meteorologist jesse ritka joins us with the weather.... the sun is out as if the weekend snowstorm didn't even happen. temperatures are cool in the 20s but a cold front bring a bit more snow but mainly the cold. the light snow moves in mainly after 10pm tonight and most of it will be done by 2am with a dusting to a half an inch of fresh power possible mainly south of milwaukee. chilly air settles in behind this front with lows dropping to 12 degrees in milwaukee and single digits out west with wind chills hovering on either side of zero. one of the two girls in the slender man stabbing case appeared in court today.morgan geiser was in the courtroom as what she told them the day she was arrested.the judge will later decide whether that testimony will be admissible as evidence.the judge did decide today that geiser and anissa weier will be tried separately. for those of you that need to sign up for health insurance under the affordable care act... you have until thursday. to help with any questions or concerns a special enrollment event is t

meteorologist jesse ritka joins us with the ???winter storm watch in effect from saturday afternoon through sunday evening??? friday night will be mostly cloudy and cold with lows in

for now, out in storm chaser, jesse ritka, today's tmj4. >> all right. thank you, jesse. and you can go online out, with this color-coded d.o.t. map. now, blue means the road is snow-covered. right now, most highways are pretty slippery. find a link to this map, at tmj4.com. >>> and a reminder, to give yourself and other drivers some extra space on the roads. a police squad car was involved in a crash this morning on i-41 near capitol. you can see the lights toward the top left of your screen. no word on injuries. slow down and move over for any emergency or maintenance vehicle. in milwaukee, make sure to check signs before you park anywhere. the four-inch rule is in effect on applicable streets. and if you're on a 48-hour exception street, you must move your car to the odd side of the street by 11:00 tonight. and then to the even side tomorrow by 11:00. casey geraldo has the city's snow clearing >> the city has almost 300 snow equipment machines out here on the streets. and in the last hour we've seen that the snow is starting to accumulate a little bit more and sticking

we want to get righ ovo storm team meteorologist jesse ritka for the specs inter blast, jessie: we're in ?al winter and it will certainly look more like it on sunday as a trough of low pressure sweeps through southeastern wiscsi to bring us our fi measurable snfall of e season. night is b cloudyst aew flurries ssible, most of the milwaukee and along the lakefront so if you are driving up to green bay for the packers game, try and get a head start before the flakes dow is a great time to load the storm shield app. you can ?track the snow as it moves in real .. atime.. get alerts for ?your exact location? sent to your mobile device. the app is available for android and iphones. and a reminder that milwaukee's winter parking regulations are now in effect. follow the "odd, even" rule... towed. park on the "odd" number side of the street on "odd" number days, "even" side of the street on "even" numbered days.also, you can ?not? park on major streets toal ?news? now: for two months, two young brhe we starved and one is beaten side. the women accused of abusing the children, are now behind b

meteorologist jesse ritka joins us now with when you'll need to fire up the snowblowers again. blue skies are not helping warm us up this afternoon with a biting wind from the west that has been making it feel like the single digits and lower. as those skies turn dark overnight they will stay clear and that will drop at 20-25mph the wind chills may get dangerous with feels like temps between -20 and -30 degrees so a wind chill advisory goes into effect at 9pm and continues until 10am a state republican wants to require all high school students participating in extracurricular activities to be subject to random drug testing.representative joel kleefisch's proposal is one of several coming from a task force he convened looking at ways to combat heroin use. the proposal would also require random testing for students who park vehicles on school grounds.some school district have implemented similar policies. the national highway traffic safety administration officially kicked off its "drive over" campaign today.the national campaign is an effort to raise awareness about the dangers

meteorologist jesse ritka joins us with the ???winter storm watch in effect from saturday afternoon through sunday evening??? friday night will be mostly cloudy and cold with lows in kenosha county is one of the areas expected to be hardes hit by the storm.this afternoon i spoke with the city's director of public we're not the only one experiencing the deep freeze. much of the country has gotten its first taste of arctic temperatures.chris pollone takes a look at how snow is causing headaches natural soundfrom the pacific northwes natural soundto upstate new yorknatural sound and even as far south as texa winter has announced its arriva even though the calendar still says "fall".. soundno i.d. mos : 10-13it is a little bit of a shock because it has been pretty mild this winter.a blast of arctic air has settled over the northern half of the countr bringing single digit temperatures to parts of the plains and midwes and keeping all but the heartiest of people inside.soundno i.d. mos :25-:27"i prefer to run outside so i just bear it a

lets get a check on the forecast now with meteorologist jesse ritka. a cold front the area tonight with westerly winds to 20 mph and lows near 20. wind chills will be near 10 by wednesday morning. wednesday is partly cloudy and near 30 with wind chills in the teens as winds gust over 20 mph. thursday is mostly cloudy with flurries, winds gusting to 30 mph, and highs only in the mid 20s. wind chills will digits all day. friday is sunny, breezy and cold with morning lows in the teens, highs in the low 20s, and a brisk wind to 20 mph. the next in the mid 20s, and the snow continues on sunday with highs it seems moms and dads are constantly telling kids to get off their phones and turn the tv off. reports... new research out today suggests... kids may need to tell their parents the same thing. na: "i just kind of did a little pic collage..."between posting pictures on facebook .... (nats: "this was a snow day...")exploring pinterest projects ... tweeting, texting, e-mailing.... and binge-watching tv... parents spend an average of 9 hours and 22 minutes eve

meteorologist jesse ritka is back with the latest on our forecast, next. many sleep-aids have pain medicine but zzzquil is different because why would you take a pain medicine when all you want is good sleep? tuesday will not warm up despite clearing skies, temperatures only hit 13 degrees in milwaukee and with a wnw wind at 5-15mph wind chills will be in the single digits below zero long. the mercury falls to zero away from lake michigan at night and single digits are expected even along the shoreline.even colder air sinks in on wednesday and the wind is going to be even stronger, making a high temp -5 to -18 when you add in the west wind at 10-20mph, gusting to 30mph. it will still be breezy on thursday with the coldest day of the season so far as temperatures will be stuck in the single digits and subzero wind chills are again forecast despite blue skies.a warm front moves in on friday to boost us back to 20 degrees but that will increase the clouds and bring snow showers along with it being the holiday season... it's also the awards season in hollywood

jesse ritka's weekend forecast is still ahead. and next: the generous gift to needy kids, just in time for new at five... governor scott walker helped turn on the lights of the state christmas tree. the big balsam fir stands in the capitol rotunda. the tree is decorated with handmade ornaments made by students all across the state. a family from eagle river donated the tree. hundreds of kids at kagel school recieved a new coat to keep them warm this winter marcus hanel.hanel's foundation koos for kids made the donation.not only did they get the chance to meet a pro- baseball player they were surpised to learn they would also get a new coat to make it through the winter. its super cool it has a sweater and its a coat and all my friends are jealous. its large but i think i can grow into it. and i can use it for next year too.over the course of the winter koos for kids will give away one and racine it finally ?feels? like winter is here. jesse ritka is here buy a macc star and help cure childhood cancer. the 2016 today's tmj4 macc st

lets get a forecast....meteorologist jesse ritka joins us now with the weather. bu the kids up at the bus stop since the temps will drop to -2 degrees in milwaukee and -8 inland with a wicked wind 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 mostly sunny skies.the clouds increase thursday night and some flurries and light snow is possible early friday morning but the snow really warmer air pushes our temps into the 20s again through saturday. a winter storm watch has been posted for all of 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 saturday though there is still 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 il just ahead, the surprising reason police in one coun

this cold snap is kind of a shock to the system.meteorologist jesse ritka joins us with the storm team forecast. the sun didn't help much today, it is chilly with temperatures in the 20s and a nasty wind making it feel like temperatures are in the teens. more clouds are rolling in, bringing a few flurries but the cloud cover will help keep it not quite as frigid tonight with lows near 20 degrees in milwaukee with teens inland. adding in the wind it will digits when you wake up on friday morning. wisconsin's wisconsin's presidential recount is wrapping up ahead of schedule... only two counties still counting in southeastern wisconsin.ben jordan is live at the milwaukee county recount room with an update on the progress there, ben: it's all down to west allis - within the next hour. west allis' municipality started this morning - they've been using a couple high efficiency counting machines - recounting 10,000 ballots per hour. no concerns there however there was a mix up last night with greenfield in which more than 400 ballots were accidentally left in that city. those ballots were cou

meteorologist jesse ritka is back with the latest breezy and still cold with a high of only 24 degrees in milwaukee and wind chills close to 10 degrees. saturday will start out cold with temps in the teens and the clouds will be increasing during the day, keeping temps in the low 20s again. a brings snow showers to southeastern wisconsin mainly after 5pm, snow will continue to pile up overnight and into sunday morning bringing generally 3-4" of snow . there will be a brief period of clearing out midday sunday another round of snow moves in sunday evening and into monday to bring more shovel-able snow. stay tuned to the forecast as each part of this storm system could change directions and thus change snow totals. after the snow temperatures will be dropping back into the mid-20s.a reinforcing shot of cold air follows the snow on tuesday with highs barely making it to 20 degrees in milwaukee, lows will be in the single digits with us for wednesday through the rest of the work week with highs staying only in the a new addition for 73 year old mick jagger, when we come back. but right now

battling for the top awards at this year's but first, here's a live look from th meteorologist jesse ritka is back with the latest on our the butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. nothing more, nothinless. so we got the sirloin, the chuck d the plate. no fillers; that's it. all prized cuts, all well-marbled for richness and flavor. this is where those three wonderful cuts of beef come together. you can just tell that blend is working in there. and we sear them, and that seals in the juices of the burger. it doesn't get any better than that. a cold front moves through the area tonight with westerly 20. wind chills will be near 10 by wednesday morning. wednesday is partly cloudy and near 30 with wind chills in the teens as winds gust over 20 mph. thursday is mostly cloudy with flurries, winds gusting to 30 mph, only in the mid 20s. wind chills will be in the single digits all day. friday is sunny, breezy and cold with highs in the low 20s, and a brisk wind to 20 mph. beyon? and adele are going head to head for this year's top grammy awards.both are up for: record of

but storm team 4 meteorologist jesse ritka came up with an experiment to ?show you the impact.see it right now at link right on the homepage. happening right now: a snowstorm that's causing dangerous driving conditons on the west coast... is making its way to wisconsin. you're looking at video from portland, oregon-- and this snow you're seeing here-- is the stuff brian is tracking the blowing snow-- caused a traffic nightmare last night... and things are still a mess this morning. cars landed in ditches... and we're told the snow caused several chain reaction crashes. and in riding home in a school bus got stranded because of the dangerous driving conditons. more local news now - counseling services will be available to students at lakeland university today.. after the body of a missing student was found in a pond on campus. 18-year-old kaelin o'neal was the backup quarterback on the football team and a freshman at the school.according to police, o'neal was last seen sunday... a school representative says the news hit hard for the small community of 750-stu

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