Rob Schiff
Bio coming soon!
Meet The Team
Erik Dean
Erik got bit by the “Weather Bug” Early and became fascinated with it at the age of 4. He remembers being very curious about storms but being scared at the same time and running into his room to hide in…
Duaa Israr
Duaa Israr graduated from DePaul University in June 2021 with a double major in journalism and political science. She was raised in Skokie, Illinois, a suburb right outside Chicago. During her time at DePaul, Duaa wrote for the student-run newspaper…
Emily Haugen
Emily Haugen graduated from the University of St. Thomas in May 2021 with a degree in communication and journalism with minors in English and political science. She was raised in Fairmont, Minnesota, a small town located along I-90 with her…
Derek Sibley
Derek joined the First Alert Weather team on June 28 2021. Prior to joining the team, Derek was the weekday morning meteorologist at KMID ABC Big 2 News/Fox 24 News in Odessa, Texas from April 2019 to May 2021. During…
Kade Overton
Kade Overton graduated from the University of Iowa in December 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communications, and Sports Studies. During college, Kade had the opportunity to commentate Hawkeye basketball games on KRUI radio, live…
Alex Buswell
Grew up in Sparta now living in La Crosse. Graduated from Onalaska High School. Grew up in Sparta now living in La Crosse. Graduated from Onalaska High School. News and sports photographer Alex Buswell grew up in Sparta and now…
Amy DuPont
Amy joined News 8 in 2020, moving back to the city she considers home. Amy was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and grew up in Inver Grove Heights. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with a degree in…
Chuck Oedsma
For Chuck Oedsma this is home. Raised in Galesville on the family dairy farm he is happy to have found a job that keeps him interested and challenged so close to home and family. After graduating from what is now…
Bill Graul
Bill has been a member of the StormTeam at News 8 since March of 1998 when he first started as the weekend meteorologist. He’s been waking up “dark and early” to give us our daily weather forecast on News 8…
