Category Archives: Local News
Janesville Jets deliver teddy bears to patients at Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Members of the Janesville Jets hockey team on Wednesday delivered teddy bears to kids and dementia patients at the Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center in Janesville. The te...
Dec 28, 2022
Badger teammate reflects on J.J. Watt’s retirement
MADISON, Wis. — J.J. Watt announced Tuesday that he’s retiring from football at the end of the year. One of the greatest Badgers ever had a long road to the top. After his freshman year of...
Dec 28, 2022
The price of eggs has gone up, and there’s multiple reasons shoppers could be left scrambled at the store
MADISON, Wis. — If you haven’t noticed already, one of the big items on your grocery list has become more expensive this year. In the year through November, not adjusted for seasonal swing...
Dec 28, 2022
Wisconsin radio magnate Duey ‘Duke’ Wright dies age 83
Duey “Duke” Wright, a radio mogul who built Midwest Communications into a multistate operation, has died. He was 83. Wright passed away on Dec. 21, according to an obituary from Lyndahl Fu...
Dec 28, 2022
News 3 Now welcomes (back) Kelly Slifka
MADISON, Wis. — There’s a new face on the News 3 Now This Morning team, but it’s one you may have seen before. Meteorologist Kelly Slifka is joining the team about 20 years after he ...
Dec 28, 2022
Teen seriously injured in snowmobile crash outside Beloit
TOWN OF NEWARK, Wis. — A teen was seriously injured Wednesday after a snowmobile crash north of Beloit. Crews were called to the 6700 block of South County Highway H at around 12:40 p.m. after t...
Dec 28, 2022
New Rib Mountain park plan calls for more skiing, hiking
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Rib Mountain State Park is set to get a facelift after the state Department of Natural Resources policy board earlier this month approved a new master plan for the pa...
Dec 28, 2022
Evers announces housing program for homeless people with opioid use disorders
MADISON, Wis. — Governor Tony Evers announced a program Wednesday designed to combat homelessness and opioid addiction. The Recovery Voucher Program will use $2 million to provide affordable, sa...
Dec 28, 2022
Alliant Energy completes work on solar farm in Rock County
FULTON, Wis. — Work is complete on a new solar farm in Rock County, Alliant Energy announced Wednesday. The 50-megawatt North Rock Solar Project, located in the town of Fulton, features almost 1...
Dec 28, 2022
Woman who died after falling into ice-covered Rock River identified
TOWN OF ROCK, Wis. — A woman who died last week after falling into the Rock River north of Beloit was identified Wednesday. Billie S. Lin, 54, of Chicago died from drowning, the Rock County Medi...
Dec 28, 2022
