Category Archives: Local News
Dane Co. announces additional $15 million in small business grants through COVID relief package
MADISON, Wis. — Dane County is putting an additional $15 million into helping small businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, County Executive Joe Parisi announced Thursday. The money will ...
Mar 25, 2021
‘Plan to be in Madison in the fall:’ UW-Madison details fall semester plans
MADISON, Wis. — As more people in Wisconsin become vaccinated from COVID-19 and gathering restrictions are gradually loosened, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank says she anticipates the fall s...
Mar 25, 2021
Psychologists say gratitude can help us think positively post-pandemic
MADISON, Wis. — There is no doubting that the past year has been stressful for a lot of people for many different reasons. While many people have lost a lot during the COVID-19 pandemic, psychol...
Mar 25, 2021
Wisconsin’s inmate population reaches historic low, new report finds
MADISON, Wis. — The number of inmates in Wisconsin’s county jails and state prisons has reached the lowest levels the state has seen in two decades, a new report from the nonpartisan Wisco...
Mar 25, 2021
Wisconsin prisoner population dropped in 2020 amid pandemic
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of inmates in Wisconsin’s prisons dropped dramatically last year as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, declining to levels not seen in more than 20 years, acc...
Mar 25, 2021
Thursday Morning Sprint
Thursday morning’s news and weather updates from News 3 Now This Morning. COPYRIGHT 2021 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTR...
Mar 25, 2021
In the 608: Middleton competing in “Strongest Town Contest”
MIDDLETON, Wis. — The City of Middleton is competing in the 6th annual Strongest Town Contest. The competition is a way of celebrating communities across the country striving to build fiscal res...
Mar 25, 2021
UW-Madison band resumes in-person practice after a year
MADISON, Wis. — For the first time since the pandemic, the University of Wisconsin-Madison band makes their way to the field for an in-person practice. The pandemic hit pause on the UW-Madison v...
Mar 24, 2021
Woman expected to make full recovery after venturing in to burning home to save pets
CAMBRIDGE, Wis. — A 39-year-old woman was hospitalized Wednesday for smoke inhalation after she re-entered her burning residence to rescue her pets from the fire. Firefighters with the Cambridge...
Mar 24, 2021
Brewers go cashless, ban tailgating for start of 2021 season
MILWAUKEE — Brewers fans will be allowed back into American Family Field for the first time in 18 months when the season starts next week, but it won’t be the same experience fans are used...
Mar 24, 2021
