Bill Miston
Bill Miston is an award-winning journalist, currently working for WITI-TV FOX6 in Milwaukee. He has more than ten years of journalism and reporting experience, having worked for Chicago, Champaign, Ill., Rockford, Ill., Green Bay, Wis., and Oklahoma City news operations.
Bill came to WITI from its Oklahoma City sister station, KFOR-TV, in April 2019 where he spent more than two years covering wildfires, state politics, crime, and local and federal courts. He also served as a fill-in anchor.
If Bill looks familiar to FOX6 viewers, that’s because he is. He previously worked as a reporter and fill-in anchor at WLUK-TV Fox 11 News in Green Bay for four-plus years, covering business/municipal development, crime, state and federal politics, and features reporting.
In 2016, Bill won the award for Best Sports Reporting Award in the state from the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association for the story of a high school athlete and college recruit forced to quit football because of concussions, and the effects that continued to impact his life.
Bill’s work as been featured on NBC, CNN, FOX News, The Associated Press and other television stations across the country.
Before arriving in Green Bay in 2011, he spent more than three years as a multimedia journalist, producer and fill-in sports anchor at Rockford’s NBC affiliate, WREX-TV. Bill also spent time working as a field producer, writer, editor and photographer in Chicago and Champaign, Ill. television newsrooms.
A native of Chicago’s south suburbs, he received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2008, specializing in political science and speech communication.
Bill’s journalism career began at the University of Illinois, starting as a reporter with Illini Media Company — the independent, student-run media organization — in 2004.
Bill is excited to be back in Wisconsin. When he’s not working, you can usually find him hiking, camping, downhill skiing, or on an area body of water with (or without) one or two skis strapped to his feet. Bill is a show skier, 3-event competitive water skier, and certified ski instructor.
The latest from Bill Miston
Wauwatosa Common Council passes mask ordinance, ban on neck restraints
The Wauwatosa Common Council voted 12-2 in favor of a city mask mandate that would take effect if the state's mandate were to be rescinded.
Whitefish Bay school board approves plan to start school year with in-person and virtual learning
Debate went into the night Monday, Aug. 3 as the Whitefish Bay School District board met virtually to discuss plans to return to school amid the coronavirus.
After Trump administration rescinds in-person requirement, concerns remain for international students
The Trump administration rescinded a rule that would have forced international students to leave the country or transfer schools if all classes were done virtually amid the coronavirus pandemic, but concerns remain for international students in Milwaukee and beyond.
Police: 42-year-old man killed in shooting following argument near 15th and Hadley
Some who live in the neighborhood said they saw two people being brought out of a home by paramedics, but had no clue what happened, let alone did they hear any gunshots.
'Shiny object:' Statewide mask mandate met with mixed reaction in Washington Co.
State health data showing COVID activity high in nearly all Wisconsin counties — including here in Washington County — 800 cases total and 22 deaths since the pandemic began.
West Allis police announce arrests in September 2019 stabbing death of Ryan Sorensen
Nearly a year later, West Allis police on Wednesday announced the arrest of a man and woman from Milwaukee in the fatal stabbing of an Onalaska man -- believed random.
Kenosha police search in Random Lake after May disappearance of Rosalio Gutierrez, Mequon man faces stalking
Investigators took part in a search in Random Lake for Rosalio Gutierrez Jr., missing from Kenosha since May. A Mequon man faces stalking charges in connection to his disappearance.