Category Archives: Local News
City of Middleton to open cooling centers during heat wave
MIDDLETON, Wis. — With temperatures expected to climb above 90 degrees over the next few days, the City of Middleton will be opening cooling centers for the public. A news release said the cooli...
Jun 03, 2021
Wisconsin GOP introduces bills barring critical race theory
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group of white Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation that would ban Wisconsin schools from teaching ideas linked to critical race theory. Reps. Chuck Wichgers, ...
Jun 03, 2021
SSM Health, Wisconsin Dells waterparks partner for pop-up vaccination clinic
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. — SSM Health is partnering with the Sauk County Health Department and a pair of Wisconsin Dells waterparks to host pop up COVID-19 vaccine clinics next week. Mount Olympus ...
Jun 03, 2021
Bat found near Madison park bathrooms tests positive for rabies
MADISON, Wis. — Public health officials say they’ve found a rabid bat at a Madison park. Public Health Madison & Dane County says the bat was found near the restrooms along Lakeland Av...
Jun 03, 2021
7-day average of new COVID cases in Wisconsin falls below 150
MADISON, Wis. — The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin has continued to fall, according to the latest data from the state Department of Health Services. DHS officials said...
Jun 03, 2021
Forward Madison, UW men’s soccer to face off in ‘Battle for Madison’ exhibition game
MADISON, Wis. — Madison soccer fans are in for a treat this summer: Forward Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Madison men’s soccer team are scheduled to face off in August. The &ldqu...
Jun 03, 2021
Archdiocese won’t cooperate with Wisconsin sex abuse probe
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is refusing to turn over documents to Wisconsin Department of Justice investigators probing clergy sexual abuse across the state’s five Ro...
Jun 03, 2021
Former New Vision movie theater to reopen as AMC theater
FITCHBURG, Wis. — After being shuttered for nearly a year, the IMAX theater in Fitchburg is set to reopen, this time under new ownership. AMC Fitchburg 18, formerly known as New Vision Fitchburg...
Jun 03, 2021
Teens get second dose of vaccine as part of News 3 Now Vaccine Day
MADISON, Wis. — Thursday marks the first day kids between the ages of 12 and 15 can get their second dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, meaning they’re just a couple weeks away from b...
Jun 03, 2021
WATCH: Janesville workers rally to protest plant closure, hundreds of jobs moving to Mexico
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Employees at the Hufcor plant in Janesville are spending their lunch hour protesting their parent companies’ decision to shut down the plant and move hundreds o...
Jun 03, 2021
