outlining why brendan dassey should be released from prison. dassey was convicted in 2007 of helping his uncle steven avery kill teresa hallbach. a district judge threw out that conviction into confessing. the state appealed that decision - and the 7th circuit court of appeals stayed the motion. the state has two weeks to respond to yesterday's briefs from the attorneys. three arrests have been made in connection with a fox lake woman's death. 36-year-old laverne ware junior is accused of hiding a corpse. his mother and her boyfriend are accused of aiding a felon. the dodge county sheriff's office says the victim is ware junior's girlfriend. according to court do was found dead in ware junior's pick up truck and there was a lot of blood in his garage. family members described their relationship as "volatile". waukesha county has hit a milestone in the presidential recount. kn 'weve actually started the city of waukesha!' the county is now processing votes cast in the city of waukesha - thats the largest city in the county with the biggest conce

attorneys for brendan dassey have filed new court documents. it's the latest step in their attempts to get him freed from prison. dassey was convicted of helping his uncle steven avery kill teresa hallbach. a district judge threw out that conviction -- saying dassey was coerced into confessing. but the state appealed that decision to the 7th circuit court of outlines dassey's case. the state will respond in 2 weeks. three arrests have been made in connection with a fox lake woman's death. 36-year-old laverne ware junior is accused of hiding a corpse. his mother and her boyfriend are accused of aiding a felon. the dodge county sheriff's office says the victim is ware junior's girlfriend. according to court documents she was found dead in ware junior's pick up truck and there was a lot of blood in his garage. relationship as "volatile". still to come on wake up -- an ugly christmas tree has social media buzzing! a couple of singing contractors go viral with their amazing pipes. the new song you gotta hear coming up. and new developments when it c

outlining why brendan dassey should be released from prison. dassey was convicted in 2007 of helping his uncle steven avery kill teresa hallbach. a district judge threw out that conviction -- saying dassey was coerced into confessing. the state appealed that decision - and the 7th circuit court of appeals the state has two weeks to respond to yesterday's briefs from the attorneys. dozens killed in indonesia... and more missing. rescue efforts... now underway following a massive earthquake. a former bears player... found dead in a park. what police are saying about rashaan salaam's death... coming up. and backlash... over how long it took to file murder charges in another former football player's death. but the sheriff's got one word for those upset with his response: tough. rob's weather you are watching the fox 6 wakeup news. an occluded low over well to our northeast will move farther east today. colder air. highs today will be in the upper 20s but with a breeze at 10-15mph it will feel like the teens most of the afternoon. a disturbance rotat

new developments in the case of brendan dassey. his attorneys have filed a motion in federal appeals court, urging judges to affirm the lower-court ruling that overturned dassey's conviction in the murder of teresa halbach. in august, a judge threw out the conviction, saying dassey's rights had been violated. the milwaukee county medical examiner claims he was threatened by the milwaukee county sheriff. doctor brian peterson sent email to the county executive.. exposing details of the phone conversation in which he claims to have been, quote, "verbally pummeled" by sheriff david clarke. peterson outlines three issues clarke addressed -- two regarding an inmate death, and another about a death of an elderly heated conversation. now, the county executive is asking for a copy. "obviously it's very upsetting to hear any kind of allegation about this kind of behavior." "we absolutely want to get to the bottom of this," said baldauff. sheriff clarke will ?not? run the department of homeland security. president-elect donald trump has chos

hughes is accused of failing to stop the attorneys for brendan dassey -- featured in a netflix documentary filed a brief with the u-s court of appeals--they were in "making of a murderer" -- they're urging it to agree with a lower court's ruling that overturns his 2007 conviction in the death of theresa halbach.dassey and his uncle -- steven avery -- were convicted of killing her in 2005.in august, a federal constitutional rights were violated with a coerced confession...prosecutors have two weeks to fire raged in a milwaukee church early this morning. the congregation now left wondering where the next service will be held. the fire was reported this morning at the all saints fellowship church on the city's north side. the blaze left a gaping hole in the roof and in the community. the sweat and tears that went into building this place of worship, i'm words. just looking, i'm at a loss of words. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. damage is estimated at 100 thousand dollars. two juveniles are in very serious trouble, accused of starting the fires that have killed at least 14

attorneys for brendan dassey have filed new court documents. it's the latest step in their attempts to get him freed from prison. dassey was convicted of helping his uncle steven avery kill teresa hallbach. a district judge threw out that conviction -- saying dassey was coerced into confessing. but the state appealed that decision to the 7th circuit court of outlines dassey's case. the state will respond in 2 weeks. three arrests have been made in connection with a fox lake woman's death. 36-year-old laverne ware junior is accused of hiding a corpse. his mother and her boyfriend are accused of aiding a felon. the dodge county sheriff's office says the victim is ware junior's girlfriend. according to court documents she was found dead in ware junior's pick up truck and there was a lot of relationship as "volatile". a homicide suspect is taken into custody after a lengthy standoff on milwaukee's north side. this was the scene near 13th and burleigh this afternoon. m-p-d officers in protective gear and u-s marshals responded. police say it took tw

attorneys for brendan dassey have filed new court documents. it's the latest step in their attempts to get him freed from prison. dassey was convicted of helping his uncle steven avery kill teresa hallbach. a district judge threw out that conviction -- saying dassey was coerced into confessing. but the state appealed that decision to the 7th circuit court of appeals. the new briefing outlines dassey's case. the state will respond in 2 weeks. three arrests have been mad connection with a fox lake woman's death. 36-year-old laverne ware junior is accused of hiding a corpse. his mother and her boyfriend are accused of aiding a felon. the dodge county sheriff's office says the victim is ware junior's girlfriend. according to court documents she was found dead in ware junior's pick up truck and there was a lot of blood in his garage. family members described their relationship as "volatile". coming up on wakeup -- what investigator believe could have started the deadly warehouse fire in california. plus -- dozens killed in an and an american is kill

this year, avery's nephew's conviction for the same crime was overturned when a judge ruled brendan dassey's confession was coerced. melinda: right now, a milwaukee police officer under investigation. wisn 12 news' tim elliott has the details on why. good morning, tim. officer of shooting and killing her dog vinnie with a bb gun. elizabeth sandretti says the officer is her neighbor and was off-duty at the time. sandretti says he admitted that he shot at her two dogs with a bb gun and apologized. >> and he said the reason that he shot the dogs is because they were in his yard and he didn't like it so he shot them. he told her that he shot them both. tim: police say they are doing civil suit to pay for $2,700 in vet bills. sandretti has an adult son who's disabled. she says the dog was his best friend. andy: developing this morning, a group of kids playing on a beach in door county find a human skull. they turned the bones over to the door county sheriff's office. officials say the bones seem very old. they say the bones likely belong to a native american who may have lived more than a century

attorneys for brendan dassey have filed new court documents. it's the latest step in their attempts to get him freed from prison. dassey was convicted of helping his uncle steven avery kill out that conviction -- saying dassey was coerced into confessing. but the state appealed that decision to the 7th circuit court of appeals. yesterday's briefing outlines dassey's case. the state will respond in 2 weeks. waukesha county has hit a milestone in the presidential recount. kn 'weve actually started the city of waukesha!' the county is now processing votes cast in the city of waukesha - thats the largest ci of votes. theyre ahead of schedule for one big reason: a high speed ballot-counting machine arrived on monday. it can count 5-thousand ballots per hour! waukesha county will begin shorter recount hours starting tonight-- instead of processing votes from 9 a-m until midnight, they will stop at 10 tonight. meanwhile just a day after the recount started in michigan-- it may be over. a federal judge in detroit has called for a hearing today to conti

this year, avery's nephew's conviction for the same crime was overturned when a judge ruled brendan dassey's confession was coerced. melinda: right now, a milwaukee police officer under investigation. wisn 12 news' tim elliott has the details on why. tim? tim: a woman has accused the officer of shooting and killing her dog vinnie with a bb gun. elizabeth sandretti says the officer is her neighbor and was off-duty at the time. sandretti says he admitted that he shot at her two dogs with a >> and he said the reason that he shot the dogs is because they were in his yard and he didn't like it so he shot them. he told her that he shot them both. tim: police say they are doing an internal investigation. sandretti says she may file a civil suit to pay for $2,700 in vet bills. sandretti has an adult son who's disabled. she says the dog was his best friend. back to you. >> tim, thank you. andy: developing this morning, a group of kids playing on a beach in door county find a human skull. they turned the bones over to the door county sheriff's office. officials say the bones seem very old. they say th

joyce: new at 6:00, attorneys for convicted killer brendan dassey ask a federal appeals court to make sure their clien' the u.s. court of appeals will decide whether to uphold a district court judge's decision to throw out dassey's conviction and release him from prison. a court ordered dassey to stay behind bars pending the outcome of the appeal. the appeal could take months. dassey is currently serving life in prison for the 2005 murder of photographer teresa halbach in manitowoc county. kathy: new at 6:00, a warning tonight for milwaukee county residents. the county says someone has been calling residents over the past couple of days claiming to be a that person tells people they have missed jury duty and need to pay a fine or be arrested. one victim said they lost $1000 after being told to buy a pre-paid credit card and give the card number to the caller. the clerk of courts wants to remind people sheriff's deputies do not call people about jury duty. and, any jury summons would come in the mail. new tonight, milwaukee police are hoping someone will recognize the man seen on this

this year, avery's nephew's conviction for the same crime was overturned when a judge ruled brendan dassey's confession was coerced. melinda: right now, a milwaukee police officer under investigation. wisn 12 news' tim elliott has the details on why. tim? officer of shooting and killing her dog with a bb gun. elizabeth sandretti says the officer is her neighbor and was off-duty at the time. sandretti says he admitted that he shot at her two dogs with a bb gun and apologized. >> and he said the reason that he shot the dogs is because they were in his yard and he didn't like it so he shot them. he told her that he shot them both. tim: police say they are doing an internal investigation. sandretti says she may file a civil suit to pay for $2,700 in vet bills. sandretti has an adult son who's disabled. she says the dog was his best friend. >> tim, thank you. andy: developing this morning, a group of kids playing on a beach in door county find a human skull. they turned the bones over to the door county sheriff's office. officials say the bones seem have lived more than a century ago. it's not th

may ehley wants you to call tosa police if you have information 3 brendan dassey's attorneys have filed a brief with the u-s court of appeals. appeals.they're urging the court to affirm a lower court's ruling that overturns his conviction in the death of teresa halbach.dassey a h uncle, steven avery, were convicted of killing the photographer in 2005.in august, a federal judge found the dassey's constitutional rights were violated with a coerced confession.prosecutors have two weeks to respond. an update now on wisconsin's recount.about 70-percent of wisconsin's ballots have been recounted... that's according to the wisconsin elections comm. commission.but in greenfield... recount volunteers are going through the city's ballots ?again?... after the city discovered it was short a few hundred probably in a rush election and someone made a mistake... 19:20:34-37they were probably in a rush to get something done and get out... and they didn't pay attention 19:20:56-21:02it's a question fo what actually happened there... it's an abnormality they have to look at at 3 some 400 ballots were fou

mayor ehley wants you to call tosa police if you have information brendan dassey's attorneys filed a brief with the u-s court to affirm a lower court's ruling that overturns his conviction in the death of teresa halbach.dassey and his uncle, steven avery, were convicted of killing the photographer in 2005.in august, a federal judge found the dassey's constitutional rights were violated with a coerced confession.prosecutors have two weeks to respond. 3 caledonia police are hoping you can help identify two men who they say stole from a walgreens.the surveillance video shows the men entering the store on douglas and four mile road on december 1-st. than 12-hundred dollars worth of merchandise.if you know who these men are... call caledonia police. milwaukee county is asking the state to fund a new.. smaller facility for juvenile offenders... so they can take everyone out of lincoln hills. hills.county officials also want to end the use of pepper spray.. age separation within the facility population.. and consideration of shorter stays for offenders based on completion of treatment goals

attorneys for brendan dassey have filed new court documents. it's the latest step in their attempts to get him freed from prison. dassey was convicted of helping his uncle steven avery kill teresa out that conviction -- saying dassey was coerced into confessing. but the state appealed that decision to the 7th circuit court of appeals. the new briefing outlines dassey's case. the state will respond in 2 weeks. waukesha county has hit a milestone in the presidential recount. kn 'weve actually started the city of waukesha!' the county is now processing votes cast in the city of waukesha - thats the largest city in the county with the biggest concentration of votes. th for one big reason: a high speed ballot-counting machine arrived on monday. it can count 5-thousand ballots per hour. waukesha county will begin shorter recount hours starting tonight-- instead of processing votes from 9 a-m until midnight, they will stop at 10 tonight. meanwhile just a day after the recount started in michigan-- it may be over. a federal judge in detroit has called