Category Archives: Local News

‘We’re a community based store’: Hy-Vee donates more than 1 million pounds of food to food banks across Midwest
MADISON, Wis. — As a part of their goodwill initiative over the 2020 holiday season, Hy-Vee is donating more than 1 million pounds of food to 17 Feeding America-affiliated food banks across the ...
Margarita Vinogradov Dec 14, 2020

Local restaurant owners plead for help to make it through winter
MADISON, Wis. — Business was hot when the Heritage Tavern opened in downtown Madison in 2013. When business was at its best, they would have to turn away people on Friday and Saturday nights. Bu...
Jaymes Langrehr Dec 14, 2020

Blackhawk Technical College to serve as COVID-19 community testing site until March
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville will continue to serve as a community testing site for COVID-19 through March. Testing at this site was initially set to end on Dec. ...
Stephanie Fryer Dec 14, 2020

Two people shot with compound bow, teen arrested
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Janesville police say a 17-year-old boy has been arrested after shooting two people with a compound bow. Officers were dispatched to Mercy Hospital in Janesville shortly befor...
Associated Press Dec 14, 2020

Wisconsin court says voters decide if they are confined
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled it is up to each individual voter to determine for themselves whether they are “indefinitely confined” and therefore able to req...
Associated Press Dec 14, 2020

Lisa Briggs answers your plant questions
Lisa Briggs of The Bruce Company answers your plant questions live on the air. COPYRIGHT 2020 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRI...
Site staff Dec 14, 2020

Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Trump’s call to disqualify ballots
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled against a lawsuit looking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots in the state. The conservative-controlled court heard oral arguments in th...
Stephanie Fryer Dec 14, 2020

20-year-old dead following shooting in Delavan, no suspect in custody
DELAVAN, Wis. — A 20-year-old man is dead following a shooting Sunday night in Delavan. Officers were dispatched to a building along the 800 block of Parish Court around 9:00 p.m., accordi...
Stephanie Fryer Dec 14, 2020

UW Health receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine
MADISON, Wis. — UW Health received its first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Monday morning and will start vaccinating employees later this afternoon. The vaccine shipment was transporte...
Logan Rude Dec 14, 2020

Retired nurse makes & sells mittens, raises nearly $500,000 for local food pantries
MADISON, Wis.– You’re given $100 and a challenge: Do as much good as you can. Where would you start? Janet Tupy, a retired oncology nurse, took on that mission as a personal challenge 11 y...
Christina Lorey Dec 14, 2020