then there's scott cochran snowblowing the walk for an apartment building near marshall and kilbourn. he saw the snow and still went >> are you cold? >> i'm fine, i'm perfectly warm. reporter: is this a workout? >> yeah, i'm sweating underneath, that's for sure.15. reporter: bernie the dog also didn't mind the fresh powder. and for the men's marquette track and field, team it was just another day of practice. >> on days like today where it is snowing, you have to go out and do it. reporter: they admit it was a little slippery. >> there are some icy patches over the l defend their title, tb their eyes on the prize, even on the snow we day. -- keeping their eyes on the prize, even on this snow we day -- on this snowy day. sheldon: right now, several local communities are under snow emergencies. pleasant prairie, kenosha, burlington, greenfield and watertown have them in effect right now. during snow emergencies, you're not allowed to park your car on the streets, so crews have room patrick: you at home have been sending in some great pictures of this weekend's snow. here's one from shor

patrick: volunteers from kohl's delivered one thousand gifts to the center on 26th and kilbourn. nearly all of the children served by penfield live at, or below, the poverty level. the gifts aim to make the holiday's a little brighter for them and their families. >> today is an exciting day. we have thousands of associates who have participated. we are just proud to support them so they can ensure all these children have something special to open this holiday season. patrick: the wrapped gifts will be hde ? joyce: that's the vincent high school drumline bringing a little sounds of the season to a special christmas party. johnetta borum, a postal worker, started the tradition in 1971, organizing a holiday community meal complete with presents for deserving mps students. that first year, 20 students came. now 45 years later, borum has passed on, but her legacy lives grown to include nearly 300 mps students. >> this is one of the most amazing surprise parties ever. this is like -- they don't know what to expect next. it is an amazing gift. joyce: you see it there. even santa himself

and literally joyce: 700 workers from the current building and 175 employees from bmo's office on kilbourn will move into the new building. the downtown law firm michael best and friedrich also plans to move into the tower. students at several u.w. schools will pay more for tuition next school year. the board of regents this afternoon approved raising tuition for out of state undergrads and graduate students. the campuses affected include madison, milwaukee, eau claire, la crosse, green bay, and stout, plus all the two-year schools. the largest increase, $4000 a year. the schools say they need the extra money because of the governor's now four-year freeze on in-state undergraduate tuition. kathy: new at 6:00, the v.a. ne. hospital in tomah finds itself under federal investigation, again. wisconsin senator ron johnson and his colleague charles grassley of iowa sent a letter to the v.a. secretary asking him to investigate after a dentist at the facility failed to properly sterilize his in the tomah v.a. sent letters to 592 veterans asking them to come in for free screenings for hepatits and

joyce: some 700 workers from the current building, and 175 employees from bmo's office on kilbourn, will move into the new building. the downtown law firm michael best and friedrich also plans to move into the tower. an early gift for the salvation army in waukesha county. a rare, gold south african coin was found in a red kettle. the salvation army says the kruggerand was given anonymously on saturday at the mukwonago wal-mart. it's estimated to be worth close to $1200. donations have been down significantly this year for the salvation army, so they're thrilled with this generosity. >> it's very special and it is important to us because right now we are running behind in our kettles by about $25,000 so we have a long ways to go. ,joyce: the salvation army says they may auction off the 1978 coin, which would help bring in even more money to meet their goals this year. and now, on the other end of the spectrum, the christmas spirit video of a man getting out of pick up truck. he slices the giant inflatable frosty the snowman with a knife, then tries to cut the rope. he gives up and runs o

i'm going to step over here to kilbourne. this is a main road here. this is something they have been layer. so you're still going to want to take the easy. sometimes when you go to hit the gas, maybe the tires will spin label. , and hit the brakes it will kid a little. so low stopping distance between you and the car in front of you. really we're saying all morning. nowhere is that important that you need to speed and rush through the nasty weather this morning. but we have seen a lot crews this morning. garbage trucks, recycling trucks. they put front end loaders to work. hitting all of the side streets and main roads. so look outside and yours is not done yet. have patience, they are getting to it. they are expecting to have a little bit more than 280 vehicles, plows out on the roads, trying to clear all of this snow. again they have been working around the clock. doing a hard job. done and keep up with the snow throughout the day. that's the latest here from the lower east side. hillary mintz, back to you. andy: hillary, thank you. you mentioned yo