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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 (1/04/09)
Early morning preparations continue for President-elect Barack Obama's Inaugural Reviewing Stand on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Palestinian protesters throws stones at Israeli troops, not seen, during clashes at a demonstration against Israel's military operation in Gaza, in the Shuafat refugee camp, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. Israel showed no sign of slowing a blistering seven-day offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers, destroying homes of more than a dozen of the group's operatives Friday and bombing one of its mosques a day after a deadly strike killed a prominent Hamas figure.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Two Egyptian men look at the smoke caused by an Israeli air strike at the Gaza border, seen from the Egyptian border crossing terminal of Rafah, Egypt Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. Israel bombed a mosque it claimed was used to store weapons and destroyed homes of more than a dozen Hamas operatives Friday, but under international pressure, the government allowed hundreds of Palestinians with foreign passports to leave besieged Gaza. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Palestinians look down on the rubble of the destroyed house of senior Hamas militant Nizar Rayan after an Israeli airstrike hit a nearby mosque in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. Israel showed no sign of slowing a blistering seven-day offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza, destroying homes of the group's leaders and bombing one of its mosques a day after a deadly strike on a prominent Hamas figure killed him and most of his family. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Supporters of Israel's recent attacks on Gaza and Hamas rally at the Federal Building in Westwood area of Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Praying men block Piccadilly in London, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Thousands of protestors marched from the Embankment to Trafalgar Square in support of Palestinians in Gaza, then on to the Israeli embassy.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Hundreds of shoes are seen in the road along Whitehall, as police guard the entrance to Downing Street in London, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Several thousand people, many carrying Palestinian flags, marched past British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Downing Street residence to a rally in Trafalgar Square, London. Outside Downing Street, hundreds of protesters stopped and threw shoes at the tall iron gates blocking entry to the narrow road. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Potholes everywhere: A plastic cap that had had fallen off a previous car popped into the air as another car ran it over on North Central Avenue over the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago.
(Al Podgorski/Chicago Sun-Times)
Workers move the wreckage of Continental Airlines flight 1404 to a site outside a Continental hangar at Denver International Airport in Denver on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009 from the ravine where it crash landed on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Sumo grand champion Hakuho from Mongolia pounds steamed rice into the dough used for rice cakes at the Miyagino Stable in Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. Rice cake called "mochi" is traditional New Year food in Japan. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)
Oklahoma City firefighter C.J. Seitz carries a chihuahua from a house that was destroyed in a morning fire in Oklahoma City , Okla., Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. No one was injured in the fire. (AP Photo/Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman)
A portion of Robert Graham's bronze sculpture symbolizing the 54 social programs of the New Deal is seen at the Roosevelt Memorial December 29, 2008 in Washington, DC. Robert Graham, a sculptor whose works are seen in public spaces throughout the United States, died in California December 27 at the age of 70. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)
The lines to pay property taxes were long at Milwaukee City Hall on Monday and Tuesday, after cold and snowy weather kept taxpayers away earlier in the month, City Treasurer Wayne Whittow said. Property taxes are due Jan. 31, but many taxpayers hustle to pay them before the end of the year to claim them as an income tax deduction. Journal Sentinel photo: Jack Orton
Three members of the animal rights group AnimaNaturalis sit inside a cage to call attention to the sale of pets in front of a shopping mall in Mexico City, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. The group was protesting the sale of pets, saying people should opt for adoption instead. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
An Australian sheep-dog chases after a ball near the western German town of Breckerfeld on December 31.(SASCHA SCHUERMANN, AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Laura Backman, of Portsmouth, R.I., rear, watches as her pet duck "Lemon" paddles across the floor with the assistance of a wheeled cradle in Backman's living room at her home, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. The two-and-a-half year-old Pekin duck has a brain disorder that leaves the bird with difficulties balancing.(Steven Senne, AP)
In this photo released by the Wildlife Conservation Society, Shelby, a three-year old female snow leopard reclines in the freshly snow covered greenery at the Bronx Zoo's Himalayan Highlands exhibit, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008 in New York. Forecasters are calling for snow and brutally cold temperatures as a cold front whips into New York City on the last day of 2008. Shelby's apparent confront is a stark contrast to that of the New Year's Eve revelers across town as they brave high winds and falling temperatures later in the evening on New York City's Times Square. (AP Photo/WCS, Julie Larsen Maher)
A woman rides horses through the snow covered landscape on a sunny day outside Zumikon near Zurich January 1, 2009. Photo: Reuters
People skate on frozen canals in Kinderdijk's Mill Area, a UNESCO World Heritage site, near Rotterdam, Netherlands, Saturday Jan. 3, 2009. Kinderdijk, where the mills date back to the 18th century, is a good example of a low countries area where water management is carefully organised with a system of historic mills and waterways. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
It may be cold outside, but Daniel Jimenez, 3, of Franklin is keeping the flowers in bloom Friday at the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum in Milwaukee. Daniel’s parents, Israel and Sherry, say that he enjoys working with real flowers in the family’s garden. Journal Sentinel photo: Kristyna Wentz-Graff
The door leading to the Green Bay Packers locker room displays a sign allowing media members to enter as players clean out their lockers inside Lambeau Field on Dec. 29, 2008 following their 6-10 season. Photo by Corey Wilson/Press-Gazette
Green Bay Packers linebacker Desmond Bishop cleans out his locker inside Lambeau Field on Dec. 29, 2008 following a 6-10 season. Photo by Corey Wilson/Press-Gazette
Green Bay Packers players (clockwise from left) J.J. Jansen, Mason Crosby, Jordy Nelson, Brian Brohm and Matt Flynn play cards while players clean out their lockers inside Lambeau Field on Dec. 29, 2008 following their 6-10 season. Photo by Corey Wilson/Press-Gazette
A cross and shoulder pads are all that remain in the locker of Green Bay Packers safety Nick Collins after players clean out their lockers inside Lambeau Field on Dec. 29, 2008 following their 6-10 season. Photo by Corey Wilson/Press-Gazette
Charlotte Bobcats guard Gerald Wallace (3) is fouled by Milwaukee Bucks forward Charlie Villanueva (31) during the second half of the Bobcats' 102-92 win in an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Villanueva was charged with a flagrant foul. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Mail carrier Thomas “Mac” McGinnis has been wearing a Santa suit for nearly 20 years on Christmas Eve. “It’s a tradition now in Bay View. I have to do it,” McGinnis said. Audio Slideshow
Journal Sentinel photo: Kristyna Wentz-Graff
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a New Year's Eve vespers service, at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. Pope Benedict XVI is calling for 'sobriety and solidarity' in 2009 as the world struggles with economic and social woes. His appeal was made amid the splendor of St. Peter's Basilica during a New Year's Eve vespers service on Wednesday. Benedict described these times as being 'marked by uncertainty and worry for the future.' -- (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Dick Clark kisses his wife, Kari, on the set of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" in New York (Dec. 31, 2008). Photo: msn.com
Angela Sytko of New Jersey, right, and T.J. Clark New York’s of Brooklyn Borough kiss at the stroke of midnight during New Year’s Eve festivities in Times Square in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. — AP Photo/Peter Morgan
Police constable Lee Dingsdale receives a kiss from Aiden Cooper as revellers take to Princes Street to celebrate New Year on December 31, 2008 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Around 100,000 people are expected to brave freezing temperatures to see in the bells in the Scottish capital. Getty Images
Thomas Moeller, 31, and Sandra Neunaber, 30, kiss after Moeller asked Neunaber to marry him in front of the Brandenburg Gate on New Year's Day January 1, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. An estimated 1 million revelers descended on the area in front of the Brandenburg Gate to celebrate. Neunaber said yes. Getty Images
Robbie Knievel makes a successful jump in front of the Mirage volcano in Las Vegas Wednesday, December 31. Photo: Sam Morris, Associated Press
In Valencia, Spain, revellers took part in an unusual new year's tradition - a red underwear race. Photo: AFP
Seattle, Wash., resident Andrew DaCosta enters the Magic Kingdom on New Year's Day morning as the first person in the country to receive free admission to a Disney theme Park in 2009 as part of Disney's "What Will You Celebrate?" campaign. (Preston Mack, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts)
Participants race into the water during the annual Waupaca Polar Bear Plunge on the shores of Limekiln Lake at Becker Marine in Waupaca on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Dan Powers/Gannett Wisconsin Media
Photos from the Lure Bar & Grill Polar Bear Jump on New Years Day near Green Bay. Tom Loucks photos, Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.
People watch the sunrise on New Year's Day from a beach in the resort city of Cancun, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Israel Leal)
Black and white twins Hayleigh and Lauren Durrant proudly hold their new sisters Leah and Miya — who incredibly are ALSO twins with different coloured skin. Photo: africanamericanchild.com
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