
Emily Pofahl
Reporter at WISN-TV (Milwaukee, WI)
(she/hers) reporter @wisn12news send tips! [email protected] 📰 previous words: @abc6news @mndailynews @sahanjournal (all opinions are my own)
Articles
-
2 days ago |
wisn.com | Emily Pofahl
Milwaukee Public School Board Director Darryl Jackson is under investigation for allegedly not living in the district he represents, according to a newly unsealed search warrant obtained by 12 News Wednesday. The warrant, originally filed in August 2024, reveals that the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office received information suggesting Jackson, last year, was not living inside District 3 - the area he represents.
-
3 days ago |
wisn.com | Emily Pofahl
ATTORNEY AGAINST ANOTHER PERSON. LET’S GET TO BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD JUST VOTED TO PASS A BUDGET WORTH $1.5 BILLION. 12 NEWS EMILY POFAHL COVERING THIS LIVE FOR US TONIGHT AT TEN. AND EMILY, THIS ALMOST DID NOT PASS. RIGHT. BLAKE, TWO BOARD MEMBERS AT FIRST VOTED NO. AND SUPERINTENDENT BRENDA CASSELLIUS HAD TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS. I’M VERY HESITANT ON HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY, OR BETTER YET, HOW WE ASKING FOR MORE MONEY.
-
4 days ago |
wisn.com | Emily Pofahl
People living in southeast Wisconsin reported seeing a strange object floating in the sky Sunday. "Whether it's flying or floating, it was a UFO to us," Jason Schodeberg, who saw the object in the sky from his front yard in Germantown, said. Aerostar, an aerospace and defense company that has existed since the 1950s, identified the object as one of their "Thunderhead" balloons. "It's a new technology.
-
1 week ago |
wisn.com | Emily Pofahl
Police body camera video obtained by WISN 12 News shows Greenfield police officers were surprised to learn that Amando Lang, accused of a violent and random murder in 2019, was no longer in a mental institution and had been living freely in the community after his mother called 911 on Father's Day. Lang's mother called dispatchers and reported that her son was having a "reaction from his prescription medication," according to a police report.
-
1 week ago |
wisn.com | Emily Pofahl
SUMMERFEST GROUNDS? I MEAN, THAT’S WHAT WE DO, RIGHT? 12 NEWS LEADING THE WAY. LET’S CHECK IN WITH EMILY. POFAHL. I UNDERSTAND SHE’S AT THE GENERAC POWER STAGE AS WELL. AND JACK’S MANNEQUIN THERE ON STAGE RIGHT NOW, BUT, EMILY, YOU GOT A CHANCE TO TALK TO ONE OF THE LEAD SINGERS. THAT’S PRETTY AWESOME. RIGHT? BLAKE? THERE ON A REUNION TOUR CELEBRATING 20 YEARS. THE FIRST SONG THEY PERFORMED TONIGHT WAS BRUISED. LISTEN IN. SO. AS MENTIONED, LEAD SINGER ANDREW MCMAHON SPOKE WITH ME ONE ON ONE A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
Journalists covering the same region

Pete Serzant
News Reporter at WLIP-AM
Pete Serzant primarily covers news in the southeastern Wisconsin region, including areas around Lake Michigan and notable locations like Kenosha and Racine.
Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson primarily covers news in the Lake County region, Illinois, United States, including areas around Antioch and Waukegan.
Slone Salerno
Producer at WFLD-TV (Chicago, IL)
Slone Salerno primarily covers news in the southwestern region of Wisconsin, United States, including areas near the borders with Iowa and Minnesota.

Caroline Stauffer
Canada Bureau Chief at Reuters
Caroline Stauffer primarily covers news in Chicago, Illinois, United States and surrounding areas.

Maria Kuiper
Reporter at The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
Maria Kuiper primarily covers news in the Waterloo region including Kitchener and Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →Coverage map
X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 783
- Tweets
- 365
- DMs Open
- No

RT @mattsmith_news: Moments after Maxwell Anderson was convicted of murdering and dismembering Sade Robinson, State Rep. Shelia Stubbs tell…

RT @Steph__Sutton: Hats off to @Summerfest !! 😄 @DGutierreztv @EmilyPofahl6 @KendallKeysTV https://t.co/H2B1Vols9R

Our reporting from tonight: Federal agents arrested a Milwaukee County judge for allegedly helping an undocumented man evade ICE when they showed up to arrest him at the courthouse last week. https://t.co/Qrevz4x3l4