FRONTEND_MVC/views/site/index/text_news_widget.php

<?php
$newsDataProvider = new \yii\data\ActiveDataProvider(
    [
        "query"=>\app\models\News::getMainOfWeek()->orderBy(["dt_pub"=>SORT_DESC])->limit(3),
        "pagination" =>[
            "pageSize"=>4
        ],
    ]
);
?>
<div class="text-news-widget row">
    <div class="col-md-12">
        <div class="cont">
            <div class="widget-title">
                Главное за неделю
            </div>
            <div class="row">
                <?php
                echo Yii::$app->cache->getOrSet("main-page-text-widget",function () use ($newsDataProvider){

                    return \yii\widgets\ListView::widget([
                        "dataProvider" => $newsDataProvider,
                        'options' => [
                            'tag' => false,
                            'class' => 'list-wrapper',
                            'id' => 'list-wrapper',
                        ],
                        "itemOptions"=>[
                            "tag"=>false
                        ],
                        "itemView" => "_text_widget_item",
                        "layout" => "{items}"
                    ]);
                },1);
                ?>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>