Category Archives: Local News
Heads of Wisconsin’s largest school districts ‘dismayed’ federal aid at risk
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The superintendents of Wisconsin’s five largest school districts told members of the Legislature on Tuesday that they’re “dismayed” that $2.3 billion...
Jun 15, 2021
8 Republicans face off in Assembly special election primary
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Eight Republicans are facing off in a special election primary for the right to run for an open state Assembly seat. Steve Kauffeld, Spencer Zimmerman, Jenifer Quimby, Nick ...
Jun 15, 2021
Postcards headed to inactive Wisconsin voters this week
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Postcards are being mailed this week to about 187,000 voters in Wisconsin who have not cast a ballot in the past four years, informing them that they will have their registr...
Jun 15, 2021
Body of missing boater recovered from waters of Green Bay
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Crews have recovered the body of a missing boater from the waters of Green Bay. Twenty-eight-year-old Jorge Bautista was one of seven people who were thrown into the water...
Jun 15, 2021
Feds inspected Illinois chemical plant weeks before blast
ROCKTON, Ill – A northern Illinois chemical plant that was rocked by an explosion and massive fires that prompted evacuations was inspected by a federal agency less than a month before the blast...
Jun 15, 2021
Industrial firefighting team on scene of Rockton chemical fire, putting environmental safeguards into place
ROCKTON, Ill. — Fire officials in northern Illinois say they’ve called in a private industrial firefighting team to help put out a chemical fire that has been burning for more than 24 hour...
Jun 15, 2021
Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra plans for new $25 million building on E. Washington Ave.
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra is announcing plans to build a new 40,000-square foot building in a quickly-developing area of E. Washington Avenue. The WYSO says the new ...
Jun 15, 2021
Tuesday Morning Sprint
Tuesday 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 THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDIST...
Jun 15, 2021
No Irving or Harden in Game 5 when reeling Nets host Bucks
NEW YORK (AP) — First they lost James Harden, then Kyrie Irving, and finally the Brooklyn Nets lost their lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Though the series is tied, the Milwaukee Buck...
Jun 14, 2021
Red Cross responds to help Rockton chemical fire evacuees
ROCKTON, Ill. — Hundreds, if not thousands of people live within the 1-mile radius that has been ordered to evacuate following a massive fire at Chemtool Inc. The Red Cross has since responded t...
Jun 14, 2021
