Jessica Tighe
On Air Host at WTMJ-AM (Milwaukee, WI)
Wisconsin’s Midday News Host 🎙️ Emmy-Nominated Journalist 📺 Traveler ✈️ Pet Parent 🐾 Foodie 🍤 Indiana University Alumna & Brookfield East H.S. Graduate
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3 weeks ago |
wtmj.com | Jessica Tighe
MAYVILLE, Wis. — Keith Argue calls it “The Bob’r.” The Mayville man created a custom-built Harley-Davidson in honor of the late Bob Uecker. “Everyone’s going to miss him this season. It won’t be the same without him after 54 years of broadcasting. So it was an honor to do this,” Argue told Wisconsin’s Midday News host Jessica Tighe. The Brewers fan took a 1996 Harley-Davidson Sportster, cut it in half, and welded a hardtail on it.
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1 month ago |
wtmj.com | Jessica Tighe
MILWAUKEE — Elon Musk is the most talked about man in the country right now, the richest man in the world, and President Trump’s most powerful advisor. So what’s it like to work for Musk? A Milwaukee native knows firsthand. Randy Knaflic was the vice president of human resources at SpaceX in 2012. He left his job at Google to take the gig. “Many people thought I was crazy.
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2 months ago |
wtmj.com | Jessica Tighe
MILWAUKEE — Former Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is back in Brew City after serving three years as U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg. “You’ll note Luxembourg and the United States did not enter war against each other in the three years that I was there,” Barrett joked while joining Wisconsin’s Midday News. In his first radio interview since returning, Barrett said the most substantive issue he worked on during his time in Europe focused on increasing defense spending.
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2 months ago |
wtmj.com | Jessica Tighe
GREEN BAY, Wis. — A film focused on farming and the 1993 Green Bay Packers is now in theaters across the country. “Green and Gold” was shot in northern Wisconsin in 2021. The original name was, “God Loves The Green Bay Packers.” The film stars Craig T. Nelson, Brandon Sklenar, and the late M. Emmet Walsh. “It’s a story of an old dairy farmer in Wisconsin and his granddaughter.
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Dec 18, 2024 |
wtmj.com | Jessica Tighe
MILWAUKEE — No one knows the pain in Madison right now better than those who have lost a loved one in a school shooting. Max Schachter’s 14-year-old son, Alex was killed in the school massacre in Parkland, Florida. It was Valentine’s Day 2018. 14 students and three staff members were killed. “The most difficult speech I ever wrote was writing Alex’s eulogy,” Schachter told Wisconsin’s Midday News.
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A brilliant night on Broadway! We went to see “Good Night, and Good Luck” which recounts the real-life story of CBS News journalist Edward R. Murrow's exposé on Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. It’s George Clooney’s Broadway debut. https://t.co/bfBYeHwdT2
He’s back, @Bucks fans! BOBBY…. BOBBY…. BOBBY! https://t.co/xYdv3Qt5hC
Federal experts who were helping the city of Milwaukee deal with the lead crisis at MPS were just fired. “It was quite the shock to us.” The Milwaukee Health Commissioner joined us on Wisconsin’s Midday News to explain how he found out and what’s next. https://t.co/9vcymIRXYR https://t.co/36XvUTIosl
