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Kevin Fischer is a veteran broadcaster, the recipient of over 150 major journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and others. He has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for over three decades. A longtime aide to state Senate Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature, Kevin can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, "InterCHANGE," on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10, and heard filling in on Newstalk 1130 WISN. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their lovely baby daughter, Kyla Audrey, in Franklin.
Photos of the Week (01/09/11)
In this Nov. 7, 2006 photo, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) celebrates a close election win in Tucson, Ariz. Authorities say that Giffords was shot in the head on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 while meeting with constituents in her district on the northwest side of Tucson at a public event entitled "Congress on your Corner" when a gunman opened fire outside a Safeway grocery. According to azstarnet.com, nineteen people were shot, including members of Giffords' staff, and six are dead, including one young child and John M. Roll, the chief judge for the United States District Court for Arizona. One suspect is in custody. Giffords is described as being in "very critical condition" after undergoing surgery at University Medical Center in Tucson. (David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star via AP)
In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio reenacts the swearing-in of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Emergency personnel attend to a shooting victim outside a shopping center in Tucson, Ariz. on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 where U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and others were shot as the congresswoman was meeting with constituents. (AP Photo/James Palka)
A victim of the shooting is wheeled to a waiting helicopter outside the shopping center in Tucson, Ariz. where U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and others were shot as the congresswoman was meeting with constituents on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/James Palka)
Investigators remove a blood-stained sheet from a body after a gunman targeting Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz) opened fire outside a Safeway in Tucson, Ariz. on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. Six people died and thirteen were wounded, including Giffords. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Michael Chow)
This March 2010 photo shows a man identified as Jared L. Loughner at the 2010 Tucson Festival of Books in Tucson, Ariz. The Arizona Daily Star, a festival sponsor, confirmed from their records that the subject's address matches one under investigation by police after a shooting in Tucson that left U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wounded along with 18 others. Six people are known dead, according to azstarnet.com. Police say a suspect is in custody, and he was identified by people familiar with the investigation as Jared Loughner, 22, of Tucson. (Arizona Daily Star/Mamta Popat via AP)
A woman drops flowers in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill outside the office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Giffords was shot in the head during a constituent meeting in her Arizona district Saturday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
People leave flowers and candles outside the Tucson office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), who was shot during an event in front of a Safeway grocery store January 8, 2011 in Tuscon, Arizona. Giffords was shot in the head at a public event entitled "Congress on your Corner" when a gunman opened fire outside a Safeway grocery store in Tucson, Arizona. It was reported that nineteen people were shot, including members of Giffords' staff, and six are dead, including one young child. One suspect is in custody. (Laura Segall/Getty Images)
President Barack Obama talks in the hallway outside the Situation Room of the White House with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer about the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, (D-AZ) and others on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. (Pete Souza/The White House via AP)
A photo of U.S. District Judge John M. Roll sits in the middle of a candle-light memorial for the victims of the shooting in Tucson, Arizona, at the State Capitol in Phoenix on Saturday, January 8, 2011. Roll was one of six people killed and 13 injured, including Congresswoman Gabriella Giffords, D-Arizona, in gunfire at a town hall meeting outside at Safeway grocery in Tucson earlier in the day. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
A statue of George Washington stands in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Jan. 3, 2010. President Barack Obama and Democrats were preparing to confront a strengthened Republican opposition to tax, spending and immigration priorities when the 112th session of Congress convened this week after Democrats lost control of the House during midterm elections. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
House Speaker-designate John Boehner of Ohio wipes away tears as he waits to receive the gavel from outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. during the first session of the 112th Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Gov. Scott Walker (left) is administered the oath of office by state Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson during his inauguration ceremony Monday in Madison. Walker’s wife, Tonette, and sons, Matt and Alex, attended the swearing-in ceremony. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo: Mark Hoffman
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at an inauguration ceremony in the rotunda of the state Capitol Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Scott Walker dances with his wife, Tonette, at the inaugural ball Monday at Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison. The state’s first couple danced to a Tony Bennett recording of the song "The Best is Yet to Come." The Walkers took dance lessons to prepare for the ball. Milwaukee Jounral Sentinel photo: Benny Sieu
Seattle Firefighters carefully fold up the Patriot Flag after it was displayed in Seattle, Wash. on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, in honor of the victims of the 9/11 attacks. The flag has been traveling from one city fire department to the next and the final destination will be New York City to mark the ten year anniversary of 9/11 next September. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Greg Gilbert)
Members of a military honor guard fold the American flag that draped one of the 20 U.S. military veterans' caskets whose remains were unclaimed during their burial ceremony at Calverton National Cemetery, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, in Calverton, N.Y. The ceremony, sponsored by the Dignity Memorial network, has provided services for more than 850 veterans since its inception in 2000. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
An unidentified student, center, is united with a loved one, in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, outside the Miller South high school after a student shot and wounded two adults, causing students to rush into a school kitchen to take cover before his body was found in a car about a mile away. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
A Pakistani mother buries her child in mud during the solar eclipse in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. Superstitious people hope that burying ailing person during solar eclipse will cure them. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
The winner in retrieving a cross, Evaggelos Kargiofilis, swims before he retrieves wooden cross during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in Greece's northern port city of Thessaloniki on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Similar ceremonies to mark Epiphany day were held across Greece on river banks, seafronts and lakes. An Orthodox priest throws a cross into the water and swimmers race to be the first to retrieve it.(AP/Photos Nikolas Giakoumidis)
An Afghan immigrant with his lips sewn together, during a hunger strike in central Athens on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Six Afghans have sewn their lips as part of the protest, to pressure the Greek government into granting them refugee status. Human rights activists on Wednesday condemned the government's "inhuman" plan for a border fence to stem the flood of illegal immigrants entering from Turkey, and urged Athens to ease its strict asylum policy. The country currently rejects more than 99 percent of all asylum requests tabled every year. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Twin brothers Frank, left, and Anthony Nowotnik, both 42, are homeless men who refuse shelter unless they can stay together. They live for now under the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago, Illinois. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham holds up a clump of oil and dead marsh grass from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, as he tours oil ipmacted areas of Bay Jimmy with Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser, over frustration with oil cleanup response by BP and the COast Guard, in Plaquemines Parish, La., Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster remains in marshes off the coast of Louisiana, where officials renewed complaints Friday about the cleanup effort by BP and the federal government. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Cindy Bryant and her husband Stephen examine one of the thousands of dead birds that fell from the sky between 11 p.m. New Years Eve and early New Years Day near their home in Beebe, Ark. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said Saturday more than 1,000 dead black birds fell from the sky in Beebe. The agency said its enforcement officers began receiving reports about the dead birds about 11:30 p.m. Friday. (AP Photo/The Daily Citizen, Warren Watkins)
Dead birds sit in a bucket after being collected by workers with United States Environmental Services LLC in Beebe, Ark. Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. Wildlife officials are trying to determine what caused more than 1,000 blackbirds to die and fall from the sky over the Arkansas town. (AP Photo/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Stephen B. Thornton)
A spider monkey holds zoo keeper Kate Sanders' pen, taken during the ZSL London Zoo's annual stocktake on January 1, 2011 in London, England. London Zoo is home to over 16,000 animals from over 700 different species including over 10,000 invertebrates, 4,700 fish and 100 reptiles. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
Polar bears fight at the Zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Three white lion cubs are presented to the public at the city zoo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday Jan. 5, 2011. The cubs were born on Nov. 16, 2010. According to zoo officials these are the first white lions to be born in South America. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia)
Geese with Christmas baubles tied to their necks necks are seen during the 'Cabalgata de Reyes,' or the Three Wise Men parade at the Madrid's townhall square , in Madrid, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. People thronged sidewalks in Spain's towns and cities on Wednesday to watch traditional parades marking the eve of the Epiphany, a Christian holiday celebrating the story of the three wise men believed to have followed a bright star to offer gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the newborn Jesus in Bethlehem. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)
Sea Lions congregate on docks at Pier 39 Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, in San Francisco. Although the reason for their migration to the pier is unclear, the refurbishing of the docks in September 1989 required the removal of all boats from that area, leaving large open spaces for the sea lions to move into. Once the project was completed, boat owners returned, but did their best to navigate around the sea lions; no efforts were made to encourage the new guests to leave. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, pandas play in snow at Qinling Giant Panda Research Center in Foping Natural Reserve of Foping County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhao Jianqiang)
In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, a couple take wedding photos beside trees coated with rime along the Songhua River in Jilin city, northeast China's Jilin Province, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhu Wanchang)
Auburn quarterback Cam Newton tales a self portrait with fans during the team send-off from the Auburn Athletic Complex on Monday, Jan. 3, 2011 in Auburn, Ala. Auburn plays Oregon in the college football BCS Championship Game on Monday.(AP Photo/Cam Newton)
Ohio State marching band members play in confetti after Ohio State's 31-26 win over Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Phillip Zellmer, fan of the Virginai Tech Hokies supports his team against the Stanford Cardinal during the 2011 Discover Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium on January 3, 2011 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)
A Green Bay Packers fan watches from the stands during the first half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
Greg Jennings beats Zack Bowman for a big gain to the 1-yard line to setup the game-winning touchdown against Chicago last Sunday. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo: Benny Sieu
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Green Bay secured the final spot in the NFC playoffs with a 10-3 victory over the Bears on Sunday at Lambeau Field. Aaron Rodgers does a victory lap. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo: Mark Hoffman.
Johnny Depp accepts the award for favorite movie actor at the People's Choice Awards on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Musician Taylor Swift (L) accepts the Favorite Country Artist award from musician Sir Elton John onstage during the 2011 People's Choice Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on January 5, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for PCA)
Katy Perry accepts the award for favorite female artist at the People's Choice Awards on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Conan O'Brien accepts the award for favorite talk show host at the People's Choice Awards on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Julia Rose, 37, of Fort Worth, Texas, brought her own "mini king" as she makes photos of the cake at a party celebrating Elvis Presley's birthday and the proclamation of Elvis Presley Day on the front lawn of Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Mike Maple)
Terje Isungset, of Norway plays an Ice horn during a media pre-view for his concerts in London, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Public performances of Isungset's Ice Music will take place from 7 to 9 January as one of the highlights of the New Year ice rink season at Somerset House, running until 23 January. Terje Isungset is one of Europe's most accomplished and innovative percussionists. Crafting his own instruments from Norwegian natural elements such as arctic birch, granite, slate, sheep bells, he has pioneered the development of ice instruments. These instruments are hand carved from pure Norwegian ice, some of which is 600 years old from the glacier of Jostedalsbreen, and have been brought from Geilo in central Norway, where Terje founded the world's first ice music festival in 2006. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
A woman reacts as she walks through Lake Orankesee at the so called Eis-Fasching (Ice-Carnival) in Berlin on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. The ice swimming club Seals Berlin have celebrated the ice carnival for the last 27 years on the second Saturday in January. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
In this handout photo provided by Disney, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse welcome the Disney Dream, Disney Cruise Line's newest ship, as she arrives January 4, 2011 for the first time to her home port of Port Canaveral, Florida after traveling approximately 6,500 miles across the Atlantic Ocean from Bremerhaven, Germany. The 4,000-passenger Disney Dream will welcome guests on her maiden voyage on January 26, 2011, and is scheduled to sail three-, four- and five-night cruises to the Bahamas and Disney's private island Castaway Cay, from Port Canaveral, Florida. (Photo by David Roark/Disney via Getty Images)
Comic book creator Stan Lee signs a fan's "Iron Man 2" helmet after he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Kimberley Dunne and other burlesque enthusiasts in outfits pose for the photographers in front of the National Gallery in central London's Trafalgar Square, during a world record attempt to break what they called the World's Largest Burlesque Dance, Monday Jan. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Brad Matchett, of Glen Allen, Va., uses a leaf blower in his Agricadabra, The Magic of Agriculture show at the opening day of the 95th Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, Pa., on Saturday Jan. 8, 2011. Matchett uses the blower to blow up a giant balloon. (AP Photo/Lancaster Newspapers, Vinny Tennis)
Sophia Tautges, a County Line Elementary School third-grader on a field trip, kneels in front of the "Under the Table" installation on display at the Milwaukee Art Museum on Tuesday. The large table and chairs was created by Los Angeles-based artist Robert Therrien and measures ten feet high, twenty feet long, and twelve feet wide. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo: Mike De Sisti
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