FOX6 News at 5 | Nov. 2, 2026

With stories that matter to you, this is Fox 6 News at 5. We'll Now at 5 tomorrow, you'll be voting in the midterm elections. David Crowley versus Tom Tiffany for governor. Team coverage on the biggest races in the state. be right And that is our big story tonight at 5. Tomorrow is Election Day across the Badger State. Polls open tomorrow morning at 7. Governor is up for grabs. The candidates are crossing back. the state working to get last-minute support. Let's get right out to our political reporter, Jason Calvi, live in Delafield with Tom Tiffany. Jason, you try to keep up. They're everywhere. They really are all over the state from Superior down here to southeastern Wisconsin. They are all over the state because every single vote really does count in a state where presidential elections have been decided by 20,000 votes. A sliver of pretty much 1% deciding winners from losers. Today, David Crowley got some backup. He was joined in Racine. I'll show you some video of that. This is Racine where he was joined by a former U.S. Transportation Secretary. Pete Buttigieg, you can see him there, rallying to get out the vote. These are get-out-the-vote rallies that both sides are hosting, trying to urge their supporters to get out and vote. So that was Crowley and Racine. And now let's show you Tom Tiffany. He got backup as well. He was joined by the last Republican governor of Wisconsin there. You can see him right there, Scott Walker. They're rallying here at a bar in Delafield, Waukesha County, that crucial Republican stronghold that has the largest share of Republican votes in the entire state of Wisconsin. Right here in Waukesha County, you see them rallying. And the final closing message from both sides, Democrats and Republicans, has been on that top issue for voters. They say again and again their number one issue is affordability, the cost of living. Let's listen to both candidates on that issue. We just want to continue to make the case about how we're going to tackle affordability, how we're going to be working for hardworking families all across the state of Wisconsin, which is a stark contrast. And it comes down to Congressman Tom Tiffany, who's focusing on doing the bidding of Donald Trump and his billionaire backers. I believe the turning point in this election was the debate. When David Crowley, all he talked about was what he is against. I talked about what I'm for. I'm for more money in people's pockets. I'm for ending the 400-year property tax increase. I'm for auditing all of state government to root out fraud and waste. So polls will open at 7 a.m. tomorrow morning, and that's when the local clerks can start opening up all those absentee ballot envelopes. They can't start opening them, start processing them until the polls open on Election Day. And you saw David Crowley was joined by his running mate, Sarah Godlewski. I want to talk a little bit about how running mates are decided here in Battleground, Wisconsin. It's not the top of the ticket who picks the running mate. No, in fact, it's the voters in the primary. It's almost like an arranged marriage. They put the two people on the ticket together. So you saw Republicans pick David Varnum. He's the running mate for Tom Tiffany. And then on Democratic side, you see the Democratic voters picking Sarah Godlewski to be the running mate for David Crowley. So it's sort of that arranged marriage putting that ticket together in Wisconsin. Now you'll be deciding in just a few hours when those polls open. Back to you guys in a second. Arranged marriage or not, you're seeing Democrats appearing together in many places. Are we seeing the same thing on the Republican ticket? Yeah, I did not see David Varnum speaking. I did see him at one of the events I went to down at the Brat Stop in Kenosha. And I saw David Varnum at that event, but I didn't see him take the stage with his running mate, Tom Tiffany. All right, Jason Kelby, thank you. You have a busy night ahead and a busy day tomorrow. We'll be checking back. In the meantime, Fox 6 does have you covered for Election Day. Our voter guide is loaded with everything you need to know from finding your polling place to seeing exactly what's on your ballot and how to watch live results and analysis once the polls close. Just head to fox6now.com or go to your Fox local app. I'll give you a live look over the city right now. A gloomy start to the work week. And you notice that, Ted? It's almost dark. It's already dark. We are past sundown already. It would be gloomy without the weather out there, Tom, because of the lack of sunlight at this time of year. When are we going to get sun back? Anytime soon? Later in the week, hopefully. That's the hope. Yeah, we're 20 minutes past sunset already. Isn't that wild? Welcome to the time change, right? Let me show you what's going on with the radar as we just had a little band of light rain. Pushed through Milwaukee, but as quick as it moved in, it moved out. So now it's heading out over the lake, and we have a nice little break here. More scattered showers out by Madison and steadier rains out by La Crosse. This steady batch is moving northeast, so most of that's going to miss us. So what does that mean for our night? It means just some scattered light rain showers, drizzle at times. Not a big deal. This is probably the heaviest little batch that's going to be coming through in the next several hours here. Again, you see the brake lights. It's a busy one here for this Monday evening commute, 58 degrees. Again, that rain just pushing through. Wind is picking up out of the south. Air pressure is dropping as this storm system is now in our neighborhood. Temperatures in the 50s in most areas will go up a little bit overnight to around 60. You see the little climb here temperature-wise. Again, some light rain and drizzle at times, but I really don't think it's going to be It's going to be a big deal tonight. The wind will be picking up out of the south. Now, for Election Day, drizzle tomorrow morning, temperatures in the low 60s. Rain picks up tomorrow afternoon and evening. It will be scattered, maybe a few rumbles as well, and a high of 67. I'll have more on that hour by hour for you coming up in a few minutes. Back to you in the studio. Okay, Tom, thanks so much. A 16-year-old boy will remain in custody for now anyway. Pending charges for shooting and wounding another boy this weekend. Milwaukee police say a seven-year-old boy was shot early Saturday morning in a home near 41st and Garfield. In juvenile court today, an attorney for the boy said he was with a group of other kids horse-playing with a loaded gun when it went off. The injured boy is expected to recover. Prosecutors asked for and were granted two more days to issue charges in this case. In Milwaukee, a traffic stop leads to a chase and a crash, and one person died. Police say last night officers tried to pull over a driver going recklessly near 23rd and Greenfield. The driver didn't stop, and that led officers to chase. The 36-year-old man driver hit another car at Layton and Greenfield. He is in custody tonight. His passenger, a 28-year-old woman, has serious injuries. The driver that was hit, an 18-year-old, died. Illegal narcotics were found. The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office will review possible charges. Well, two Kiddie Academy daycares closed just last week, leaving parents scrambling to find a place for their kids. Waukesha County reporter Brett Lemoine has new details about the investigation that prompted those shutdowns. In an email, a spokesperson for the Department of Children and Families told Fox 6 Kiddie Academy of Brookfield had its license revoked in June. The state says it was because of, quote, falsification of information and having unqualified staff supervising children. The state says Kitty Academy appealed the decision. We reviewed documents provided to us by DCF through an open records request. In it, there are references to multiple times where where Kiddie Academy had instances where, quote, Groups of children in four out of seven classrooms were under the supervision of assistant teachers and not supervised by qualified teachers as required. A complaint was received in May 2025 from a mother who says her 17-year-old daughter was employed at Kitty Academy of Brookfield as a receptionist and dishwasher. The state found the girl was asked to work directly with kids to, quote, help the center meet staffing ratios. DCF completed an investigation into multiple workers' backgrounds in May and found some of the certificates for their required courses were fake. The Mequon's location's license was revoked in May. We reached out to Kitty Academy's corporate offices in Maryland. A spokeswoman says the franchisees have opted to permanently close these two locations. She goes on to say quote. We take compliance with state licensing requirements seriously and expect every independently owned and operated Academy to follow suit. Reporting in Brookfield, Brett Lemoine Fox 6 News. Reporting in Brookfield, Brett Lemoine, Fox 6 News. One affected parent told us she's having a really tough time finding child care. She says most places have waiting lists until spring at least. We also reached out by email to the attorney who represents the franchise owner, but we have not yet heard back. Milwaukee Brewers Captain Christian Yelich is trading in the batter's box for the drive-thru. Yellich is working a celebratory shift at Raising Cane's out in Greendale. Fans lined up early this morning to catch a glimpse of the World Series champion. Yellich talked about all the good vibes coming their way. It's just like team camaraderie is something that's happened for a while here. Somehow the media found out about it. But, uh... That's just kind of like the togetherness and the mindset, just how the group kind of came together and how much everybody liked being around each other and everybody was playing as one. We would do a lot of things together on purpose to create that team environment, that culture. It's a big reason why we had a lot of success this year. A big reason why they had all that success. Yellich says he's really looking forward to resting up this offseason and getting the body to feel a little bit better. Feels pretty good right now, he says. He went on to say during the parade and seeing all the fans is when it really started to hit the guys that the World Series happened. It wasn't a dream. They did it. They made it. Thank We could put this on a loop and watch it all day. So many people have watched it over and over again. you so It's such a feel-good moment for the city. much for For the state, really for the whole country. And after the election, we're going to find a time where we can replay the whole thing, so you can sit and watch. having 250,000 people didn't get a chance to see it because they were there. That's what I was going to say. I haven't seen the whole thing, and you miss stuff, too. me on the Imagine complaining about your order, and then out pops the captain. Anything wrong? You know what? show. Nevermind. I'm good. Fine. You got an extra fry. We're good. All right. New details tonight on a fatal plane crash in South Florida. The NTSB is now investigating the call to air traffic control with the cold weather coming. Coats for kids drive is here. How you can make a difference in our community. And the Green Bay Packers are back on Fox six this coming weekend. They're The Lions and Dolphins, they started off, they play at noon. Be sure to stick around for the Fox 6 Sports Blitz. That's coming up after our late local news on Sunday night at 10.30. Just keep it here all day. We got you covered. NTSB investigators are in South Florida today, one day after a small private jet plunged into a neighborhood, killing all nine people on board. The agency's GO team says it won't speculate on the cause of the crash, but does add that weather conditions are going to be a major focus of the investigation. We do have... Some indication that the aircraft was breaking up before impact. We may find parts of the aircraft some distance away from the actual impact site. So here's what we do know for sure. The plane was going from Texas to the Bahamas. The pilot reported turbulence and ice accumulation. Shortly afterwards, the air traffic control got this. 722BD, we're descending 8,000. Mayday, mayday, we're descending 10,000 feet per minute. Less than a minute later, controllers lost contact with the plane, which went nose down on the side of a major road. About 600 people were evacuated. The NTSB is asking any witnesses with photos or videos of the crash to contact the agency. Well, as the calendar turns to November, and you can feel it now, it's getting cool outside. Fox 6 is ready to keep kids warm, one coat at a time. Yeah, we just kicked off the 42nd annual Fox 6 Coats for Kids Drive. Our Brian Cramp spoke with Landmark Credit Union to find out why this event is so important each year. Well, certainly we're a people first organization and we really enjoy having an impact on the communities that we live, work and play in, first and foremost. The Salvation Army, certainly the impact that they have, it's a great organization to align and partner with. And then this Fox 6 Coats for Kids is just an outstanding opportunity to keep families warm during the cold winter Wisconsin months. So the need is there, and here's how you can help. If you have a new or gently loved winter coat to donate, you can drop them off at any Steinhaffels, Landmark Credit Union, or Salvation Army, now through December 6th. Or scan that QR code on your screen, and we can show you how you can safely donate money that will be used to buy brand new coats for the campaign. For more information about Coats for Kids, go to Fox6Now.com. It's interesting. It's cold. It's a little rainy. It's 58 degrees. How the weather held out for the Run of the World series. I know. For tailgaters. I know both were played in a dome, but still. I was thinking about that. Isn't that wild? Yeah, it is. Yeah, just how warm it was, and then calendar changes, game's over, and parade's over. Even the parade, the parade was, you know, perfect. Oh, absolutely. Well, again, we appreciate your support for Coats for Kids, for sure. In fact, I had a chance to chat with Vince Candela today. Remember, it was Candela's. Sure, of course. Doing great, yeah. So, very cool. Well, we did have some rain come through today. Not a huge deal this evening, but let me show you the radar. Some light rain now out over the lake, and this is probably going to be the steadiest of all the bands that we get throughout the night. So it wasn't much, right? It was just a little bit of light rain coming on through. Now you see we get a break, but we'll have some more spotty drizzle and a couple of light rain showers here and there throughout the night. Wouldn't worry about it. I don't think it's going to be a big deal, but yes, it will be cloudy. It's just going to be kind of... Moist outside with the dew points in the 50s. You're going to feel that humidity, that moisture in the air tonight. Now, there is a steadier batch of rain off to the west, but you see how that is moving northeast. In fact, as we look over the course of the last hour or so, you see how it hasn't moved much. I mean, it's moving southwest to northeast, but over the same area. So they're going to get heavy rain from that, but then that moves up into northern Wisconsin. Not so much for us. Good news, though, for folks up in the Northwoods, I'm telling you, there's a big drought. Going on up there far up to our north and so they need a lot of rain up there. We had a dry October, which I'm going to talk about here at 530, but we are not expecting a ton of rain out of the system as a whole, which I'll show you here in just a moment. You see the gloomy skies? Ah, the traffic has picked up here for the evening commute. 58 degrees, dew point 56. So you see what I mean? It's humid when you compare the temperature and the dew point there. Wind out of the south. That's going to pick up throughout the night, so it's going to be breezy. Not doing bad, but it has really dropped from yesterday and that's telling us that we have a storm system nearby. Temperatures, 50s across the board. We're actually going to go up a degree or two overnight tonight. So here's the deal. A couple of things to point out. Number one, center of the area of low pressure is up to our northwest. There is a front coming down into the western plains. This only tells part of the story. You can see the rain out ahead of the front, and then you see it really collecting here as we get into the cooler air farther up to the north as well. Severe weather down in Kansas and Oklahoma, where they have tornado watches in effect right now. Now, we often talk about the weather when it comes to... fronts, right? But we also talk about waves in the atmosphere. Let me get into this. Let me show you Sky Vision Plus. I want to take you through here hour by hour, talk about the forecast and how that activity in Oklahoma is actually going to influence our weather tomorrow in terms of So, here we go. Here we go. Tonight, just some scattered light rain showers, some drizzle. Again, not a big deal. Temperature's around 60. You'll notice at midnight, see that band of rain off to the west? That's going to hold off to the west. So we're not expecting a ton of rain in most of southeastern Wisconsin through the overnight. Election Day morning, drizzly, maybe a light rain shower, wind picking up out of the south. 60s in the morning, 67 for a high tomorrow afternoon. Rainier by the afternoon. So you see this thunderstorm start perking up in our western communities. Not severe, but this would be by four o'clock. So there's a wave in the atmosphere down in Oklahoma that spirals our way tomorrow afternoon, lifts the air up. And that's what's causing a greater chance for rain for us tomorrow afternoon into the evening. Then rain continues into Wednesday morning before ending. By Wednesday afternoon. Again, we're not expecting a ton of rain out of this system, at least here in the eastern part of the state. Much heavier where they get those bands off to the west. So let's take a look at your six-day planner, put it all together for you. Keep the umbrella handy, especially tomorrow afternoon. And then look at the temperature drop. 50 on Friday, 49 on Sunday. So November weather coming back in, but no snow in sight, guys. Back over to you. That's some good news. We need to pace ourselves. It keeps working that in. Yeah, I know. Oh, yeah. You decide there's controversy surrounding elections. We're going to go live to Alaska and find out why a name is popping up not just once, but twice. Is it more than coincidence? That's in two minutes. You decide 2026 coverage across the country. The U.S. Department, the Justice Department says it will appeal a federal judge's ruling throwing out a lawsuit challenging Alaska's controversial Senate race. The case centers on whether or not Democrats helped recruit a second candidate named Daniel Sullivan to trick voters and hurt the current Republican senator, who, as you might have guessed, is also named Daniel Sullivan. Fox's Sarah Legere live in Anchorage, Alaska. Sarah, one day before the election, this is all going down. Are voters confused? Hi there, Ted Mary. That's what they're telling us. I mean, we've got two Dan Sullivan's on the ballot and the DOJ is worried that someone may pick and choose the wrong candidate because of this. So they're asking the state to hold off on the certification of any kind of election results if there's this mix-up that ends up costing the senator the race here essentially. But this is what the Republican-led state government basically said to the DOJ's lawsuit. They called it meritless, saying in part, the relief demanded is inappropriate, not even possible given Alaska voters' vital right to ballot secrecy, end quote. The DOJ, though, says that doesn't settle its claim and that the court did not dispute the argument of the United States that Daniel J. Sullivan, a.k.a. this is decoy Dan, entered the race as a frivolous candidate to confuse voters. Now, these are the two campaigns in question. We got Republican Senator Dan Sullivan and Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a retired teacher. The New York Times, though, reports Democratic challenger Mary Peltola's campaign and national democratic aides help recruit the so-called Decoy Dan to take votes from the senator and that Peltola knew her campaign says that's not true. Senator Sullivan, though, firing back at a rally this morning here, both candidates. I am so deeply offended by these accusations about having any involvement with anyone else's candidacy. Of course I want fewer candidates in the primary. You do not have to vote for a corrupt Senate candidate, which is what she is, whose first order of business was to say, with Schumer and his staff, let's figure out a way to cheat and steal votes from Alaskans. Here's what voters are saying at a Beltola rally Friday. Several dismissed the controversy, while one in the crowd backed the sitting GOP senator. Listen. I think there's a lot of people that used to work for her campaign that are unhappy for some reason or another. I think it's a distraction on purpose. Who are you voting for? Dan Sullivan. Voting for Dan? Yes, Sullivan, yes. Yeah, and regardless of the judge's ruling, there's still this criminal investigation that's going on that's looking into whether or not any kind of laws are broken here with the recruitment of the other Dan Sullivan. In the meantime, as far as tomorrow goes, we have two Dan Sullivans on the ballot for Election Day. In Anchorage, Alaska, Sarah Allegre, Fox 6 News. I'm going to ask you to back way up because this can be very confusing. Why on election day in November are there three candidates? This isn't a primary, or is it? And if so, why wasn't this taken care of earlier? There's actually four in this election cycle, four people's names on the ballot here, and that's just given the way. Alaska's voting system works essentially you could have four candidates regardless of party it has to do with Alaska's ranked choice voting system which speak of complicated that's a whole different subject to go into but that plays a vital role into why we have four candidates on the ballot here rather than just two a democrat and republican so this is another side argument here that a lot of voters are also going to head to the ballot box tomorrow to decide on Whether or not they'd like to keep Reagan. Ranked Choice Voting. A lot of the voters here that are defending Dan S. Sullivan basically saying it's the Ranked Choice Voting system, this non-traditional voting system that's played a key role into why we're in this mess in the first place. On the other side, a lot of people like the Ranked Choice Voting system. So you can see there's a ton of back and forth and not only this issue, but several contentious hot button issues that voters are going to decide on tomorrow. But to answer your question in short, Ted, it is Ranked Choice Voting. There it is. That's the explanation I was looking for it. I hope you packed a couple sweaters because you might be there a couple days, Sarah. All right. Thanks very much, Sarah Legre in Alaska for us. How about that? Two Dan Sullivans. I think that the whole, you know, that's non-conforming. The four candidates, the four choices. I've never heard of that. I didn't know that could be a thing. Well, they do this, again, the rank voting where it's a mathematical formula that even if you come in second, you're going to... Sure. There are some people pushing for it here in Wisconsin. It could still be a very long way off. Lend itself to confusion like this. Exactly, kind of, yeah. Some people think it's more fair, and others say, well, it's ripe for abuse, like in this case. We don't have that. All right, wow. Back in Wisconsin, there are some big races on your ballot. And Geronte Matthew breaks down two key referendums, plus. I'm Ben Hanson. The District 21 state Senate race is critical in deciding power in the Wisconsin legislature. The key factors in this race and what the outcome could mean. That's new at 6. Dank and dreary day to start the work week. Maybe a good thing because we're all still recovering from our brewers' bashes. But, Tom, the brewers weren't the only thing hot in October. The weather was hot as well. Yeah, let's take a look back, guys, at October because it was pretty wild. A very warm month. Let's take a look at the stats here. Look at this. The sixth warmest October on record in Milwaukee. By the way, records go back. To 1871, so that really puts it into perspective. Our average high temperature was just over 58 degrees. But wait, what does that mean? Well, average high and low, so we take the high and low temperature from every single day of the month, and we average it together. So that gives you the average temperature, and then that's what we use to compare the warmest or coldest October on record, right? So sixth warmest October on record. Per the average temperature here. Now, this is what I find fascinating. You might remember October 12th. We got up to 87 degrees. We broke a record high on that day. And then just a few degrees later. A few days later, our low temperature dropped to 37. So within just that matter of time, we went from 87 to 37. And isn't that telling for October, right, in southeastern Wisconsin? Now, precipitation-wise, it was a dry month. In fact, it was the 60th driest. I know that's not quite as exciting as 6th warmest, but 60th driest on record there. So again, interesting stats here. But again, far and away, the 6th warmest October on record. And isn't that fitting for that awesome October baseball and World Series win? Well, now we do have some more rain in the forecast as we've entered November. I'll talk more about that and what that means for Election Day coming up in a few minutes. Back to you in the studio. All right, Tom, thank you. Come tomorrow, you decide. Wisconsin voters heading to the polls are going to have to decide on raising property taxes for some school districts. Our Geronte Matthews is in the newsroom tonight to break down the most expensive referendums in southeastern Wisconsin. Geronte? Yeah, Geronte, more than 70 school districts throughout the entire state have referendums on the ballots. Many are for repairs, maintenance, and improvements. We took a look at two of the more costly ones. Now, if you live in the Elmbrook District, you'll decide on a $100 million proposal. It funds renovations at four buildings built between 1958 and 1969. Now, these are Pilgrim Park Middle School, Wisconsin Hills Middle, Swanson Elementary, and Tonawanda Elementary. Now, the district tells us these projects will modernize classrooms, expand undersized classrooms and gym space, implement standard safety features and improve building wide accessibility. Now, if approved, there would be a net tax. increase of about $55 a year for a $500,000 home. Over in Whitefish Bay, voters will have to answer a $90 million question. This is essentially a smaller version of the $135 million referendum that failed this past April. The district is looking to rebuild and remodel the middle school at its current site, updates at its high school, including HVAC, fire and sprinkler alarm systems, And lastly, the installation of fire and sprinkler alarms at Cumberland and Richards Elementary Schools. Now, if approved for this, homeowners could see an increase of about $71 per month or $857 per year on a home worth $685,800. Whitefish Bay leaders tell us that at 6 o'clock tonight there will be a presentation of this referendum for those who want a little bit more information about it and also a tour of the middle school. That will be at 1144 East Henry Clay Street again at 6 o'clock. For now in the newsroom, Durante Matthews, Fox 6 News. All right, Durante, thank you. Well, today's weather should have got you in the mood to bake just in time because the WeEnergy's cookbook is kicking off the holiday season with that 2026 famous little catalog, we'll call it. It's a sign that the holidays are here. This year's book is available online right now, and it features 38 recipes from home bakers from across the state. Inside, Recipe submitters also offer baking tips and advice. There are a whole lot of ways to get your hands on this year's book. If you want a hard copy, WeEnergies will be distributing the book at events across the state. Well, what are the Packers' plans for Josh Jacobs after new legal allegations surfaced regarding the veteran running back? And what are Shaka Smart's plans for this year's Marquette men's basketball team? We'll find out tonight. It's the first game of the season. A live preview coming up in just a moment. You're watching Fox 6 Sports with sports director Tim Van Voren. Weeks after Packers running back Josh Jacobs was convicted of battery and criminal damage to property, the arresting agency released three allegations about him from women a few years ago. Today, Coach Matt LaFleur opens his media availability as follows. Obviously we're aware of the prior allegations on Josh and we're going to allow the NFL to do its process. But I would anticipate him being a member of us moving forward, and that's really all I have to speak on. With Josh, you've had his back throughout the whole thing. Has anything changed considering what you've heard over the last few days, or are you still kind of in that same mindset with him? Yeah, like I said, I'm not going to get into that up here right now. Um, We'll just let the process play out. The Packers, presumably including Jacobs, visit the Patriots Sunday afternoon. You can only see that game right here on your Packers station with a 3-25 kickoff. We'll have a special edition of Fox 6 News right afterwards for all the reaction right out of the locker room. And, of course, we'll be going right up through the Fox 6 Sports Blitz at 10-30 Sunday night. Nigel James splashed onto the college basketball scene as a freshman last season at Marquette. And he's coming back for more, which doesn't always happen in college hoops these days. The Golden Eagles tip off their season tonight. Live at Fiserv Forum with a preview. And, Lily, we're talking basketball. You ready to go? Hey, good evening, Tim. Yeah, very ready to go. It's crossover season, right? We put the baseball season behind us. The football season's still going on. And college basketball is here for us in the city of Milwaukee. The Marquette Golden Eagles tipping off tonight. It's their season opener. They're taking on the Mercyhurst Lakers. And the guys on the court right now doing some pregame warm-ups, getting fired up. Listen, this is a team that wants to bounce back from a 12-win season last year. It's a new team. But Shaka Smart, though, dipping into the transfer portal. For the first time this season, bringing in two guys, Sananda Frew and Nolan Menasale, to the roster, and these guys should be getting plenty of minutes tonight on the court. So, again, it's a new identity of the team in terms of the new guys on the court, but they do bring back a lot of scoring, like you mentioned, with Nigel James Jr., also Royce Parham. So a new group looking for new beginnings, Tim, and more wins. And that starts tonight. This is a Marquette team, though, that has won 33 of their last 35 regular season openers. They're hoping that trend continues tonight. I will not ask you for a Mercyhurst Lakers scouting report, but on the Marquette Golden Eagles, we've talked about Nigel James Jr. He's a preseason All-Big East first-team selection. Royce Parham, you mentioned, he's a guy who's continued to come along with his game as well. Is he a guy that the Golden Eagles can count on this year? I think so. I think this is again a group that's gotten a year older together. And so they've gotten a lot of that continuity. But I think right now you have an established four. So you're trying to figure out who is your starting five. And you're I think Shaka Smart. We'll look to either Minnesota or some other guys on the bench. They lost Caden Hamilton for quite a while. He's been out with that. calf injury and so without him on the floor they're trying to figure out again who that starting five group will be but you have to believe Nigel James Jr. and Royce Parham will play a big part in that and in terms of Mercyhurst guys they're from Lake Erie Pennsylvania so traveling a long way here to play their season opener and we got a little bit of a nicer tidbit coming up later in Fox Sports at six so keep it with us. All right effective tease there Lily nice to have you courtside tonight all right Ted nice to have the band college basketball's back. I didn't need a scouting report. I was willing to settle for just tell me where they're from, and Millie did that. So you get your info. Answer already, question already answered. All right, thanks very much. Up next at 5, cracking down on crime. One big race in the state is for attorney general. What do the numbers look like when it comes to crime in the Badger State? Fox 6 investigator Nicole Herzog goes digging for answers there. You hear it in almost every election, the candidates accusing each other of being soft on crime. But when it comes to public safety, can you actually measure who's getting results? As Wisconsin voters prepare to choose the state's next attorney general, Fox 6 investigator Nicole Herzog is putting that question to the test. Both Attorney General candidates are referencing crime data to make their case for who should lead the State Department of Justice. But take a closer look, and the numbers tell a more complex story. The race for Wisconsin's top cop is heating up. This time around, it's a rematch between Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul. His response to your question about violent crime in his county was to attack me. And Republican Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney. We've seen on his watch record drug deaths in parts of our state. Crime statistics have become a central point of debate in this race, so we decided to check the numbers behind those claims. The Fox 6 investigators analyzed FBI crime data starting with 2019, the year Kaul took office, through 2025. We compared... Statewide data with Fond du Lac County's numbers. The numbers can tell different stories depending on where you look. In Fond du Lac County, violent crime increased about 20%. Statewide, it fell about 17%. Kaul says voters should note that difference when comparing candidates. Under my leadership, last year, Wisconsin had the lowest number of violent crimes that we've had in any year since 2011. Fond du Lac County has had a spike where Eric Toney is the DA. Last year, they had the second highest number that they've had in decades That's technically correct. The county has seen an increase in violent crime, but it wasn't a steady climb. The numbers fluctuated, falling in 2024 before an uptick in 2025. The increase was largely driven by aggravated assaults while reported rapes and homicides have consistently remained low and represent a small sample size. When we look at what we're seeing in Fond du Lac County our police chief has talked about the increase in domestic violence that is driving the numbers that the attorney general is talking about. Tony though points to another statistic, murder. In fact he brought up one claim. Murder is up over 30% on his watch as Attorney General. Again, homicides are up over 30% and again, homicides being up over 30% and again, when we talk about those stats, he's the one that's seen homicides up over 30% since he's taken over as attorney general. Murders are up in the state. Wisconsin recorded 40% more murders last year than in 2019. But that comparison doesn't tell the whole story. Murders rose sharply during the pandemic. peaking in 2021. Since then, the number has fallen every year, though it has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. The FBI also tracks a broader category, homicides, which can include cases that are not classified as murder. Those cases increased about 25 percent between 2019 and 2025, but fell about 28 percent from their 2021 peak. But can crime trends alone tell voters who's tougher on crime? As we look at overall crime rates, there's so many factors that contribute to that that it's very difficult to assign any causation as it relates to a particular district attorney or attorney general. Mark Levin, chief policy counsel at the Council on Criminal Justice, says it can also be difficult to compare a district attorney with an attorney general. Both serve different functions. I think that when we look at trends in crime on a statewide basis, the Attorney General would have, frankly, almost no effect on that. So if you can't measure the Attorney General's impact with crime statistics, what can you look at? One area where the attorney general does have a direct impact, the state crime labs, which analyze evidence submitted from crime scenes. A nonpartisan legislative audit found Wisconsin crime lab turnaround times increased by nearly 50 percent between 2019 and 2023, and assignments for the labs dropped 13 percent. Call says those statistics are misleading because DNA analysis methods have changed, allowing for more precise results, but longer wait times We've improved the laboratory management system and we've also are doing testing that allows us through toxicology testing to identify drugs like fentanyl at lower quantities than we used to be able to. What we have not had is the kind of investment from the legislature that we need. Tony says one of his top priorities is to increase efficiency within the labs. Saying he'd adopt formal performance metrics for lab analysts. They're taking longer to test less, and our attorney general just passes the buck and blames the legislature for not giving him the resources that he wants. But when they do give him additional resources, he doesn't use them. So if you're asking who's tougher on crime, you might just be asking the wrong question. Both candidates say they're the right person to keep Wisconsin safe. Whether their records prove it is a question voters will have to answer. There are other ways to measure commitment to public safety. Call sites, changes to sexual assault kit laws, funding for the Office of School Safety, and efforts to address the opioid epidemic. He's also joined lawsuits against the Trump administration more than 60 times while in office. Meanwhile, Tony references his own reputation as a local prosecutor, saying felony filings in Fond du Lac County have increased 75 percent since 2012, and domestic violence filings have more than doubled. He also points to support from more than 80% of the state's sheriffs in the newsroom, Nicole Herzog, Fox 6 investigators. Thank you, Nicole. Let's switch gears over to weather as we have had some rain showers coming through this afternoon and early evening. Now some dry time, but a few more showers just popping up here in Jefferson and Dodge County. So we're going to see scattered light rain showers coming through as we head through the rest of our evening and into the overnight, but it's not going to be anything overly heavy. That is off to the west with this band of rain and note how that's moving southwest to northeast. So that means the northern part of the state is going to get more than we are here in southeastern Wisconsin. Taking a live look over the Marquette Interchange tonight, we are cloudy, 58 degrees. Winds are picking up out of the south. Temperatures in the 50s area-wide, we are actually going to go up a degree or two overnight as this entire storm system makes its way. And in fact, this piece here from Oklahoma will start to move up tomorrow, increasing our rain chances. Maybe some thunderstorms as well, but nothing severe like they're seeing down there tonight. Let's get into Sky Vision Plus, show you more specifically what we're expecting, because as we go throughout the night, again, a couple of light scattered showers. Shouldn't be a big deal. Note the steadier rains off to our west and northwest later on tonight into the overnight. But again. I don't think it's going to be a huge deal. Just a few hundredths of an inch around here with southerly winds, temperatures around 60. Drizzle on Election Day morning, low 60s for temperatures. Midday, you see some rain coming in, and then watch this. That wave in Oklahoma comes up and lifts the air up. That brings scattered showers and non-severe thunderstorms through the area. So the rain picks up during the afternoon and even into the evening. Rain continues into Wednesday morning as well. And then we'll start to dry things out as we go into Wednesday afternoon. So in total rain wise, again, you see how it's much heavier off to the west. This is through Wednesday where you can see by the colors here, heavier rains west, not expecting much around here, half an inch or less for most of us through Wednesday. Now, 67 tomorrow, 63 on Wednesday, 50s Thursday and Friday and 49 by Sunday. More news for you after the break. Stay with us. Another Halloween is in the books, but in one Middleton neighborhood, the holiday is about more than costumes and candy. One family went all out to celebrate. They say decorating has become an annual tradition for them, with new decorations being added to the display every year. And while the decorations are meant to give kids a little scare, the family says the best part of Halloween is the camaraderie.