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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.

It's New Year's Eve...Time for a This Just In Tradition


All day long, as we did last year on This Just In, we present the stories of the heroes of the previous year.

Here's our first entry, Wisconsin troops.

God bless them!



3,200 Army soldiers fill the floor during the send-off ceremony for the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team on Feb. 17, 2009 at the Dane County Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Madison, Wis. The one-year deployment of the Wisconsin National Guard to Iraq will be the largest since World War II. Photo by Corey Wilson/ Green Bay Press-Gazette






Family members and friends stand for the national anthem during the send-off ceremony for the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team on Feb. 17, 2009 at the Dane County Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Madison, Wis.  Photo by Corey Wilson/ Green Bay Press-Gazette




Dozens of the 3,200 Army soldiers salute for the national anthem during the send-off ceremony for the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team on Feb. 17, 2009 at the Dane County Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Madison, Wis. Photo by Corey Wilson/Green Bay Press-Gazette


 

Members of the University of Wisconsin marching band send the 3,200 Army soldiers off with songs during the send-off ceremony for the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team on Feb. 17, 2009 at the Dane County Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Madison, Wis.  Photos by Corey Wilson/Green Bay Press-Gazette

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