Category Archives: Local News
Morning Sprint: Wednesday morning’s top news and weather headlines
Get your day started with the top news and weather headlines for Wednesday, October 12, from News 3 Now This Morning. COPYRIGHT 2022 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBL...
Oct 12, 2022
In the 608: Dane Buy Local hosts annual Biz Award Program
MIDDLETON, Wis. – Dane Buy Local held its annual Biz Award Program for 2022 Wednesday night. The annual program recognizes the good work Dane Buy Local members do in the community. About 150 loc...
Oct 12, 2022
A thirst to help: Madison runner makes public bubbler map for those exercising, enjoying outside
MADISON, Wis. — Hydration is key when exercising outside, but it’s not always easy to find a drinking fountain or plan when the next one comes. That struggle could be gone thanks to a new ...
Oct 11, 2022
La Crosse Co. Sheriff: deputy violated standards of conduct, had no racist intent with hand sign
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – La Crosse County Sheriff Jeff Wolf says the deputy accused of flashing an inappropriate gesture violated department policy. At a Judiciary and Law Committee meeting on T...
Oct 11, 2022
Middleton PD giving away free steering wheel locks to owners of some Hyundai vehicles
MIDDLETON, Wis. — The Middleton Police Department and South Korean automaker Hyundai have teamed up to offer free steering wheel locks to drivers of certain Hyundai vehicles that have drawn the ...
Oct 11, 2022
Development plan presented for 2018 Sun Prairie explosion site
SUN PRAIRIE – Right now in Sun Prairie, the northwest corner of Main Street and Bristol Street remains vacant and undeveloped after it was leveled during a fatal gas explosion in July of 2018. B...
Oct 11, 2022
High schoolers gift care baskets to SSM Health St. Mary’s NICU
MADISON, Wis. – Two Evansville High School seniors are helping families with the smallest patients at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison. Teagan Olson and Kaitlyn Sam delivered 20 c...
Oct 11, 2022
One City Schools, Fetch Rewards partner to support STEM education
MADISON, Wis. — One City Schools and Fetch Rewards are partnering to support science, technology, engineering and math education in Madison. Fetch Rewards is giving money for co-working space an...
Oct 11, 2022
Warrens family cranberry farm sees generational success this harvest season
WARRENS, Wis. (WKBT) — Monroe County alone has thousands of acres of cranberries– and most of those berries are grown on family owned farms. Many of them, like Amber Bristow’s family...
Oct 11, 2022
DNR issues fish consumption advisory for lake in Juneau, Adams County
MADISON (WKBT) — The Wisconsin DNR issued new consumption advisories for fish taken out of Castle Rock Lake in Juneau and Adams Counties. The DNR says elevated levels of PFOS — a type of P...
Oct 11, 2022
