Category Archives: Local News
WATCH: 12 Days of Giving – The Sokor Family
MADISON, Wis. — News 3 Now is helping to make sure everyone has a happy holiday season with our 12 Days of Giving. We’re partnering with local non-profits to answer the wishes of 12 area f...
Dec 17, 2022
Warming climate leads to changing Wisconsin winters, but drawing links to individual storms challenging, UW professor says
MADISON, Wis. — The multi-day system that brought heavy snow and blizzard-like conditions to parts of the Midwest and Great Plains and deadly tornadoes to the South was unusual in a number of wa...
Dec 16, 2022
Parents search for solutions amid national shortage of pediatric pain relievers
MADISON, Wis. — Most parents keep Motrin and ibuprofen on hand in the medicine cabinet for when their child comes down with a cold or the flu. But now, parents are left searching for other optio...
Dec 16, 2022
Tunes in the Terminal fills Dane County Regional Airport with holiday music
MADISON, Wis. — Passengers traveling through the Dane County Regional Airport on Friday got a special treat — live holiday music. Friday marked the first day of Tunes in the Terminal, whic...
Dec 16, 2022
Sun Prairie completes election audit, works to avoid confusion in spring elections
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — No news was good news for Sun Prairie Clerk Elena Hilby as her city completed a mandatory post-November audit, which is part of the routine required by the Wisconsin Election...
Dec 16, 2022
Madison’s Funk Factory Geuzeria to become Black Rose Blending Company
MADISON, Wis. — A Madison taproom is changing hands. Funk Factory Geuzeria on Gilson Street will become Black Rose Blending Company next month. Levi Funk has operated Funk Factory since 2015 but...
Dec 16, 2022
A Badger wins the crown: Students and professors share joys over Miss America competition victory
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The Miss America Organization, the nation’s oldest women’s competition and leading provider of scholarships for women in the United States, has a Badger as its 20...
Dec 16, 2022
Two dead in Janesville house fire; cause under investigation
JANESVILLE, Wis. — A fire at a home in Janesville killed two people Friday afternoon, city officials said. The fire broke out at a home in the 2300 block of Hawaii Drive just before 1:15 p.m. An...
Dec 16, 2022
Q&A: Comedian Charlie Berens previews UW commencement address
MADISON, Wis. — Comedian Charlie Berens is set to bring his uniquely Midwestern humor to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s winter commencement this weekend. News 3 Now’s Brady Ma...
Dec 16, 2022
Local farmer donates half ton of Japanese beef to food bank
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. — Families visiting Badger Prairie Needs Network will have fresh meat for the holidays thanks to Darren Kittleson of Generations Beef. The Mount Horeb farmer donated 1,000 poun...
Dec 16, 2022
