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ben thanks madeline president-elect donald trump will be taking his "thank you" tour to wisconsin next tuesday. according to his campaign website -- he will hold a rally at the wisconsin state fair expo center in west allis. the event is at 7 and tickets
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to find out how to get them go to our website fox 6 now dot com. former astronaut and us senator john glenn died today at the age of 95. glenn achieved much in his life -- including being the first american to orbit the earth. he learned to fly as part of a college course and went on to join the marine corps in 1943. glenn flew 149 combat missions in world war two and the korean war would later serve in congress for 24 years.. and in 20-12 president obama awarded him the presidential medal of freedom. nasa tweeting out a tribute today - saying "godspeed, john glenn." house speaker paul ryan releasing a statement saying, "john glenn was an american hero...may his memory live on every time we look up at the stars." glenn was surrounded by family at ohio state university's wexner
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we have much more on the life and accomplishments of john glenn on our website. just go to fox 6 now dot com. continuing our coverage of a deadly night in milwaukee. four people are now dead... one is hospitalized. all-- from unrelated shootings. our angelica sanchez has a break down of the overnight gunfire. screaming and gunfire--- thats what police say a neighbor appleton and florist. when police arrived they discovered a 38-year-old woman and 36-year-old man both from milwaukee with gunshot wounds. both died at the scene. an 11-year old and 16-year old were discovered hiding in a room. they are not suspects and were not injured. a relative who did not wish to be identified said new living arrangements are being made for the children, who are still trying to make sense of what happened. . these were not the only lives lost to gunfire overnight. at 9:30 pm wednesday, a 67-
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while driving near 36th and thurston. his car kept running and struck a fire hydrant... telephone pole and then crashed into this home. the debris is still visible. a nearby neighbor describes what she heard. ' i heard this thump after i heard the thump i... saw all these flashing red and blue lights i knew something happened and went back to bed. police say no one was inside at the time of the crash. the last shooting happened near 52nd and green tree. police say a preliminary investigation shows a 34-year-old man took his own life after 32-year-old girlfriend. she survived her injury and a relative on the scene tells fox6 shes recovering well. a relative for the male suspect was also at the scene and declined to comment on the incident. the motives and suspects behind these crimes are still under investigation reporting outside milwaukee district 4 i'm angelica sanchez fox6 news
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guilty in the fatal shooting of 5-year-old laylah petersen is sentenced to 30 years in prison. a judge handing down that sentence to arlis gordon this morning in court. investigators say gordon and two others planned to get revenge on a group -- but instead shot at the wrong house in 2014. carl barrett jr. was sentenced one week ago. he will spend 65 years in prison. paul farr also pleaded guilty for his role. police are investigating an armed robbery on milwaukee's it happened around 8-30 last night at "the wing stop" near 76th and good hope road. police say the suspect showed a silver and black handgun during the robbery... and was able to get away with a tray of money. the suspect is believed to be an african-american male... roughly 5- feet-3 inches tall. he was wearing a green vampire mask, grey sweatshirt, grey pants, and gloves. no one was injured. milwaukee police need your help catching a strong-armed robbery suspect. this is surveillance
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in the top right corner of the screen you see the suspect try to grab the victim's purse -- and then repeatedly punch her. he then grabs the purse and takes off in a gray four door vehicle. if you have any info that can help police - give them a call. a few flurries tonight, otherwise cold. temperatures in the 20s and wind chills in the teens. mostly cloudy on friday, very cold. chills in the teens. mostly cloudy on saturday with snow moving in during the afternoon and especially the evening. snow is forecast to continue into sunday morning. accumulation is likely. another system might impact us sunday evening into monday. although this is stil unclear.
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wind: wnw 10-15 mph friday: mostly cloudy and cold. high: 22 wind: wnw 5-10 mph stay ahead of the weather with the fox 6 storm center app. it's free and availb apple and android devices. big changes are coming to milwaukee's downtown -- with the announcement of a new development along water street. justin williams shares new information on the planned b-mo harris financial center. this is, indeed, an exciting day for bmo harris, and michael best, and the city of milwaukee. thursday, those three entities gather to announce the planned development of a 20-story, 360- thousand-square-foot office
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bank headquarters, and the law firm of michael best and friedrich. the bmo financial center will be a significant addition to downtown milwaukee. construction is slated to start, next summer, and be completed by late, 20-19. what will, officially, be known as the bmo harris financial center at market square will be located right next to b-mo harris' current location, at 7-70 north water street. i think about the years that b-mo and m&i have been together, uh, nothing--nothing, makes me today, this new building. some of the joy expressed is attributed to the project developer's commitment to employing a diverse workforce--in the absence of any government funding. if we can have the prosperity--on projects, like this, get to the people in the community, we can eliminate some of the some of the challenges that are in our community.
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constant consideration, or concern, involves parking. and, while this parking structure will be gone, i am told the new building will feature 10 floors of parking potential. this is the latest, in downtown milwaukee. i'm justin williams, fox 6 news. steph thanks justin big changes are coming to the 50th summerfest next year! what else you'll find... besides some huge new video screens and even virtual reality stations! plus -- we energies... "re-energizing" the washington park neighborhood. how a former drug house... is becoming one family's dream
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a 55-year-old man is under arrest for armed robbery -- after allegedly trying to rob two downtown milwaukee restaurants on monday. the first happened at wells -- the suspect implied he had a weapon and took money from the register. police say he then went to the "real chili's" in cathedral square. the cashier refused to hand over any money -- so the suspect ran. the 50th summerfest is coming in 20-17, and with it some major upgrades. expect to see everything from virtual reality headsets to a 25- foot video screen. milwaukee world festival and u-s cellular announced a new ten year agreement this morning --
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the u-s cellular connection stage. officials say it will really boost the fan experience. 'the design of the stage is purposeful in the fact that well get a great view of the lakefront, a great view of the skyline.' the stage will primarily host country and pop artists, and hopes to help maintain summerfests slogan as the worlds largest music festival. still ahead -- turning a problem property... into one with promise. how we energiesi washington park
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house -- into a dream home. we energies and habitat for humanity teamed up to build hope for the washington park neighborhood. julie collins explains. we enrergies is sponsoring this build in the washington park neighborhood where habitat for humanity has focused its efforts. 'were really seeing these blocks changing on the blocks that were building were seeing a 30% decrease in crime since 2013. were seeing vacant lots go down, property values are stabilizing.
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ca change is coming to this house... 'before we got in here there was a lot of criminal and drug activity in this home...the police raided this home and were able to extinguish the criminal activity that was going on here and then it sat vacant.' until habitat humanity purchased it - theyre now pumping new life into this home. 'thats really special to know that in just a few months a familys dream is going to come true of owning their own home.' laquita evans is helping to rebuild a once vacant home. shes 1 of many we energies ep time and talents to helping rebuild this home. 'this is 1 way for me to reinvest in my community.' and this community is close to laquitas heart as she grew up just 1 block away. 'so its nice to come back, restore the neighborhood that i previously came from and make it better.' the home will be complete by
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will help with the construction. we energies will also continue its efforts with a 6-day volunteer push...this week. adlib to weather weather a few flurries tonight, otherwise and wind chills in the teens. mostly cloudy on friday, very cold. highs in the low 20s and wind chills in the teens. mostly cloudy on saturday with snow moving in during the afternoon
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into sunday morning. accumulation is likely. another system might impact us sunday evening into monday. although this is stil unclear. stay tuned. tonight: few flurries. cold. 10-15 mph friday: mostly cloudy and cold. high: 22 wind: wnw 5-10 mph saturday:
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high: 23 wind: s 5-10 mph sunday: cloudy with snow showers likely. am low: 21 high: 32 wind: e 5-10 mph monday: mostly cloudy with a chance high: 30 wind: nw 10-20 mph tuesday: mostly cloudy and cold. am low: 22 high: 18 wind: nw 5-15 mph wednesday:mostly cloudy and cold. am low: 2
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tj lang's ankle injury has been a pain to him and the team..but even he he sunday..he'll make a contribution... the story in the blitz and fox 6 sports. get your morning started with fox6 wakeup at 4:30-- count on us for breaking news, weather and traffic updates until 9am. our next future forecaster -- was also on look who's six. now she's 9 and ready to be on tv again. plus holiday cookies and cupcakes... and the main ingredient is chocolate! and gift ideas to pamper yourself. that's tomorrow on fox six wakeup! [ tower pinging ] [ whistling ]
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introducing the reuben from subway
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hurting as much as anybody, that an ankle injury's kept him on the sidelines. but he's put all his energy into helping rookie jason spriggs man the right guard position. 10:43:36 he's been tremendous. if you look at the way t.j. lang operates as a professional. but it's the little things that he does. t.j.'s a big advocate in the classroom, particularly the offensive line room. frankly, he's made some individual tapes and cut ups. 10:43:55 15:24:26 it's a guy with that much experience helping you out, and making sure your doing the right things and giving you guidance on different keys. 15:24:38 packers/seahawks sunday afternoon at 3:25 right here on your packers station. then we'll have a special edition of-- fox six news-- in order to bring you complete reaction.... defensive lineman mike daniels will join tim van vooren live.....we wrap it up
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a big meeting for marquette and wisconsin saturday afternoon in downtown milwaukee. fitting that mu would honor th late and legendary al mcguire's 1977 championship team in conjunction with that great in-state rivarlry. the bucks keep playing this way..they'll get national attention..giannis on an all star pace..his 2nd triple double last night., matthew dellvadove..two key shot down the stretch as the bucks
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>> ronda rousey is a woman out to prove something, and she just fired back at her haters. the most awesome video. >> she needs to be that same ronda rousey that thought she was invincible. >> we got brand-new video of ronda rousey training for her comeback for ufc 207, which was on december 30th, which she makes very clear by going up to her calendar in the video and circling it. >> ronda rousey should remember when she's fighting. she should not have to circle it in the calendar to remember. >> young thug went nuclear. >> he shows up late and now gives them a hard time because gives thhey're not going to hol plane for him.
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where he had a concert. ended up missing the concert. >> you know what happened? he got a ride on karma airlines. >> i see what you did there! >> g.q.'s germany issue. this is the cover. the cover gets overshadowed by the photos on the inside that's khloe kardashian. >> it's interesting they didn't do her butt. >> in germany? it's more about face and boobs. >> why not a big beer and a sausage? maybe bratwurst. >> x-wings in hollywood outside the pantages theater. "rogue one" premieres next week. >> there have to be "star wars" fans just sort of lining the streets. >> people are going nuts. >> you think they're functional? >> yeah, i think they can probably fly. [laughter] >> ronda! >> yeah! >> running! >> yeah! >> contemplating life's ironies?

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