Category Archives: Local
Waupaca County teens charged with shining and poaching deer and racoons
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Three teenagers are facing multiple misdemeanor charges for allegedly poaching and shining deer and racoons several times in Waupaca and Portage counties. Ian Johnson, 18, o...
Dec 04, 2025 Waupaca County Courthouse, seen February 28, 2022.
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Historic Sandy Bay Pier earns spot on Wisconsin's State Register of Historic Places
TOWN OF CARLTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A pier in Kewaunee County is now on listed in the State Register of Historic Places. The Sandy Bay Pier is an early example of a resource crucial to Euro-American tr...
Dec 04, 2025 Water splash.
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ThedaCare to build townhouses for medical residents on former Neenah elementary site
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The former site of a Neenah elementary school is being repurposed as a housing development for medical residents. It's part of Froedtert ThedaCare's Graduate Medical Educatio...
Dec 04, 2025 Froedtert ThedaCare plans to build townhouses for medical residents on the former site of Roosevelt Elementary School in Neenah, Dec. 4, 2025. (Photo courtesy: ThedaCare)
Fincantieri Marinette Marine issues 93 layoffs after Navy cancels frigate program
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- In the aftermath of the cancellation of a major Navy contract, nearly 100 workers are being laid off from Fincantieri Marinette Marine. Last week, the U.S. Navy announced ...
Dec 04, 2025 Fincantieri Marinette Marine.
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Justice denies request to recuse herself from Gableman license case
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz denied former Justice Michael Gableman's request to remove herself from his disciplinary case. A special referee appointed ...
Dec 04, 2025 Michael Gableman Image courtesy: WLUK
Joint drug bust in Manitowoc County seizes record $5.8M worth of fentanyl
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two men from Arizona were convicted for their roles in what is believed to be the largest fentanyl pill seizure in Wisconsin state history. A third man remains in custody. The investiga...
Dec 04, 2025 L-R, Dylan Hock, Jose Gamez, Trevor Hock (Manitowoc Co. Jail)
Northeast Wisconsin emergency shelters see increased demand as extreme cold arrives
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Our quick change to dangerously cold temperatures means emergency shelters in Northeast Wisconsin are seeing more traffic. It's led some shelters to increase their capacit...
Dec 04, 2025 St. John's Ministries men's shelter in Green Bay.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging sheriffs' practice of honoring ICE detainers in county jails
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court announced today that it will hear a case filed by the ACLU of Wisconsin on behalf of the immigrant rights group Voces de la Frontera, which seeks to d...
Dec 03, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Marinette County recovers large stash of stolen property, seeks to return items to owners
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Marinette County Sheriff's Office is looking for the owners of unclaimed stolen items recovered from a burglary investigation. In September, Marinette County investigators executed ...
Dec 03, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Green Bay City Council votes to refer to staff on proposed short-term rental changes
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Short-term rentals were the hot topic at City Council Tuesday night. "People are paying more for houses because they have competition from people who are looking at it fro...
Dec 03, 2025 Changes may be coming to Green Bay's Short Term Rentals ordinance. One of the biggest has some property owners upset. Oct. 27, 2025.
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