"That’s one of the most important things - to showcase how we care for animals:" Tomorrow is the public's last chance to comment on Dane County's 2024 budget proposal, with one item allotting millions to Henry Vilas Zoo

Here's your local news for Tuesday, October 17, 2023:

• We investigate County Executive Parisi's $900 million 2024 budget proposal, just one day before its last public hearing,
• Check in with a Madison-area hiker - after she trekked the Pacific Crest Trail and raised money for the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault along the way,
• Learn more about a survey that UW-Madison shared with some of its students - one that some are calling "transphobic,"
• Put the spotlight on the North Saw-Whet Owl,
• Hear about some unique programs coming out of the Wisconsin Historical Society,
• And much more.