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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 (01/16/11)

Photos of the Week





Nine-month-old Arabella Sebero attends her first Packer fans rally at the Hudson Grille in Atlanta, which brought in 300 pounds of Johnsonville brats and a few cases of Sorrento cheese. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo: Benny Sieu.






A long-time fan attends the Packer fans rally before Saturday night's Packers-Falcons playoff game.  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo: Benny Sieu.






Young Packer fans get in the spirit of things at the fan rally. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo: Benny Sieu.






Jordy Nelson stretches for the pylon and the Packers' first touchdown against Atlanta Saturday night. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo: Tom Lynn






John Kuhn works his way into the end zone against Atlanta's Curtis Lofton. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo: Mark Hoffman





Tramon Williams reels in his first interception on a pass intended for Atlanta's Michael Jenkins in the end zone. Williams had two interceptions in the first half, including one for a touchdown. Milwaukee Journal sentinel photo: Benny Sieu





Daryn Colledge and T.J.Lang celebrate after the 48-21 win with a "bump." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo: Benny Sieu


 



Tight end Tom Crabtree gets past Eagles cornerback Asante Samuel to score a touchdown and give the Packers a 7-0 lead in the first quarter of their playoff game last weekend. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo:  Mark Hoffman






Wide receiver James Jones spikes the ball after scoring a touchdown, giving the Packers a 14-0 lead in the second quarter. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  photo: Tom Lynn


 



Packers running back Brandon Jackson scores a touchdown on a screen in the third quarter. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo:  Tom Lynn


 



Eagles kicker David Akers misses a 34-yard field goal. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo: Mark Hoffman


 



Cornerback Tramon Williams picked off Michael Vick in the end zone to crush a late charge by the Eagles and the Packers secured a 21-16 victory at Lincoln Financial Field last Sunday. Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes and James Starks set a Packers rookie postseason record with 123 rushing yards. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo:  Tom Lynn


 



Tramon Williams intercepts a pass intended for Riley Cooper with 39 seconds remaining in the game. Photo: MCT






Packers cornerback Tramon Williams (38) intercepts a pass in the end zone intended for Riley Cooper. AP photo






Kicker Wes Byrum #18 of the Auburn Tigers kicks a 19-yard game-winning field goal to defeat the Oregon Ducks 22-19 in the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game at University of Phoenix Stadium on January 10, 2011 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)


 



Quarterback Cameron Newton #2 of the Auburn Tigers celebrates the Tigers 22-19 victory against the Oregon Ducks in the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game at University of Phoenix Stadium on January 10, 2011 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)






The U.S. Capitol dome backdrops American flags flying at half-staff at the foot of the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. President Barack Obama ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset on Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)


 



President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and government employees observe a moment of silence on South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, to honor those who were killed and injured in the shooting in Tucson, Ariz. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., is in critical condition after being shot in the head. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)






Members of Congress and staff members observe a moment of silence for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and other shooting victims, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, on the East Steps of the Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington. Giffords was shot Saturday in a Tucson shooting rampage that left six people dead. Pictured from ninth left to right: Wilson Livingood, Sergeant at Arms, U.S. House of Representatives; Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C.; Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo.; Steve Lawrence, chief of staff to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif.; Barry Jackson chief of staff to House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio; Del. Madeleine Bordallo, D-Guam; Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga.; and Senate Sergeant at Arms Terry Gainer. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)






The Tucson shooter, Jared Loughner.






In this artist rendering, Jared Lee Loughner makes his first court appearance at the Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse in Phoenix, Ariz., Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. Loughner appeared in federal court on charges he tried to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a shooting rampage that left six people dead. (AP Photo/Bill Robles)


 



A program for Christina Taylor Green's funeral is displayed at St Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Thursday, January 13, 2011, in Tucson, Arizona. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/MCT)






Lindsey Lummus, 10, wearing an angels wings and a halo, watches as the funeral hearse carrying the casket of nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green arrives at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton church on January 13, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona. Green was shot and killed during the January 8, shooting rampage of Jared Lee Loughner during a political event in Tucson. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)


 
 


People dressed as angels hold red roses and stand across the street from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton church where the funeral service for US District Court Judge John Roll is being held on January 14, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona. Heavy security surrounds the funeral of Judge Roll, who was shot during the January 8, shooting rampage of Jared Lee Loughner at a political event in Tucson, Arizona (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)


 



Anissa Sanchez, 4, of Tucson, Ariz., holds a candle outside St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Tucson at the funeral of Christina Taylor Green, the youngest victim of Jared Lee Loughner, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher)







Safeway grocery store employees, from left to right, Sarah Prewitt-Cho, Dawn Gallagher, Shayne Spude, and store manager Marian Huber are overcome with emotion as they hold a moment of silence at 10:11 AM when the Tucson shooting happened in front of the grocery store on January 15, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona. The supermarket re-opened on Saturday one week after U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was shot in the head and remains in critical condition after a mass shooting at a Safeway grocery store that killed six and injured several others. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)






San Diego Lost Boy Michael Pareng, 30, who is currently an unemployed security guard, prays before sharing a meal with fellow Lost Boys, supporters and sponsors as they celebrate their birthdays at the Elks Lodge in Chula Vista, California, on January 7, 2011. The California Sudanese Lost Boys and Girls Foundation played host to the party to celebrate the official birthday of thousands of orphans who made the journey across their war-torn homeland to reach refugee camps from which they were resettled to the United States. Because most did not know their birth dates, they were assigned the date of January 1. After the party, some of them drove to Phoenix, Arizona, to participate in the Sudanese referendum, which ends Saturday, January 15, 2011. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/MCT)






Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay waits for his sentencing decision at the Travis Co. Courthouse in Austin, Texas on Monday Jan. 10, 2011. A judge ordered DeLay to serve three years in prison Monday for his role in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)






The State Bar of Georgia office is seen in downtown Atlanta as Cone Street sits covered in ice Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. A winter storm left many parts of Georgia crippled for a second day Tuesday, stranding Greyhound bus passengers in Atlanta without food and closing down government offices and school districts as roads remained coated in snow and ice. (AP Photo/David Goldman)


 



Paul Schwarz of Walpole, Mass., uses a shovel to remove snow from his driveway Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. New Englanders dug out from under more than 2 feet of snow and children in hundreds of communities enjoyed a second day off from school Thursday as power companies worked to restore energy to homes and businesses darkened by the region's third snowstorm in three weeks. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)


 



A firefighter carries a woman to safety after she was evacuated from her apartment in Kenosha, Wis., Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kenosha News, Sean Krajacic)


 



A landslide victim lies under debris in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011. At least 350 people have died after landslides hit early Wednesday, and 50 or more were still missing, according to officials. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)






A street destroyed by a landslide is seen in Nova Friburgo, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. Survivors of mudslides that killed more than 500 people are growing frustrated, saying Brazil's government has fallen short in rescuing victims still stranded on remote hillsides and finding the bodies of the dead. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)






A man paddles on his surf board down Hoogley Street in the suburb of West End on January 13, 2011 in Brisbane, Australia. The Brisbane river peaked at 4.46 metres today - a metre less than the historic floods of 1974 that devastated the region. Brisbane city and several suburbs were inundated with waters flooding over 25,000 Brisbane homes partially or completely and leaving over 100,000 residences without power. The recent floods in Brisbane and the Lockyer Valley have claimed lives of 12 people with many more reported missing in region. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)






Aquarium manager John Shultz examines the mouth of female walrus Uquq, at Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo, California, December 28, 2010. (Karen T. Borchers/San Jose Mercury News/MCT)

Is it just me or does the guy in the above photo look a lot like.....







We move on.






A southern pochard duck cleans the head of a hippo at the zoo in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. Six of these ducks were introduced to the hippo enclosure at the beginning of this year. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)




 

Revelers hang from a window to escape a bull with flaming horns during the Fiesta del Toro Embolao on January 14, 2011 in Gilet, Spain. During the Toro Embolao, burning balls are attached to the bull's horns whilst the animal is tied to pylon before it's released to charge revelers. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)






Jessica Lowthorp, right, is licked by a Siberian Husky during the 11th annual WyColo Mid-distance Classic Sled Dog Race Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 in Medicine Bow National Forest near Wycolo, Wyo. (AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang, Andy Carpenean)



 

I wouldn't try that! Daniel Hooser tests his tongue against a pole in Texarkana, Texas, Sunday afternoon, Jan. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Texarkana Gazette, Christena Dowsett)






Sculptor Krisztian Pogany puts the finishing touches to an ice bike in Canada Square Park in Canary Wharf on January 13, 2011 in London, England. The sculpture is part of the London Ice Sculpting Festival, a three day event that includes polar bear sculpting classes for the public and speed competitions for the professionals. (Photo by Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images)




Image: Teresa Scanlan

Miss Nebraska Teresa Scanlan walks in the "Show Us Your Shoes" parade as part of Miss America festivities on Friday. She was crowned Miss America Saturday. At 17, she's the youngest to ever win the pageant. AP photo.




Miss Nebraska, Teresa Scanlan, Crowned Miss America 2011

Teresa Scanlan, the reigning Miss Nebraska, was crowned Miss America 2011 on Saturday, January 16, 2011. Photo: Getty Images.



 

Flowers on David Nelson's Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame on January 12, 2011 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
 

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