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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 (08/05/12)
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2) US swimmer Missy Franklin carries a national flag from the podium after receiving her gold medal after winning the women's 100m backstroke final swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 30, in London. Photo: Odd Andersen / AFP - Getty Images
3) U.S. gymnasts, front left to right, Gabrielle Douglas, Kyla Ross, McKayla Maroney and Jordyn Wieber celebrate as they look at the score of a teammate's performance during the artistic gymnastics women's team final. Photo: Matt Dunham / AP
4) U.S. gymnast Gabrielle Douglas performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's individual all-around competition at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Aug. 2. Douglas won a gold medal in the women's individual all-around gymnastics final. Photos: Gregory Bull / AP
5) The United States' Ryan Lochte reacts after winning the 400-meter individual medley swimming final. His American rival Michael Phelps finished fourth. Photo: Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP
6) Conor Dwyer, Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte and Ricky Berens of the United States pose with their gold medals after their win in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Photo: Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP
7) Nathan Adrian of the U.S. celebrates winning the men's 100m freestyle final Wednesday. Photo: Tim Wimborne / Reuters
8) Gold medalist Michael Phelps, right, and silver medalist Ryan Lochte, left, react after the men's 200-meter individual medley final. Photo: Jamie Squire / Getty Images
9) U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps points to the crowd following the podium presentation where he was presented with the gold medal in the men's 100m Butterfly Final on Day 7 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre on Aug. 3. Photo: Al Bello / Getty Images
10) U.S. team members, from left, Matthew Grevers, Nathan Adrian, Michael Phelps and Brendan Hansen celebrate after winning gold in the 4x100m medley relay. Photo: Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA
11) The U.S. women's eight team throw their coxswain, Mary Whipple, into the water after winning rowing gold. Photo: Jamie Squire / Getty Images
12) Serena Williams of the United States reacts after defeating
13) South Africa's double-amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius reacts after coming in second in the men's 400 heats. Pistorius made Olympic athletics history on Aug. 4 when he became the first double-amputee to compete in both the Olympics and Paralympics. Photo: Gabriel Bouys / AFP - Getty Images
14) Gold medalist Kristin Armstrong of the United States celebrates with her son during the medal ceremony after the women's individual time trial road cycling Wednesday. Photo: Bryn Lennon / Getty Images
15) Zara Phillips of Great Britain receives a silver medal from her mother, British Princess Anne, left, after the equestrian team event. Photo: Jochen Luebke / EPA
16) Russian gymnasts and team officials react as teammate Kseniia Afanaseva falls while performing on the floor during the gymnastics women's team final. Photo: Matt Dunham / AP
17) Russia's Aliya Mustafina weeps as she watches the results at the women's gymnastics team final, July 31, 2012. (
18) Follow along closely. Japan's Satoshi Shimizu, in red, reacts as Azerbaijan's Magomed Abdulhamidov, in blue, goes down to his knees in their Men's Bantam (56kg) Round of 16 boxing match during the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 1, 2012. He was kncocked down six times. But then, Abdulhamidov, left, reacts after being awarded victory over Shimizu. Shimizu reacts as he walks from the ring after losing the bout. He was later awarded victory. Photos; Murad Sezer / Reuters
19) Poland's Michal Winiarski looks back after crashing into the back wall saving a shot against Bulgaria during a men's volleyball preliminary match. Photo: Chris O'meara / AP
20) Canada's Marie-Pier Beaudet aims for the target during an elimination round of the individual archery competition, Aug. 1, 2012. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press)
21) Kinesio tape is seen on Germany's Katrin Holtwick during their women's beach volleyball preliminary match against Czech Republic's Hana Klapalova and Lenka Hajeckova at the Horse Guards Parade, July 28, 2012. Athletic tape made in every colour under the sun seems to be the latest must-have sports injury treatment at London 2012, where athletes may have been influenced by other big name tape fans such as Serena Williams and David Beckham. (Marcelo Del Pozo/Reuters)
22) A view of the Horse Guards Parade Beach Volleyball arena as the sun sets over London while Ricardo Santos and Pedro Cunha of Brazil play Joshua Binstock and Martin Reader of Canada during a preliminary match at the London Olympic games, Aug. 1. Photo: Kerim Okten / EPA
23) A full moon rises through the Olympic Rings hanging beneath Tower Bridge on August 3, 2012. Photo: Luke MacGregor / Reuters
24) First lady Michelle Obama talks with Kobe Bryant after the United States' victory over France last Sunday. Photo: Jamie Squire / Getty Images
25) A spectator carries a baby in the Olympic park at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Aug. 1, 2012. (Vadim Ghirda/Associated Press)
26) A fan drops a 'Beer Snake' in the stands during a men's beach volleyball preliminary match between Brazil and Great Britain on Monday. Photo: Ryan Pierse / Getty Images
27) A full moon is photographed with The London Eye in the foreground in London on August 2, 2012, during The 2012 London Olympic Games. Photo: Andrew Cowie / AFP - Getty Images
28) Unidentified victims & family members of victims wear Batman shirts as they arrive at the Arapahoe County Courthouse for the arraignment of
29) Emilia covers her face from the sun with a fan while she is carried in a coffin during a procession through the village of Santa Marta de Ribarteme, Spain, on July 29, 2012. Emilia climbed into the coffin to keep a promise made to her 76-year-old father, Jose Manuel, after he survived a difficult medical procedure. Photo: Jasper Juinen / Getty Images
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31) A vandalized Chick Fil-A store in
32) A woman walks amongst sunflowers during the Sunflower Festival in
33) Police and wildlife rangers stand next to a dead humpback whale lying in a rock pool at Newport beach in Sydney August 1, 2012. Residents of
34) Thousands of bees swarm on the wing of a Delta Air Lines flight at
35) A rescued baby pangolin is released in the forest by government wildlife and conservation officer in Karo district located in North Sumatra province on July 31, after Indonesian police intercepted 85 endangered pangolins, most of them alive despite being stuffed into sacks by suspected smugglers. The animals, also known as scaly anteaters and prized mostly in China and Vietnam as food and medicine, were crammed into 14 sacks when they were seized at a bus station in the city of Medan in North Sumatra province on July 28, said Yoris Marzuki, chief detective of the local police. Photos: AFP - Getty Images
36) A predatory spider waits to ambush an unsuspecting insect on a Queen Anne's lace flower growing in a field near Roseburg, Ore., on Sunday, July 29. The seeds of the plant, also known as wild carrot, were once thought to be a form of birth control. The U.S. Department of Agriculture lists Queen Anne's lace as a noxious weed. Photo: Robin Loznak for NBC News
37) A man looks at swans swimming on the Landwehrkanal canal as he enjoys candlelight and a mild summer evening in
38) In this handout image provided by Disney Parks, Actor Russell Brand poses for acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz as Captain Hook from Disney's "Peter Pan" on Nov. 3, 2011 near Newhall, Calif. The new "Disney Dream Portrait," commissioned by Disney Parks for their ongoing celebrity advertising campaign which debuted in 2007, is one of two new images unveiled Aug. 1, 2012 by Disney Parks. The Leibovitz image, which will appear in several fall magazines, is entitled, "Where every moment leaves you hungry for more." Here, actors Jack Black, Will Ferrell and Jason Segel pose for acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz as the comically spooky "Hitchhiking Ghosts" from Disney's landmark theme park attraction, the
39) Statues of (left to right) General Sir Charles
40) A performer wearing a potted plant as headgear greets commuters outside London Bridge Station on July 30. Photo: Oli Scarff / Getty Images
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