de janeiro was extinguished. brazil is the first south american
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the united states coming in number one at the games...with 121 medals. china taking the second spot... with 70. american swimmer ryan lochte speaking out for the first time after lying about being robbed at a gas station in rio the olympian now admits his "immature behavior" got him and his teammates into hot water. jessob is here with details. the head of the united states olympic committee is promising further action against u-s swimmer ryan lochte and three of his teammates. showed lochte and three of his teammates..gunnar bentz, jack conger and jimmy feigen at a gas station after a party. lochte told brazilian authorities as they attempted to leave the gas station in a cab.. one of the security guards forced them out of the taxi ..at gun point.. and on the ground. rio officials later questioned the swimmers and refuted lochte's account of that night.. and said the olympians were confronted by the security guard only after they vandalized the gas station bathroom..
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lochte says: "i take all responsibility, this was my fault. butt to i over exaggerated the story butt to i still wonder that to myself every day now since then, like i... brazil doesn't deserve that." the international olympic committee and usa swimming are investigating the incident and will determine whether the swimmers will face fines or suspension. lochte says he hopes he will be able to compete in the tokyo 2020 olympics good, but republicans hope donald trump is turning a corner now as he campaigns today in ohio. hillary clinton will be in california, facing more questions about her family's foundation. doug luzader has more this morning from washington. there are a couple of recent polls suggesting that the race is tightening a bit now nationally , but the swing states may be another matter -- and that's why donald trump has been targeting ohio and virginia. pkg donald trump heading to ohio today after trying to hit a
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state that used to be reliably republican -- but he is behind hillary clinton there. still, his campaign and party officials say he is back on track... especially after a high profile visit to flood- ravaged louisiana -- trying to draw a contrast with president obama who was criticized for continuing his vacation during the catastrophe. his new campaign manager suggests this has been a turning point. conway: "this is the best week, i think, so far in the trump campaign, mostly because he's able to be himself, the authentic donald back on reports that trump is softening now on what has been a signature campaign issue: illegal immigration. and trump's challenges are formidable. beyond the polls, he is far behind hillary clinton on fundraising. she's maintaining a much lower profile... keeping reporters out of fundraisers in martha's vineyard and nantucket through the weekend. and more issues surrounding her family's foundation, which now says it will stop accepting foreign donations if clinton is elected. her campaign manager says the
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president bush - the second president bush came into office, you never heard people asking questions about his family's foundation, which was a very similar situation, and members of his family remained on the board of their foundation while he was president." and the result of this may be that foreign donations may spike now for the clinton foundation... now that foreign donors realize that they could be cut off if hillary clinton is elected. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. still to come on wake up --- why the remake of the classic movie had no chance of becoming a summer blockbuster. and lots of sunshine today --- coming up i'm heading out into the fox six garden for tomato picking tips. and helping out the humane society --- carl has a preview of feasting for felix.
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wakeup news. forecast from fox6 chief meteorologist rob haswell high pressure takes over our forecast for the next couple of days giving us sunshine and seasonal temperatures. todays highs will be in the upper 70s. as the high moves farther to our east, we should warm a bit for tuesday with highs in the low 80s. both days will have comfortable dewpoints but tuesdays will get a bit sticky. storms return for wednesday and thursday as a low moves in from the west. the storm predication center has us in a 'marginal risk' zone for wednesday in the low 80s but drop into the 70s behind it for friday and saturday. dick adlibs traffic red on traffic map = major delays yellow on traffic map = some delays green on traffic map = no
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meteorologist rob haswell high pressure takes over our forecast for the next couple of days giving us sunshine and seasonal temperatures. todays highs will be in the upper 70s. as the high moves farther to our east, we should warm a bit for tuesday with highs in the low 80s. both days will have comfortable dewpoints but tuesdays will get a bit sticky. storms return for wednesday and
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the west. the storm predication center has us in a 'marginal risk' zone for wednesday. ahead of the cold front, we stay in the low 80s but drop into the 70s behind it for friday and saturday. today: mostly sunny. high: 78 dewpoint: 56 wind: sw 5-15 mph tonight: a few clouds. low: 62 dewpoint: 57 wind: sw 3-5 mph tuesday: mostly sunny. high: 84 5-15 mph wednesday:mostly cloudy with thunderstorms. am low: 66 high: 80 dewpoint: 67 wind: sw 5-15 mph thursday: mostly cloudy with the chance for thunderstorms. am low: 68 high: 80 dewpoint: 62 wind: nw 5-10 mph friday: mostly sunny. am low: 61 high: 76 dewpoint: 55 wind: nw 5-10 mph
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thunderstorms. am low: 62 high: 78 dewpoint: 58 wind: se 5-10 mph forecast from fox6 chief meteorologist rob haswell high pressure takes over our forecast for the next couple of days giving us sunshine and seasonal temperatures. todays highs will be in the upper 70s. as the high moves farther to our east, we should warm a bit for tuesday with highs in the low 80s. both ds but tuesdays will get a bit sticky. storms return for wednesday and thursday as a low moves in from the west. the storm predication center has us in a 'marginal risk' zone for wednesday. ahead of the cold front, we stay in the low 80s but drop into the 70s behind it for friday and saturday. today: mostly sunny. high: 78
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tonight: a few clouds. low: 62 dewpoint: 57 wind: sw 3-5 mph tuesday: mostly sunny. high: 84 dewpoint: 64 wind: sw 5-15 mph wednesday:mostly cloudy with thunderstorms. am low: 66 high: 80 dewpoint: 67 wind: sw 5-15 mph thursday: mostly cloudy with the chance for thunderstorms. am low: 68 high: 80 dewpoint: 62 wind: nw 5-10 mph friday: mostly sunny. am low: 61 high: 76 dewpoint: 55 wind: nw 5-10 mph saturday: mostly cloudy with thunderstorms. am low: 62 high: 78 dewpoint: 58 wind: se 5-10 mph kim joins sharon morrisey of the milwaukee county u-w-extension to talk
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also at eight the one shocking item that didn't make the list. but after the break --- move over fabio! there's a new male model in town who's taking over the romance novels...meet him coming up. feingold: that's my grandfather with a brand new truck. it was one of the first to come out of this plant in 1923. but today, too many good manufacturing jobs are shipped away because of a
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following breaking news out of kiel, wiscos a business has been upgraded to a third alarm. it happened in the 200 block of fremont street at the true value hardware store. firefighters have been battling flames since five this morning. we're working to get more information and will update you as soon as we get it. "in the arena, there is no law. racing is a blood sport. if you
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office. the 100-million-dollar movie, which debuted with just 11-million and change, had other numbers working against it: an awful 29-percent rating on rotten- tomatoes, indicating critics hated it... and according to variety, almost no one under age 25 came out to see the flick. nat "he's a psychotic antisocial freak." "what? careful." it was another great weekend for "suicide squad" at the box office. the star-stud movie is holding the number one spot for the third straight week bringing in nearly 21-million dollars in ticket sales... that's more than 262-million dollars since opening. there's a new hunk in town taking over the covers of romance novels. take a look at this decade's fabio. his name is jason baca and he's the only man who can say he has been on more romance novel covers than fabio. right now he has 476 book covers --- beating fabio's record by
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record broken he now has set a new goal -- 500 covers. baca has a secret to looking so camera ready before his shoots ---- pushups! this isn't his only career: he works an eight to five office job too... its like clark kent and superman." "they dont know this side of me and this industry doesn't know that side of me so its cool how they're both separate." with the record broken he now
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sherman park settle down-- some students get ready to head back to school today, just blocks away from the site of the recent unrest. how leaders are making sure parents know their kids will stay safe. plus - new dash cam video of a high-speed police chase that sent officer all across the area. what police say they didn't know about the car theft suspect they were speeding after. good morning and welcome back to
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