MILWAUKEE – Forecast from FOX6 Meteorologist Lisa Michaels

Partly cloudy Halloween. Highs in the low 50s and breezy at times. Temperatures dropping into the low 40s during trick-or-treat hours.
Slight chance for an isolated shower Friday night. Otherwise, better chance for a few showers on Saturday under mostly cloudy skies and temps in the upper 40s.
Breezy winds return to the forecast late Sunday into Monday next week associated with a frontal system.
Warmer temperatures return for the first week of November in the upper 50s to low 60s.

Today:    Partly cloudy with slight chance of showers
High:     52°
Wind:     NW 5-10

Tonight:  Mostly cloudy w/ a slight chance of showers
Low:      36°
Wind:     W 5-10

Saturday: Mostly cloudy chance of showers
High:     49°
Wind:     N 5-10

Sunday:   Partly sunny.
AM Low:   33°                    High:  52°
Wind:     SW 10-20

Monday:   Mostly Sunny.
AM Low:   40°                    High:  57°
Wind:     W 10-20

Tuesday:  Mostly Sunny.
AM Low:   36°                    High:  58°
Wind:     S 5-10

Wednesday:Mostly Sunny.
AM Low:   43°                    High:  60°
Wind:     NW 15-25
 

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MILWAUKEE – Bastille Days will return to downtown Milwaukee July 9-12, 2026 – bringing back French food, drink and fun. 

What we know:

One of the world’s largest French festivals, the four-day celebration will light up Milwaukee with food, entertainment, and vendors, as well as the Storm the Bastille 5K Run/Walk. 

In 2025, the festival welcomed more than 100,000 visitors over four days. The festival’s signature run/walk, Storm the Bastille 5K, also saw its biggest turnout yet, with 5,252 registered runners racing through Downtown Milwaukee. 

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What they’re saying:

“As we look ahead to 2026, our nonprofit is thrilled to continue bringing free programming to the heart of Milwaukee’s downtown and celebrating with the community that makes Bastille Days such a special summer tradition,” said Eddie Sturkey, executive director of East Town Association. “Each year, we see the event continue to grow, and we look forward to building on that momentum next summer.”

What you can do:

Additional event information, including vendor applications and entertainment lineups, will be available in the coming months at easttown.com. 

Individuals and businesses can join for as little as $30 per year. To learn more or become a member, visit easttown.com/membership.

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Once upon a time – Dec. 26, 1979, to be specific – 14-year-old Robert Ben Madison declared his bedroom in his house on Prospect Avenue to be a sovereign nation, the Kingdom of Talossa. He named himself, King Robert I, as sole resident. Rather than becoming a passing childhood fantasy, the kingdom slowly grew. 

Madison’s friends soon joined his kingdom and began to create a system of government, a flag, media (a handwritten newsletter titled Støtanneu) and, most impressive, their own Romance-based language that has developed tens of thousands of unique words over the last 46 years. By 1995, Talossa had a couple dozen citizens, many of whom participated and created their own political parties. 

Talossa is an early example of what researchers like Chris Roth call “micronations.” Roth, a Milwaukee author who also has studied microstates and separatist movements, says micronations are “usually done for fanciful or hobbyist reasons rather than serious ones,” but motives and types range widely, from avant-garde artist experiments to right-wing militias.

“It allows small people to feel very big and that they’re part of something substantial,” Roth adds. “It’s an escape in many cases.” Some micronations claim a small sliver of land, like Madison did with his bedroom; some are online “cybernations.”

The internet changed Talossa forever. Legions of “cybercitizens” from around the world joined Talossa’s “Old Growthers” (original citizens). Internet infighting led to a separatist group who formed a Republic of Talossa in 2004. It was, to use a Talossan term, ’n aviecă – a slap in the face – to its founder. 

“They … eventually decided they wanted to win all the elections so they just declared themselves the ‘real Talossa’ and deleted everyone’s accounts,” Madison says. It’s an incident referred to as “The Great Theft” in a 194-page report by Madison titled The Kingdom of Talossa.

Those loyal to Madison tried to regroup, but on July 4, 2011, he declared that Talossa was dissolved and “reunited” with the U.S. Being shut out of his kingdom, Madison says, was “the most catastrophic event of my life.”

Talossan Tariffs?

With the tariff wars raging, King Txec says he invited President Donald Trump to submit an oath of fealty to his kingdom. No response on that, or Talossa’s sanctions – refusing to drink American beer – in response to U.S. immigration policy. The monarch says he hasn’t ruled out “counter-tariffs” if threatened.

What Madison calls the “fake Talossa” has continued on, and since last November has been ruled by King Txec I (pronounced Zheck), a public school teacher in Riverside, California, who joined Talossa about 12 years ago after stumbling across a Wikipedia entry.

Talossa claims all of Milwaukee as its territory, divided into provinces and referred to as the Greater Talossan Area. Its cybercitizens even cheer on our local team but refer to them as the Maricopa Brewers, named after the province in which American Family Field is found. King Txec rules about 200 citizens, working closely with the seneschal (prime minister).

“I could never become president, or the king of England, but in Talossa I can write laws. It’s a way to experience things you don’t get to do in real life,” King Txec says. He admits “being referred to as ‘Your Majesty’ is a bit weird.” 

As for Madison, a king without a kingdom, he still calls Talo … uh, Milwaukee home and designs roleplaying wargames like Death in the Trenches, a WWI-inspired strategy title.