Category Archives: Local News
291 hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wisconsin; 7-day positivity rate climbs to 36%
MADISON, Wis. — Nearly 300 more people in Wisconsin have been hospitalized with COVID-19, according to the state Department of Health Services. There were 291 hospitalizations recorded in the pa...
Nov 10, 2020
Madison Mayor looks to add alternative mental health crisis response program to 2021 budget
MADISON, Wis. — Calling 911 typically dispatches a police squad, fire truck and an ambulance. But Madison leaders are looking into an alternate response that could cut down the types of calls po...
Nov 10, 2020
Fitchburg man accused of hitting officers trying to break up fight, police say
MADISON, Wis. — A Fitchburg man is accused of punching two officers as they broke up a fight Saturday afternoon, according to a report by the Madison Police Department. Xavier D. Jackson, 25, fa...
Nov 10, 2020
Mayor Rhodes-Conway announces temporary men’s homeless shelter to move to vacant Fleet Services Building
MADISON, Wis. — Madison’s temporary men’s homeless shelter is moving from the Warner park Community Recreation Center to the City Fleet Services Building in the 200 block of First St...
Nov 10, 2020
Madison police investigating attempted robbery at east side gas station
MADISON, Wis. — A man who attempted to rob a gas station on Madison’s east side left empty handed, according to a release by the city’s police department. Officers were dispatched to...
Nov 10, 2020
Two community members stopped would-be thief from running off, police say
MADISON, Wis. — Two community members chased down a would-be thief Monday night in the 7600 block of Farmington Way after they reportedly caught him rummaging through a parked car. According to ...
Nov 10, 2020
Dr. Orvick answers your pet questions
Dr. Jim Orvick from the Oregon Pet Clinic answers your pet questions live on the air. COPYRIGHT 2020 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR R...
Nov 10, 2020
Wisconsin legislators to select leaders for upcoming session
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin legislators are expected to finish selecting their leaders for the upcoming session. Assembly Democrats and Republicans as well as Senate Democrats are set to meet in c...
Nov 10, 2020
Sauk Co. Sheriff’s Office to share update Wednesday on Devil’s Lake homicide investigation
BARABOO, Wis. — Officials with the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office plan to share an update Wednesday afternoon on an investigation into a homicide at Devil’s Lake that happened nearly a...
Nov 10, 2020
Kenosha shooter’s mother tries to deflect blame from her son
ANTIOCH, Ill. — The mother of an Illinois 17-year-old charged in the fatal shooting of two men during a protest in Wisconsin said neither her son nor the protesters should have been on the stree...
Nov 10, 2020
