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.