Michael Schlesinger, Meteorologist/Reporter
Michael has gotten to know the phrase "dark and early" very well since being on The CBS 58 Morning News. On the show, Michael is the cool feature reporter showing you what's hot and "talkable" in our community.
"I even do things I don't normally do, like zip lining in Lake Geneva or submerging in a pod of Epsom salt, so I can "float away" all my worries," says Michael.
If you have something neat, interesting, visual, and timely you'd like him to participate in, let him know. You can e-mail Michael at mschlesinger@cbs58.com or tweet him at @mikeywx8.
And don't worry, you'll still see Michael going before the "weather wall" from time to time where he gets to fulfill one of his true passions. (You can't stop this Groundhog Day baby from giving his take on a forecast.)
When not reporting or doing weather, Michael enjoys volunteering for Jewish Family Services, hanging out with his cats, or being the best "foodie" he can be in a town filled with plenty of great meals.
Articles by Michael Schlesinger
- Inside the studio of an expert Wisconsin taxidermist
- Goodwill can help with those White Elephant gag gifts
- Local snow removal business clears the lots & offers free service for deployed vets
- Crossroads Collective on Milwaukee's East Side creates a new taste to the Foodie experience
- The Milwaukee Public Market is all about glorious gingerbread houses for the holidays
- Mother Nature gives us a break this week with some sun and above-freezing temps
- Up in the air with Flight for Life
- Christmastime & camping go hand in hand at Caledonia's Jellystone Park
- At CrossFit Waukesha, you can give a gift & get a lift on Saturday
- Harlem Globetrotters hit the court at Fiserv Forum for their annual Milwaukee performance
- Festive holiday drinks can easily make for happy partygoers
- Miller Valley is brewing up plenty of holiday spirit with its annual lights display
- Toys & Nutcracker Characters take over the Milwaukee Art Museum This Weekend
- Find some yuletide spirit & fun at Six Flag's "Holiday in The Park"
- Skywaukee allows you to see Milwaukee "on high"
- One top chef in town says get busy with the turkey Tuesday, not Thanksgiving!
- Award-winning taxidermist explains process, profession
- Mostly quiet weather this week despite a few quick-moving storm systems
- All fun & games at the new "Game Show Battle Rooms" in Brookfield
- Mother Nature gives us a break weatherwise during this busy travel week
- Light it up...Milwaukee's about to enter holiday mode, full force
- IKEA offers another shopping experience for the holidays (beyond Swedish Meat Balls)
- Just when we start to warm up, we go the other way!
- Recycle and Renew: Workforce of Milwaukee business Containers Up strives for inclusive environment
- November, where did you go?
- All fun & games at the new "Game Show Battle Rooms" in Brookfield
- Entrepreneurs, this week's for you. It's "Startup Milwaukee Week."
- Don't know about you, but I'm writing off this weather day!!
- Break out of your rut & start shattering at Bay View's "Bust-N-Stuff"
- "Weathering' the next week will be a challenge
- Christmas shopping just got a little easier with the 1st Annual "Milwaukee Holiday Boutique"
- Yuletide Spirit comes early at the "Christmas Fantasy House" in Brookfield
- Xtreme Raptor Day to be held Saturday at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
- Fighting fire with fun & learning through the Greenfield Fire Department's New "Bouncy" House
- Inside the shop of a Master Woodturner
- Time's a tickin' at McSnooty's Art Gallery. It's Milwaukee's newest escape room
- Ladies, hop on the "Hyde & Chic MKE" Boutique bus for clothes & accessories
- Figuring out Halloween costumes shouldn't be scary, Goodwill can help
- Break out of your rut & start shattering at Bay View's "Bust-N-Stuff"
- My how things change, especially when it comes to the weather
- Menomonee Falls company hopes to transform food in the workplace
- Beer is best in the Badger State, but Whiskey has a place in Wisconsin too
- They know how to pick a fight at Fiserv Forum as professional fighters compete in Dec.
- Don't let making your own Halloween costumes scare you
- Relive your high school shop class at Rockler
- The growing season is done & first snowflakes of the season have fallen for many
- Brewers pennant push means resurgance for local musician's Brewers hype song
- Summer stays for a little while longer; fall feel not that far away
- Forecast is easy...summer to start the week and then a real fall feel by Thursday
- Sunday Morning Spotlight: Shepherd's Community Cafe
- The bull rules the roost this weekend at Fiserv Forum
- We have it all today...warm, windy, and stormy
- It's a last hurrah for Hippie Tom's semi-annual sale
- Get ready, some more wild weather swings and patterns are coming
- From rebellion to the mainstream; the changing perceptions of tattoos
- Coldest air of the season is coming tonight with a Frost Advisory
- Postseason Brewers apparel is starting to fly off the shelves
- Join The Brewer's Party Tonight as the team (hopefully) gets into the playoffs
- Marquette University works hard to ensure student safety makes the grade
- Huge transformation begins Tuesday for Summerfest's American Family Insurance Amphitheater
- Say so long sun and hello rain & storms
- Snapshot Wisconsin aims to photograph Wisconsin wildlife across entire state
- Cats & Dogs run the show at the 5th Annual Fromm Petfest
- Life's hanging by a thread (or rope) at Adventure Rock MKE
- Panda Power is this year's central focus at "China Lights"
- Milwaukee's annual tattoo convention will leave its mark this coming weekend
- UWM partners with Milwaukee Health Department to monitor and combat toxic algae blooms
- A visit to the Liverpool of Lake Country
- Potawatomi Hotel & Casino becomes a venue for haute couture this week
- Sunny skies and nice temps are in our forecast
- On the road with Kendra Sommer
- House of Harley is all revved up for an exciting H-D Anniversary weekend
- Waiting for a drastic drop in the Milwaukee River
- Watching the rising water levels in Ozaukee County
- Mexican Fiesta is a party not to be missed this weekend along Milwaukee's Lakefront
- Play Bingo at Potawatomi & help kids in need
- It's 80 years of "sudsy success" for The Brown Bottle & Schlitz
- Most of the heavy rains have passed but still the risk for more showers/storms
- Full service experience remains at one gas station in West Bend
- We're all feeling the luck this weekend with Irish Fest