Category Archives: Local News
LIST: Top local stories of 2020
MADISON, Wis. — Although 2020 is now behind us, some stories simply can’t be forgotten. Channel 3000 has compiled a list of last year’s biggest news and events from around the commun...
Jan 01, 2021
Snow and mixed precipitation continuing this evening for areas south and east of Madison
MADISON, Wis. — Snow has been falling all afternoon over southeastern Wisconsin, mixed at times with a little sleet or light freezing rain. In addition, areas of fog and freezing fog are possibl...
Jan 01, 2021
7-day positivity rate tops 30% in Wisconsin; more than 27K COVID-19 cases remain active
MADISON, Wis. — The positive percentage of new COVID-19 tests in Wisconsin has exceeded 30% on New Year’s Day, according to the state Department of Health Services. The seven-day positivit...
Jan 01, 2021
Janesville man faces 4th OWI charge
JANESVILLE, Wis. — A driver from Janesville was arrested on suspicion of a 4th offense OWI early Friday morning. A trooper stopped a vehicle from driving into the wrong lane and almost hitting o...
Jan 01, 2021
UW-Stevens Point marks Native American burial site on campus
STEVENS POINT, Wis. — A memorial on the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus now marks the land as a gravesite for Native Americans buried there in 1863. Hundreds of Indigenous people of...
Jan 01, 2021
Milwaukee ends year with 189 people killed in homicides
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee ended 2020 with 189 homicides as of New Year’s Day, nearly doubling that figure from 2019 and smashing its previous record set in 1991 by more than 14%. The Journal S...
Jan 01, 2021
Madison’s Buck & Badger restaurant goes up for sale
MADISON, Wis. — A downtown Madison bar and grill announced it has gone up for sale. Buck & Badger Northwoods Lodge shared the news in a Facebook post Thursday. Anyone have any interest in a ...
Jan 01, 2021
Baraboo man arrested on suspicion of disturbance, 3rd OWI
WEST BARABOO, Wis. — The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Baraboo man accused of drunk driving on New Year’s Eve. Dispatchers received a report of a one-vehicle crash on Highw...
Jan 01, 2021
SSM Health welcomes Madison’s first baby of 2021
MADISON, Wis. — SSM Health has welcomed Madison’s first baby into the new year. The health care system said Lucas Orellana Carcaño was born at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital s...
Jan 01, 2021
Driver taken to hospital following crash on East Washington Avenue
MADISON, Wis. — A driver was hospitalized after a single-vehicle crash in Madison early Friday morning. Madison police said the accident happened on East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street ju...
Jan 01, 2021
