Category Archives: Local News

Dane Buy Local kicks off holiday shopping season
As the holiday season approaches, Dane County and Madison city leaders are asking shoppers to buy local. COPYRIGHT 2020 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADC...
Site staff Nov 19, 2020

New clinical trial combating neuroblastoma
Researchers at American Family Children’s Hospital are participating in a new clinical trial for children with neuroblastoma. COPYRIGHT 2020 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL M...
Site staff Nov 19, 2020

‘They can’t tell me anything’: 63K Wisconsinites wait in unemployment backlog
MADISON, Wis. — More than 63,000 Wisconsinites are still waiting to hear anything back on their unemployment insurance claim. They are stuck in an adjudication backlog the Department of Workforc...
Amy Reid Nov 19, 2020

Dr. Zorba answers your coronavirus questions
Dr. Zorba Paster answers your coronavirus questions live from his clinic in Oregon. COPYRIGHT 2020 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR RED...
Site staff Nov 19, 2020

Breaking down the study of phenology
As the seasons change, plants and animals in Wisconsin have to adapt. The study of how plants and animals so precisely adapt to seasonal changes is called phenology. In the 1930s, Aldo Leopold began k...
Site staff Nov 19, 2020

Wisconsin Dells man accused in Michigan governor kidnapping plot back in custody without bail
PORTAGE, Wis. — The Wisconsin Dells man who is charged with plotting to help kidnap Michigan’s governor is back in jail. According to court records, Brian Higgins, 51, appeared in Columbia...
Site staff Nov 19, 2020

Wisconsin hospital leader urges Evers, Republicans to unite
MADISON, Wis. — The leader of the Wisconsin Hospital Association is pleading with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and state legislative leaders to come together immediately to fight the virus before ...
Associated Press Nov 19, 2020

Teen in Wisconsin protest deaths used pandemic funds for gun
KENOSHA, Wis. — An Illinois teenager who is charged with shooting three people, including two fatally, during a Wisconsin protest over police brutality, said he used pandemic relief funds to pay...
Associated Press Nov 19, 2020

School District of Janesville to move forward with winter sports despite pleas of local health officials
JANESVILLE, Wis. – The School District of Janesville will move forward with winter sports, despite pleas from the Rock County Public Health Department not to. The district, which held a board me...
Adam Duxter Nov 19, 2020

Aspirus saving hospital beds for the ‘sickest of the sick’
WAUSAU, Wis. — One of central Wisconsin’s largest health systems is planning to send some coronavirus patients home in order to make sure there are enough hospital beds for the “sick...
Associated Press Nov 19, 2020