Category Archives: Local News
Evers vetoes bills financing purchase of closed paper mills, creating human resources office
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday vetoed a bipartisan bill designed to help save two shuttered paper mills and another measure criticized by open records advocates to create a hum...
Jul 08, 2021
Free to raise tuition, UW regents choose not to
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System leaders voted Thursday against raising tuition just hours after Gov. Tony Evers signed a budget that gave them the ability to do so for the fi...
Jul 08, 2021
Truax Field neighbors, lawmakers continue to speak out against F-35 jets in Madison
MADISON, Wis. — People who are against F-35 fighter jets being based at Truax Field in Madison are not giving up their fight, even as plans move ahead. “We say no, we say no to this projec...
Jul 08, 2021
Concerts on the Square makes debut Thursday night after being postponed due to weather
Concerts on the Square was postponed until Thursday night at 7 p.m. due to rain on opening night. COPYRIGHT 2021 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, RE...
Jul 08, 2021
Lawmakers push to make child tax credit permanent
MADISON, Wis. — Starting next week, Wisconsin families will be able to receive a monthly child tax credit, but local lawmakers are calling for that credit to become permanent. Parents who are el...
Jul 08, 2021
Boys & Girls Club of Dane County receives $1 million donation for youth workforce center
MADISON, Wis. — A local philanthropist has donated $1 million to the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County for its new regional workforce center. Jerry Frautschi and his wife Pleasant Rowland are...
Jul 08, 2021
Private investigator launches program to search businesses for hidden cameras
MARSHAll, Wis. — It’s far too often we see headlines showing hidden cameras found in hotel rooms, locker rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms, among other places. Private investigator Nick ...
Jul 08, 2021
UW Health doctor helping boost vaccination rates in Latinx community
MADISON, Wis. — Dane County has the strongest COVID-19 vaccination rate in Wisconsin for the Latinx community, and a UW Health physician has had a big hand in that effort. By day, Dr. Patricia T...
Jul 08, 2021
Purdue Pharma settlement to net $65m for Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Josh Kaul says Wisconsin is in line to receive $65 million as part of a $4.3 billion multistate settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over its role ...
Jul 08, 2021
‘They got picked up and left with another couple’: Son not sure missing parents made it to their destination
WINDSOR, Wis. — The son of a Windsor couple that’s been missing since last week said the couple had plans to visit Langlade County over the Fourth of July weekend, but he isn’t sure ...
Jul 08, 2021
