Santa Claus visits babies in NICU at Aurora Sinai Medical Center 🎅👶

MILWAUKEE -- Babies at Aurora Sinai Medical Center's NICU near 12th Street and State Street got a visit from Santa Claus on Friday, Dec. 13.Tim Garlie, an electrician at Aurora Sinai, served as the big man on the big day, as he has for several years, while several NICU nurses served as Santa's elves.Officials with Aurora Sinai shared adorable photos from the event with FOX6 News:PHOTO GALLERY (Photos courtesy: Aurora Sinai Medical Center)

'I want these guys to go home:' Man searching for families of WWI Navy sailors in photos he found

LIBERTY, Mo. – A Missouri man is trying to find the families of two Navy sailors so he can reunite them with pictures he found of the veterans.James Large was helping a friend clear out a wrecked Winnebago at a scrapyard when something caught his eye.“I didn’t think anything of it at the time,” he told WDAF. “I just grabbed it because I knew they were old and were from the war-era.”

‘Frost Fest’ in place of tree lighting gets cool reception

DURHAM, N.H. — Plans to hold a “Frost Fest” instead of a traditional holiday celebration are getting a frosty reception in a New England community.After concerns last year that the tree-lighting ceremony at a park in Durham, New Hampshire, was too focused on Christmas, and a decision to deny a menorah to be displayed next to the tree, town councilors hatched the idea of a celebration that pays tribute to winter.

Family told it’s ‘too soon’ to decorate for Christmas, ordered to take down display

SAN ANTONIO, Tx. - A family is in shock after they were told by their homeowners association to take down their Christmas decorations."I was like, 'Wow, that's a first,'" Nick Simonis said in an interview with WOIA. "I was angry, because there’s a reason why we're doing it."On Nov. 1st, he set up a snowman, some reindeer and a Santa hanging from a helicopter in the front yard.A couple of days later, he got a letter in the mail from the HOA notifying them of the violation.It read in part, “Maintenance – Holiday Decorations Need To Be Removed.

VA highlights work to lower military suicide rates

WASHINGTON – While America pauses to thank our service members this Veterans Day some are remembering those who didn’t get the chance to celebrate the holiday this year.“My brothers and I had no idea she was going through as much as she was going through,” Ashlynne Haycock with Tragedy Assistance Program For Survivors or TAPS shared.Ashlynne Haycocks’ mom died by suicide.

View & submit photos from the Veterans Day 2019 snowstorm

MILWAUKEE -- Another snowstorm moved into southeast Wisconsin Sunday night, Nov. 10 and was expected to continue through Veterans Day morning, Monday, Nov. 11.The FOX6 Weather Experts said we could expect to see the highest amounts near the Illinois border, with three to five inches expected in Milwaukee, Waukesha and Jefferson counties, four to six inches in Walworth County, three to five inches in most of Racine and Kenosha County, and two to four inches in West Bend, Beaver Dam, and Port Washington -- with less than an inch in Sheboygan/Fond du Lac.We want you to show us how it looks in your neighborhood!Share pictures of what it looks like by you.

Veterans Day ceremony will mark initial development of tiny homes for vets in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee Alderwoman Chantia Lewis scheduled a Veterans Day signing ceremony to mark the initial development of tiny homes for homeless veterans in Milwaukee.The signing ceremony was scheduled for 9:45 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11 outside City Hall, and will include a tiny home open for tours.The Milwaukee Common Council on Nov. 5 approved legislation to bring 48 Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin tiny homes and a community center to city-owned land near 60th Street and Green Tree Road, each with about 240 square feet of living space.