it only takes a couple of minutes for exposed skin to get frost bite in this kind of cold. so be sure to cover as much skin as possible. and be careful not to put your cold skin next to a heater, or in hot water. a lot of people end up with burns trying to city of milwaukee buildings, such as libraries, to warm up during regular business hours. area leaders also have a warning about warming up your car during this cold snap. milwaukee mayor tom barrett urged people to stay in their car while it's running. "do not leave your car running unless you're in it. this is the time of year when we also see an increase in auto thefts because so many individuals leave their car running to

to get something. this is something where we're asking for trouble. do not leave your car running unattended." and the greenfield fire department says don't warm up your car in a garage, even with the garage doors open. "if your car is in the garage, even if your garage door is open, we ask that you pull your car out of the garage. because even when the door is open you can build up co gasses in the garage and that could be deadly." com for our live radar and interactive maps, and any other weather information you need. a small fire broke out on the roof of the pfister hotel in downtown milwaukee today. someone across the street noticed the flames and called the fire department. "the folks here at the pfister did a great job evacuating people from that area we had no injuries that i'm aware of and the situation was mitigated in a relatively

started in some construction material. firefighters kept the flames from spreading. more local news now. a arbage truck worker hit by a car in racine this morning--fligh for life had to take the victim to the hospital.it happened near oregon street and washington avenue. brandon rook reports from the scene. witnesses say they heard screams of shock and once they ran outside they say it was a sad scene." i heard the screaming, i went out."and that's when ilyas kazi saw the aftermath of a bad crh racine garbage truck."very sad to see that."kazi says he scene looked like bumper cars with the solid waste worker stuck between the truck and the car."he was in pain, he was screaming and a lot of people went outside to try to help him."racine police say the injured person had to be flown to froedert hospital. kazi doesn't see how this happened he says the driver of the mustang couldn't of been paying attention."the guy who was driving the car, he's got

"i hope he will get better and we pray do he can get better." racine police are investigating the cause of the crash and they urge any witnesses who have information to contact them.in racine i'm brandon room with today's tmj 4. we have information on how you can contact the racine police department on our website, tmj 4 dot com. new at five... waukesha police are investigating three different massage parlors they say have become popular os ross explains how john law discovered the alleged goings on. police say it was a series of crimestopper tips and undercover sting operation that resulted in a handful of arrests. "the interesting thing about these investigations is that these massage parlors are legitimate massage parlors. some people that went there for a legitimate massage." but a series of anonymous tips told police more than just massages were taking place inside these

tips were credible enough for waukesha police sergeant jerry habanek to open an investigation. "at that point we began physical surveillance- started watching people coming and going from the parlors and we noticed they were busy and a lot of men that attended these massage parlors." police also posed as customers...."we sent in undercover investigators to see if they could get sexual favors for money and everyone of them was able to do that." four employees prostitution.....and more are possible. we stopped by all three massage parlors today for comment----but they were closed. we're told none of women arrested owned the massage parlors....they were only employees....all of whom have been released pending official charges from the d-a's office. in waukesha, eric ross, today's tmj4. police say two of the massage parlors raided are owned by the same person. they are

the alleged prostitution taking place inside the businesses. tomorrow the milwaukee public school board will discuss the district's proposal for schools to start in august instead of september-- our casey gerao learned the latest in their plan. when we last covered the district's proposal they hoped all schools would start in august as of next year, but now the school board and the state will approve just the high schools beginning early for now. it happens with a waiver from the state for special and underperforming schools. m-p-s says nearly all their high schools fall under those categories. superintendent darienne driver says the month of august has the best attendance in schools...one reason she feels students will perform better with an earlier start to the year. mps has full support from state superintendent tony evers. "i just am really jazzed about this proposal""it's a big piece of the puzzle making sure that this district has the ability to start school in a way that's going to impact

district." learning across the district the school board will consider the proposal tomorrow night... if they say yes to the proposal the state will need to approve waivers for special and underperforming schools.. when the legislature resumes they will need to change state law to allow all milwaukee public schools to start early. more snow is on the way. john malan is here in a few minutes to tell us when to expect it, and how muwe get. and later in sports: it's ?bear? week in green bay. what changed to make the packers' defense so

at first glance, this looks like clark griswold's house from "national lampoon's christmas vacation." it's actually a house near denver, colorado. there are lights everywhere. the roof. the siding. the trees. presumably clark's pants too. as you can imagine, it attracts people from all over. minority-owned businesses got a little boost from the state today. the wisconsin development corporation awarded nearly 600-thousand- dollars to five organizations. the african american, american indian, hispanic, hmong chambers of commerce and the business council received the awards. "in 2016 alone we've seen more people employed in the state than we ever have before in the state's history, and the lowest unemployment rate we've had in a decade and a half. we want to make sure that we grow those opportunities in every part of the state and with every demographic group across the state of wisconsin.

announced the grants today at marketplace 2016's 35th annual statewide conference for minority, woman, and veteran-owned businesses. this season, you can give the gift of a fresh holiday meal - enjoyed right at home. today's tmj4 is proud to partner with the hunger task force and raymond james associates on "home 4 the holidays." it's a virtual food drive to provide our neighbors in need with a nice holiday meal. just go to tmj4.com and look for the "home 4 the holidays" button to make a donation. from all of us at y' you for considering a contribution. milwaukee bucks pay a visit to children's hospital.. shannon sims is in the newsroom with a story new at six. thanks george and carole. players make a pit stop to spread holiday cheer to sick children.. tonight.. what they're giving these young patients, to help lift their spirits.. that's coming up new on live at 6. the temperature is dropping.

tonight. his forecast is still ahead. and next: a simple act of kindness, makes a wish comes true. it's time to celebrate the seasons. all of 'em. and the only place to go for outdoor gifts is cabela's christmas sale. give the one gift good on every item cabela's gift cards. for everything on their list. shop in-store and online

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nebraska received a special honor this week. chase has a rare tumor. he's already had several surgeries. recently, he had to have his arm amputated -- and he told his mom he was scared to go back to school, because he thought his classmates would make fun of him. local firefighters heard about chase... and they decided to make him one of their own. the department presented chase with his very own firefighter gear - complete with a helmet and a jacket with his name on it. you can tell from the smile on his face just how much the the 2016 today's tmj4 sports auction for macc is coming up this friday.some of the biggest names in wisconsin sports have donated items you can bid on.all proceeds go to the macc fund which supports research for childhood cancers and related blood disorders. one of the items is a football autographed by randall cobb. the packers wide receiver is one of aaron rodgers' favorite targets.cobb signed the ball just for the macc fundit's just one of 25 items that will

sports auction is a live, two hour event from three to five p-m. join in the fight against childhood cancers. a wind chill advisory goes into effect later tonight. john malan is here now with the forecast. bundle the kids up at the bus stop since the temps will drop to -2 degrees in milwaukee and -8 inland and blowing snow early. the rest of thursday will be just plain cold with a high of 8 degrees but with a northwesterly wind at 10-20mph it will still feel like the teens below zero despite

increase thursday night and some flurries and light snow is possible early friday morning but the snow really ramps up friday afternoon as warmer air pushes our temps into the 20s again through saturday. a winter storm watch has southeastern wisconsin except racine, kenosha & walworth counties from 2pm friday through 6pm saturday with another long duration snow expected. friday could bring 2-4" of fresh power with another 3-5" possible on

time for this system to change its path and snow accumulations would change based on that, right now the heaviest snow looks to fall in the north with lighter amounts closer to the illinois state linebehind the snow comes sunday with a high of only 3 degrees in milwaukee under mostly sunny skies. temperatures will warm up faster throughout this time with a few 30s even possible

coming up in sports, lance allan tells has the stats to confirm how aaron rodgers put up another award winning

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of thing tends to happen.aaron rodgers is the nfc offensive player of the week.rod burks in green bay. ((rod burks says the packers defense is getting healthy and making plays, coming off a 6 turnover game against the seahawks. they'll need more of that coming up against the bears. here's head coach mike mccarthy on his defense.)) ((mike mccarthy says very impressed. i think you're seeing continuity which is breeding consistency. it starts up front. that was clearly evident against the seahawks. you gotta get after that line of scrimmage and let the playmakers get to work. morgan burngo was a big factor, really helped us in matchups and some of the things we were doing, particularly with their tight end.if we could just keep playing together the same guys each and every week, i think you would definitely see the benefits.))((rod burks says coach mccarthy also said that clay matthews' shoulder is doing better than it was last week, and he'll be able to do more against the bears on sunday. here in green bay, rod burks, today's tmj4.))

campaign.the running back says after he hurt his ankle, the most painful thing...was watching. ((eddie lacy says right after the surgery...like the first 3 games, it was road games. and they would travel and i'm still here. and i would try to watch it as much as i could, but it's just not the same. it was hard for me to deal with.)) the badgers host uw-green ba games, and uwm is at ohio.

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