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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 (12/23/12)
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2) People at the Blue Colony diner observe a moment of silence for victims of the Dec. 14 shootings at
3) Comfort dogs Libby and Cali receive attention from two women near a memorial for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims in Newtown, Conn. on Dec. 20. Photo: Joshua Lott / Reuters
4) A portrait of Benjamin Andrew Wheeler, one of the students killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting last week, stands outside of Trinity Episcopal Church as two men embrace each other before his funeral services, on Dec. 20, in Newtown, Conn. Photo: Julio Cortez / AP
5) Firefighters salute as a hearse passes for the funeral procession of 7-year-old shooting victim Daniel Gerard Barden, on Dec. 19, in Newtown, Conn. Photo: David Goldman / AP
6) Mike Garbowski of Newtown, Conn., begins to erect a fence he built on Dec. 19 that will bear the names of all of those killed in the Dec. 14 shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. Photo: Mike Segar / Reuters
7) Students return to
8) A man hugs his daughter while visiting a memorial to the victims in Sandy Hook Village in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 16. Photo: Lucas Jackson / Reuters
9) Eric Mueller places wooden painted angels outside his home in
10) Shawn Cavana, a member of the NRA who says he personally owns an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, looks into the closed Riverview Gun Sales shop while gun shopping with friends on December 21, 2012 in East Windsor, Connecticut. According to the Hartford Courant, sources investigating the massacre at the
11) A demonstrator from CodePink holds up a banner as National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre delivers remarks during a news conference at the Willard Hotel December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. This is the first public appearance that leaders of the gun rights group have made since a 20-year-old man used a popular assault-style rifle to slaughter 20 school children and six adults at
12) Chief Operating Officer for Amendment II, Rich Brand, shoots a child's backpack with their Rynohide CNT Shield in it on December 21, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their orders for the bulletproof shield have gone up dramatically since the school shooting in Connecticut last week. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
13) 13-year-old Matthew Kolen, who was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at age eight, hugs his mother Suzanne at their home in Long Island, New York on March 30, 2012. Matthew's diagnosis will soon be dropped in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or DSM-5, the American Psychiatric Association's diagnostic reference book, to be subsumed into the broader category of autism spectrum disorder. Photo: Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
14) Indian schoolchildren hold placards and shout slogans during a protest against the Dec. 16 gang rape and beating of a young woman on a city bus in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. Police in India's capital used tear gas and water cannons Saturday to push back thousands of people who tried to march to the presidential mansion to protest the recent gang rape and brutal beating of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
15) A Syrian refugee, crosses illegally to Turkey on the border fence, in Cilvegozu, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
16) A snowball fight rages among University of Wisconsin-Madison students on Bascom Hill in Madison, Wis., Dec. 20, 2012. Photo: Michael P. King / Wisconsin State Journal via AP
17) University of Wisconsin-Madison students try to help a food delivery truck driver free his vehicle from snow after it made a stop at Wasabi Japanese Restaurant in Madison, Wis., Dec. 20. They were not successful. Photo: Michael P. King / Wisconsin State Journal via AP
18) Luke McHenry, left, and his son Sebastian Wells dig out their snow-buried vehicle in Madison, Wis., Dec. 20. Photo: John Hart / Wisconsin State Journal via AP
19) Frank Gloss pulls his grandson, Liam, 17 months old, along a sidewalk December 21, 2012 in Madison, Wisconsin, a day after Wisconsin was blanketed with a record snow storm. (Photo by Andy Manis/Getty Images)
20) Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, the second-longest-serving senator in history, lies in state in the Capitol rotunda in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Another photo. Photos: Susan Walsh / AP
21) A woman soaks up the sun after its rise at the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge, in southern England, as access to the site is given to druids, New Age followers and members of the public on the annual Winter Solstice, on Dec. 21. Doomsday hour is here and so still are we. According to legend, the ancient Mayans' long-count calendar ends at midnight Thursday, ushering in the end of the world. Didn't happen. "This is not the end of the world. This is the beginning of the new world," Star Johnsen-Moser, an American seer, said at a gathering of hundreds of spiritualists at a convention center in the Yucatan city of Merida, an hour and a half from the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza. Photo: Matt Dunham / AP
22) Pilgrims from Italy join a procession through the Church of the Nativity down into the 'Grotto,' traditionally accepted as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Dec. 21. The church is one of the oldest in the world and pilgrims, tourists and Christian faithful are flocking to the town where Jesus was born in the lead-up to the Christmas festivities. Photo: Jim Hollander / EPA
23) Residents of Alcala de Henares, a suburb of Madrid, Spain, react when their number is called as the 4-million-euro jackpot in the Spanish National Lottery on Dec. 22. The world's biggest lottery dished out prizes worth 2.5 billion euros (3.4 billion dollars). Photo: Fernando Villar / EPA
24) "Sandy Claus" Michael Sciaraffo makes a toy delivery to a home in the Bell Harbor neighborhood of New York on Dec. 18, 2012. Using Facebook, Sciaraffo started a charitable enterprise to collect and personally deliver toys to children affected by Superstorm Sandy. Elizabeth Sampol holds her daughter, Ella, 14 months, as she receives a toy from Michael Sciaraffo in the Belle Harbor section of Queens on Dec. 18, 2012. A rainbow appears as Michael Sciaraffo leaves the home of Ella Sampol in Belle Harbor, Queens on Dec. 18, 2012. "You don't see that every day," Sciaraffo said, grinning as his beard slipped down his face a little. "Amazing." Photos: Bebeto Matthews / AP. See video.
25) A 14-foot Christmas tree appears to be crashing through the roof of a one-story house Thursday, Dec. 20 in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. Homeowner Patrick Kruger created the illusion of the tree crashing through the roof by cutting a 14-foot tree into two pieces and attaching the top six-foot section to a piece of plywood that's bolted to the roof. According to MyNorthwest.com, Kruger, who is an architect, studied the physics of an object breaking through a roof then added sheathing and typical roof construction materials to create the effect. Photo: Elaine Thompson / AP
26) A woman walks along Natal Circle viewing Christmas lights in Gilbert, Ariz. Photo: Matt York / AP
27) Christmas lights and ornaments adorn a house on Castro Street in San Francisco. Photo: Jeff Chiu / AP
28) A view of the "Casa di Babbo Natale" (Santa's house) illuminated with thousands of lights in Melegnano, outside of Milan, Italy, on Dec. 18. Massimiliano Goglio, the owner of the house, decorates his house every year at Christmastime, to wish a Merry Christmas to everyone. Photo: Tiziana Fabi / AFP - Getty Images
29) People gather to look at Christmas festive lights that adorn a detached house in a suburban street in Melksham, on Dec. 8, in Melksham, England. The lights, a popular festive attraction, have returned to the town after a two-year absence and have raised thousands of pounds for charity for a local hospice, Dorothy House. The display, which is estimated to involve over 100,000 bulbs, worth over 30,000 GBP and even needed an up-rated electricity supply installed to cope with the additional power needed, is the brainchild of householder and electrician Alex Goodhind. This year, the display which Mr Goodhind began fifteen years ago now takes a team of professional electricians five weeks to complete, and even includes a snow machine. Photo: Matt Cardy / Getty Images
30) Santa gives a thumbs up to a young photographer as she takes Santa's photo with a toy camera as young boys and girls line up to visit Santa and Mrs Claus in their chalet Saturday December 22, 2012 in LaPorte, Ind. (AP Photo/The LaPorte Herald-Argus, Bob Wellinski)
31) Aaron Rodgers reacts with lineman T.J. Lang after
32) NFL Hall of Fame running back, Pittsburgh Steelers' Franco Harris stands on the spot where he caught the "Immaculate Reception" 40 years ago after a marker was unveiled on the sight where Three Rivers Stadium once stood on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. It is the 40th anniversary of the play in which Franco Harris caught a deflected Terry Bradshaw pass intended for Steelers' running back John "Frenchy" Fuqua, and returned it 42- yards for a game winning touchdown against the Oakland Raiders. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
33) A peacock walks in its snowy enclosure on Dec. 14 at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, Germany. Photo: Malte Christians / AFP - Getty Images
34) A baby collared peccary interacts with its mother "Jave" at the Melbourne Zoo in Melbourne, Australia, on Dec. 14. Photo: Julian Smith / EPA
35) A diver dressed in a Santa Claus outfit swims next to leopard sharks to celebrate the Christmas season on Dec. 17 at Siam Ocean World in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Sukree Sukplang / Reuters
36) A dog dressed in a Christmas costume takes part in a contest in Lima, Peru, on Dec. 16. Photo:
37) Olivia Culpo, newly crowned Miss Universe 2012, poses with Miss Universe organizer Donald Trump during the press conference after the 2012 Miss Universe Competition in Las Vegas on Dec. 19, 2012. Photo: Valerie Macon / Miss Universe Organization via EPA
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