eric ross has been on the scene all afternoon. he's live with us now. at least two dozen fire and police agencies from illinois and southeast wisconsin are out here right now---searching for man who went under around 1:15 this afternoon. thwn chief told me earlier this afternoon that this is not a houx and that golf course staff on the other side of the lake did witness a man go under. flight for life was in the air----while dive teams and air boats search the lake without success. unfortunately- -police say it's unlikely anyone could still be alive after being under water for more than 3 hours. "it's just the beginning of the winter season so the ice is thin. when the sheriff's immediately broke through the ice so it's still too early for people to be walking through on the ice." and now that the sun has set---it's making it extremely difficult to search this 955 acre lake. we'll have another live update at six. reporting at lake como in walworth county, eric ross, today's tmj4. storm team coverage now. the snow we've managed to avoid this season... wi

eric ross, today's tmj4. >>> cooler today but we still surpassed our normal daily high temperature. >> still been pretty decent. no jackets needed for some hardy people today on mail waukee's east side. >> we're coming up to the end of the month, carole, only an hour or so away. so far, we're giving out silver for milwaukee, starting with november, 47.3, possibly eeking out 47.4 degrees, average temperature for the month, that's the second warmest november on record behind 2001 at the 47.5. and autumn is also second warmest on record. the warmest was back in in our year right now, it's running the second warmest on record behind just a few years ago, 2012, which was the warmest year on record. that got the gold medal, of course. our average has already dropped to 39 degrees for the high temperature. 26 for our low. look at our temperature today, 44. shortly after midnight, 34. that's our lowest so far. 38 degrees in milwaukee. waukesha reporting lower at 32 degrees. our winds have picked up. they'll continue all night brisk in the 10-20 mile-per-hour r range. that'll continue through

reporting live, eric ross, today's tmj4.

eric ross. >> thank you very much. >> with the weather getting colder, a lot of lakes and ponds will freeze. and they remind, know how thick the ice is before you go out. >> here's the graphic for the recommended thickness, 4 inches safe to walk on, and 5-6 if you are going to drive on it. less than 2 think about it. >> people are getting ready for the snow, and a lot of last minute shopping. >> we have a lot of people that are stocking up. >> we are at harry's ace hardware, the owner says it happens every year. people wait until last minute to get their snow supplies. >> a quick trip to the hardware what is to come. >> i will take the snow over the 20 below zero any day. >> he is stocking up on snow blower parts. >> spark plugs. do it every year whether or not you need it. >> he stopped by when he realized that his son's snow blower wasn't working. >> like everyone else, you need to parts going for the weekend snow. >> he says bring on the snow. we need ground. cover up the ugly. make it look beautiful. >> some people are stopng in for salt and shovels. put parts to fix snow blowers

reporting live, eric ross, today's tmj4. guidelines when heading out on the ice.two inches and under they advise you stay off the ice.they say at least 4 inches of ice is a safe bet for walking or ice fishing. snowmobiles and atvs... 5 to 6, small cars and trucks 8 to 12 and for anything bigger at least a foot. the city of milwaukee department of public works is getting ready for the several inches of snow expected to fall in milwaukee over the weekend. lauren winfrey is liit department is doing to prepare. safe and passable... those are the two words emphasized most today during the department of public works press conference that wrapped up just a couple of hours ago. the department has a plan to clear snow and ice and keep milwaukee's streets safe and passable --in fact laura daniels, ddirector of operations says her team has been preparing for the city's first snow fall since the summer --implementing a new brining technique this year "if we get the higher limits of the snow predicted, we will have a snow emergency in al

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