Category Archives: Local News

Police arrest man on multiple tentative drug charges following Middleton drug seizure
MADISON, Wis. — Members of the Dane County Narcotics Task Force seized money, drugs and other evidence at a Middleton home on Wednesday as part of a drug investigation. Law enforcement officials...
Logan Rude Feb 15, 2021

Two men robbed at gunpoint on West Johnson Street
MADISON, Wis. — A man robbed two men at gunpoint in the 500 block of West Johnson Street early Friday morning. Police said the victims, two men ages 21 and 22, were walking to their residence on...
Logan Rude Feb 15, 2021

Wolf hunt approved in Wisconsin as legal fight continues
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Board has voted unanimously to conduct a wolf hunt beginning next week with up to 200 animals to be harvested. The vote came ev...
Associated Press Feb 15, 2021

City plans to convert old nursing home into shelter for families
MADISON, Wis. — City engineering crews are working to transform a former nursing home into a homeless shelter fit for families. The new shelter will be located at 4502 Milwaukee Street, which us...
Logan Rude Feb 15, 2021

Heat lamp blamed for Town of Sun Prairie barn fire
TOWN OF SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — The Dane County Sheriff’s Office says a barn in the Town of Sun Prairie is considered a total loss after a fire Monday morning. Fire crews from Sun Prairie, Cot...
Jaymes Langrehr Feb 15, 2021

Linda Barcz answers your plant questions
Linda Barcz of the Bruce Company answers your plant and garden questions live on the air. COPYRIGHT 2021 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN ...
Site staff Feb 15, 2021

Madison College student, former chef at Epic creating app to locate nearest food resources
MADISON, Wis. — For her final school project, Madison College web development student Heather Kurth is developing an app called Community Food Resource Locator to make sure that finding food for...
Jamie Perez Feb 15, 2021

Wisconsin man on trial for murder; victim’s body never found
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man is on trial for allegedly killing his wife, who went missing in 2013 and whose body has never been found. Opening statements began Monday in Green Bay in t...
Associated Press Feb 15, 2021

Everything you need to know to vote in the spring primary election
From voter registration to important deadlines, News 3 Now has compiled a list of resources for voting in the spring primary election. State election information (Elections Commission) Dane County ele...
Site staff Feb 15, 2021

Woman injured during fight at trampoline park, Madison police say
MADISON, Wis. — A woman was pepper sprayed and received stiches following a fight at a trampoline park in Madison over the weekend, police said. Officers were sent to the Sky Zone Trampoline Par...
Stephanie Fryer Feb 15, 2021