| | | | | | | MADISON, Wis. — Sen. Tammy Baldwin met with representatives from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday to learn more about two programs that received federal funding as part of the omnibus bill President Joe Biden signed into law last month. Baldwin met with graduates of an initiative that offers free humanities classes to adult students who face economic barriers to... | | | | | | | The Milwaukee Bucks' Deer District watch parties outside of Fiserv Forum during the team's run to their first NBA championship in 50 years gained national attention last summer, and they will be back this year as the Bucks try to go back-to-back. | | | | | | Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed 28 Republican bills. Some would have dissolved the Milwaukee school district, prevented certain COVID-19 vaccine mandates and made it more difficult to obtain unemployment benefits. Other measures would have eliminated income and enrollment limits for the private school voucher program, limited liability for gun and ammunition manufacturers and prohibited the teaching of the concept known as critical race theory at the University of Wisconsin System and Wisconsin Technical College System. He also vetoed a so-called parental bill of rights that would have allowed parents to determine what names and pronouns their children are referred to at school. | | | | | | | PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — A new generation of students at UW-Platteville will have the chance to graduate debt-free thanks to a multi-million dollar gift from a university alumnus. During a Friday afternoon ceremony, UW-Platteville Chancellor Dennis Shields announced a historic $10 million gift from Todd and Susan Johnson, which is the largest in the school’s history. University leaders said the gift... | | | | | | | The latest forecast from News 3 Now. | | | | | | | A month after Sookie's opened, SuperCharge! Juice Bar is joining the vegan restaurant. | | | | | | | The La Crosse Common Council has voted to remove a Russian flag from the city's airport. The La Crosse Tribune reported the council voted Thursday to remove the flag in a show of support for Ukraine, which is fighting to blunt a Russian invasion. The council debated whether the move would amount to an insult to the Russian city of Dubna, a La Crosse sister city since 1990. But council member Larry Sleznikow, who proposed removing the flag, said he's not comfortable with flying a Russian flag when the country is attacking Ukrainian civilians. The council ultimately voted to remove the Russian flag, replace it with a Ukrainian flag and hang up a message expressing solidarity with Dubna. | | | | | | | MADISON, Wis. — A large police presence gathered Friday afternoon outside a Madison middle school in response to a fight that prompted the school to activate lockout status. Around 1:40 p.m., Madison Metropolitan School District spokesperson Tim LeMonds said district officials were actively responding to the fight at Sherman Middle School, but he did not say how many students were... | | | | | | |
