Hundreds in Madison donate food, funds to protest ICE activity
On Friday, over 500 people attended the Midwest Melts ICE Community Fair at the Madison Labor Temple to make art, donate food and essential items to people in the Twin Cities. Attendees learned more about their rights and what to do when they see Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in their neighborhood.
UW to combat dorm shortage by sending excess students to homeless shelters
All articles featured in The Beet are creative, satirical and/or entirely fictional pieces. They are fully intended as such and should not be taken seriously as news. University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin unveiled an unconventional plan to combat the current student housing shortage — sending...
Madison schools closed Friday due to cold
Madison schools will be closed tomorrow, Friday, January 23, due to forecasted extreme cold temperatures, the district announced Thursday morning. It will be a “traditional” weather-related closure, not an “at home” learning day, the district announced. All after school activities, early childhood and 4K programming,...
Local students raise funds for blood cancer patients after personal battle
Two local students are working to raise $35,000 for Blood Cancer United after one student's father defied a terminal cancer diagnosis. COPYRIGHT 2025 BY CHANNEL 3000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.
Carjacking suspect who crashed into Brittingham Bay considered armed and dangerous
MADISON, Wis. -- A carjacker crashed a vehicle into Brittingham Bay Thursday morning, Madison police said. Officers were still searching for a suspect as of 8 a.m.
Movies and TV shows casting in Madison
The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures the attention of Americans starting from an early age. Beyond celebrities' Instagram Stories and red carpet poses, there are actors out there paying their dues and honing their craft in pursuit of a sustainable career or a fulfilling sideline. Submitting to casting calls is a...
Jerry Buechner Retires Grateful for All That Madison Had to Offer
Had life gone another way, Jerry Buechner might've been a chef, a carpenter, or working in construction. He explored these fields and a few more. But with three brothers volunteering for the Mount Horeb Fire Department, perhaps it was inevitable he'd eventually become a firefighter. "They really had to talk...
FIRST ALERT DAY – Second round of snow moving in
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Our First Alert Day continues as another round of snow moves into southern Wisconsin this evening as an Arctic cold front pushes through the area. The snow band will move from west to east between 4 PM and 8 PM this evening, bringing locally heavy snowfall that could quickly reduce visibility...
Beloved Middleton custodian retires after more than six decades
Park Elementary School is saying a beloved goodbye to their head custodian, as he retires after 61 years of service.
Wisconsin Police Officer credited after helping save passenger on flight to Barcelona
MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) – A police officer in Wisconsin earned special recognition from his department for efforts to save a man’s life while on a flight to Barcelona. The Madison Police Department said one of its own, Officer Voigt, was taking a trip to Barcelona in the fall, and as he was getting ready to […]
