| | | | | | | MADISON, Wis. — The Madison Fire Department held a live side-by-side burn demo at Brat Fest on Saturday to give festgoers a real-time look at how automatic sprinklers can make a difference. During the demo, firefighters ignited two furnished rooms, showing the difference between having an automatic sprinkler system and not. “The whole idea is to demonstrate how effective fire... | | | | | | | MADISON, Wis. — Now that the festival is well underway, Brat Fest organizers say they’ve sold tens of thousands of brats to help raise money for local nonprofits. The festival, which kicked off Friday night, runs through Memorial Day. RELATED: The sights, smells and tastes of summer: Brat Fest returns to pre-pandemic form Tim Metcalfe, the owner of the local... | | | | | | | The latest forecast from News 3 Now. | | | | | | | MADISON, Wis. — Volunteers gathered at Olbrich Park on Saturday to help Veterans for Peace Chapter #25 set up the Memorial Mile. Over the past two years, the long stretch of tombstones that are placed to remind people of the worst cost of war could not be set up because of COVID-19. On Saturday though, with the community’s help, the... | | | | | | Nineteen children were looking forward to a summer filled with Girl Scouts and soccer and video games. Two teachers were closing out a school year that they started with joy and that had held such promise. They're the 21 people who were killed Tuesday when an 18-year-old gunman barricaded himself in a fourth-grade classroom at Robb Elementary School in the southwestern Texas town of Uvalde. Some families have been willing to share their stories with The Associated Press and other media. Others asked for privacy. | | | | | | Airline travelers are not only facing sticker shock this Memorial Day weekend. They're also dealing with a pileup of flight cancellations. According to the website FlightAware, more than 1,200 flights were canceled as of 2 p.m EDT on Saturday. That followed more than 2,300 cancellations on Friday. Delta Air Lines suffered the most, with more than 240 flights eliminated on Saturday. That's 9% of its operations. In particular, Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was heavily affected by the travel delays. Delta says Saturday's cancellations were due to bad weather and "air traffic control actions." Delta says it's trying to cancel flights at least 24 hours in advance this weekend. | | | | | | | Watch News 3 Now This Morning from May 28, 2022. COPYRIGHT 2022 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED. | | | | | | | HOLLANDALE, Wis. — Two people were hospitalized Friday night following a motorcycle crash in rural Iowa County. According to the Iowa County Sheriff’s Office, the single-motorcycle crash happened shortly after 6 p.m. on Long Valley Road near County Road K. UW Med Flight and local first responders were sent to the scene. Both motorcycle riders were ultimately hospitalized, but... | | | | | | |
