Category Archives: Local News
Highway 14 reopens after crash near the Beltline
MADISON, Wis. – Highway 14 south of the Beltline has reopened after a Tuesday morning crash. It happened just before 7 a.m. All lanes were blocked in the southbound direction at the connector fr...
Dec 15, 2020
Holiday Helpings: how to save your local restaurant this season
MADISON, Wis. — A survey from the National Restaurant Association finds nearly 1 in 4 restaurant owners say they don’t think their business will last six more months without government rel...
Dec 15, 2020
The ‘Amazon’ of Wisconsin mom & pop shops: Website allows users to search for, shop at 400+ small businesses
MADISON, Wis.– Many shoppers turn to Amazon for last-minute gifts simply because it’s easy to buy anything for anyone. But there’s also a way to search for, shop at, and support smal...
Dec 15, 2020
PFC meets virtually to discuss police chief finalists
MADISON, Wis. — Discussions about the hiring of Madison’s next police chief have continued into Monday. The Police and Fire Commission held a second meeting to take more public input on th...
Dec 14, 2020
Cooking fire displaces Watertown family
WATERTOWN, Wis. — A Watertown family has been displaced following a kitchen fire Monday afternoon. Dispatchers received a report of a fire at a 2-story apartment complex on the 1100 block of Bou...
Dec 14, 2020
Proper storage, shipping a priority as vaccine rolls out
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. – Even during abnormal times, OneEvent Technologies CEO Kurt Wedig’s work focuses in on the opposite. “We learn normal,” Wedig said. “By learning normal...
Dec 14, 2020
Task force formed to make literacy improvement recommendations
The Madison School District and UW-Madison School of Education are forming a joint task force focused on literacy and reducing achievement gaps. COPYRIGHT 2020 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. TH...
Dec 14, 2020
PHMDC confirms 16-year-old Madison East student died of COVID-19
MADISON, Wis. — Public health officials confirmed Monday that 16-year-old Isai Morocho died of COVID-19 in late November. Morocho is the youngest Wisconsinite to die of COVID-19 complications, a...
Dec 14, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine goes from delivered to administered in just hours at UW Health
MADISON, Wis.– UW Health needed just a few hours to go from delivery to vaccination on Monday. The first group of frontline workers were vaccinated just after 2:30 p.m. “(They will) be mon...
Dec 14, 2020
Outdoor electrical fire prompts building evacuation, displacing residents overnight
MADISON, Wis. — The residents of a west side apartment complex and a neighboring building on the 4900 block of Ascot Lane were displaced after an outside electrical fire forced them to evacuate ...
Dec 14, 2020
