Category Archives: Local News
Over 750 gifts donated to Madison students
A local health insurance provider is donating hundreds of gifts to local families. COPYRIGHT 2020 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDI...
Dec 16, 2020
Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution to become minimum-security prison
MADISON, Wis. — The state Department of Corrections announced it will convert Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution from a medium-security to minimum-security institution. A news release sai...
Dec 16, 2020
Can you buy happiness this holiday season?
In this time of uncertainty, can you buy happiness this holiday season? According to Christine Wheelan, Ph.D., a professor in consumer science at UW-Madison, we’re all trying to buy happiness. O...
Dec 16, 2020
A new COVID-19 crisis: Domestic abuse on the rise
Quarantines aimed at keeping people safe during the pandemic may actually be making some people less safe; domestic abuse is on the rise. Supporting community-based programs and learning to spot the w...
Dec 16, 2020
SHINE Medical Technologies breaks ground on Janesville headquarters, therapeutics production facility
JANESVILLE, Wis. — SHINE Medical Technologies announced the company has broken ground on a new Janesville facility that will house its corporate headquarters. The 54,000-square-foot project will...
Dec 16, 2020
Annual ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ campaign starts Friday
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” holiday safety campaign kicks off Friday and runs through New Year’s Day. Th...
Dec 16, 2020
‘We have a lot more packages than ever before’: USPS, The UPS Store handle historic volumes of packages; when you can expect yours to be delivered
MADISON, Wis. — It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but also the busiest for the United States Postal Service and The UPS Store. With millions of packages being shipped nationwide, K...
Dec 16, 2020
Thieves steal woman’s SUV parked outside Madison business, police say
MADISON, Wis. — A woman’s SUV was stolen as it was warming up in a Madison parking lot Wednesday morning. The theft happened on the 400 block of South Yellowstone Drive shortly after 6 a.m...
Dec 16, 2020
Wisconsin health officials report downward trend in positive COVID-19 cases
MADISON, Wis. — As the end of the year approaches, Wisconsin continues to see a downward trend in confirmed COVID-19 cases. State and county health officials recorded 2,146* new cases of the vir...
Dec 16, 2020
Rock Co. semi vs. car crash kills 1 driver, hospitalizes another
CLINTON, Wis. — A car vs. semi crash on I-43 killed one person and hospitalized another Wednesday morning. The Wisconsin State Patrol said the crash happened at 11:34 a.m. in the southbound lane...
Dec 16, 2020
