Category Archives: Local News
No Tuition Increase For UW System
UW System leaders are set to approve a budget that includes no tuition increases for resident under-graduates. Provisions in the state budget lift a freeze on resident under-graduate tuition that has ...
Jul 07, 2021
Man Arrested On Several Charges Including Assault
Dubuque Police arrested 35 year old Brandon Birch Monday night in the 2000 block of Whittier Street on charges of domestic assault with injury, first-degree harassment, public intoxication, having an ...
Jul 07, 2021
Emergency Rental Assistance Program to begin providing help paying Internet bills
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is announcing the state’s rental assistance program will now begin helping select families pay for their Internet connection. “The past year...
Jul 07, 2021
Animals at Wisconsin zoos to receive COVID-19 vaccine
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Some animals at the zoos in Madison and Milwaukee will receive an experimental COVID-19 vaccine. Animals susceptible to the respiratory disease are expected to be inoculated...
Jul 07, 2021
Madison city council pushes Reindahl Park proposal to committees
MADISON, Wis. A proposal to end a homeless encampment at a Madison city park failed to pass Tuesday night. The proposal, initially put forth by District 17 Alder Gary Halverson, would have returned Re...
Jul 07, 2021
In the 608: Miracle League making a difference on the diamond
COTTAGE GROVE, Wis. After years of hard work, a Miracle League baseball field is now open in Dane County. The new field, located in Cottage Grove, is made of rubberized turf so kids with walkers and w...
Jul 07, 2021
Blackhawk Technical College vaccine clinic closing next week
JANESVILLE, Wis. — One of Rock County’s biggest community vaccination clinics is closing next week. According to the Rock County Public Health Department, the coronavirus vaccine clinic at...
Jul 06, 2021
Dr. Pothof on Live at Four: the dangers of the Delta variant
Dr. Jeff Pothof from UW Health joins News 3 Now Live at Four to talk about the dangers of the Delta variant for those who are still not vaccinated, and the possibility of kids still wearing masks in s...
Jul 06, 2021
UW Health launches nurse residency program aimed at addressing nursing shortage and burnout
MADISON, Wis. — A new program at UW Health is helping nurses begin their first professional nursing job and avoid burn out. The ambulatory nurse program is designed for new nurses who just finis...
Jul 06, 2021
‘Violent crime cannot be tolerated’: Two dead in Madison after Fourth of July weekend shootings
The Fourth of July weekend in Madison was marked by two separate deadly shootings on the east and southwest sides, leaving a 31-year-old woman and 23-year-old man dead. Police said Tuesday they arrest...
Jul 06, 2021
