Category Archives: Local News
UnityPoint Health to require all employees to get vaccinated from COVID by November
MADISON, Wis. — UnityPoint Health is the latest local health care provider in the area to announce it is requiring all staff members to get vaccinated from COVID-19 — or face losing their ...
Aug 05, 2021
AMBER Alert issued for missing Wisconsin infant
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. — A statewide AMBER Alert is being issued for a 2-month-old baby boy after authorities say he was taken by his mother and may need immediate medical attention. The Wiscons...
Aug 05, 2021
Deputy properly administered drunken driving tests in snow
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state appellate judge rejected a drunken driver’s arguments Thursday that a deputy made him undergo field sobriety tests in a snow storm in violation of the U.S. Con...
Aug 05, 2021
School zones prepare for increase in traffic, Madison looking for crossing guards
MADISON, Wis. – Right now the speed limit in most school zones is typically lowered to 35 mph, and school crossings are 15 mph. As many pandemic restrictions are lifted, schools anticipate a lot...
Aug 05, 2021
Madison College, Edgewood College to require masks indoors on campus
MADISON, Wis. — Madison College and Edgewood College will require students, employees and visitors to wear masks inside any of its buildings regardless of vaccination status. Both policies are i...
Aug 05, 2021
DOJ wraps up $100 million school security grant program
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Justice is giving a total of $92 million to schools in the state to make safety and security improvements as a grant program comes to an end. The DOJ&...
Aug 05, 2021
Madison man dies while hiking in Aspen, 3 hurt trying to recover his body
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Three people trying to recover the body of a hiker on a Colorado mountain were injured Wednesday after being hit by a “massive rockfall” likely triggered by other...
Aug 05, 2021
Report: GOP accepts four times as much from businesses
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans collected nearly four times as much money from corporations as Democrats during the first half of the year, according to a report released Thursday. Th...
Aug 05, 2021
Evers orders flags to half-staff to honor Oregon native
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is ordering flags to be flown at half-staff this Saturday to honor former Wisconsin Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Albert H. Wilkening of Oregon, who pa...
Aug 05, 2021
Thursday Morning Sprint
Thursday morning’s news and weather headlines from News 3 Now This Morning. COPYRIGHT 2021 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDIS...
Aug 05, 2021
