Category Archives: Local

Green Bay Says it has Best Proposal Yet to Host Future NFL Draft
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- This week's draft in Kansas City isn't just about football picks. With Green Bay hoping to host the NFL draft in 2025 or 2027, a team of people from Discover Green Bay and...
Rachel Charniak Apr 24, 2023 Lambeau Field. MWC file photo

Oconto Man Taken into Protective Custody After Walking Fond du Lac Streets with Pistol
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A 23-year-old man from Oconto was taken into protective custody after calling police, saying he was walking the streets with a pistol. The Fond du Lac Police Department ...
Rachel Charniak Apr 24, 2023

Brown County Campgrounds Open for Business
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The season for camping is underway in Brown County, as all three properties are officially open for business. For the past seven years, Marilyn Batey and her husband Pa...
Rachel Charniak Apr 24, 2023 Picnic table at Bay Shore Campground in Brown County, April 24, 2023.
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Meet De Pere Fire & Rescue's Newest Member
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ) -- He's everyone's "man's best friend" at the De Pere Fire Department; Stanley is a 10 week old Australian Labradoodle training to be a therapy dog. The department sought out this s...
Rachel Charniak Apr 24, 2023 Stanley

Plea Deal Reached with Teen Accused of Murder Outside Green Bay Pharmacy
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A plea deal has been reached with a teenager charged with a murder outside a west-side pharmacy, avoiding a trial planned for Tuesday. Jeremiah Robinson, now 17, is expect...
Rachel Charniak Apr 24, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Packers Deal Rodgers to Jets
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Green Bay Packers and New York Jets have agreed on trade compensation for Aaron Rodgers, according to multiple reports. However, Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst...
Rachel Charniak Apr 24, 2023

Ripon College Launches $75 Million Fundraising Campaign
RIPON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Ripon College is making history, again. On Saturday, during the inauguration of the college's first woman president in the school's 172-year history, Ripon announced the publi...
Rachel Charniak Apr 24, 2023 Victoria Folse, the 14th President of Ripon College.
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Fond du Lac Man Sentenced for Possessing Child Pornography
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Nicholas Guzman was convicted Monday of possession of child pornography. Sentencing is scheduled for June 1, court records show. Guzman, 43, of Fond du Lac, was convicted las...
Rachel Charniak Apr 24, 2023 Nicholas Guzman
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Diemel Brothers' Killer Sentenced on Mail Fraud and Firearm Charges
KANSAS CITY, MO (WTAQ-WLUK) - Garland Nelson was sentenced Monday to 30 years in federal prison on mail fraud and firearm possession convictions, in the case related to the deaths of two Shawano Count...
Rachel Charniak Apr 24, 2023 Garland "Joey" Nelson

Large Bog Blocks Access to Wolf River in Winnebago County
TOWN OF WOLF RIVER, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Part of the Wolf River in Winnebago County is inaccessible because of an unusually large bog. The bog is in the area where the Rat River feeds into the Wolf. Coun...
Rachel Charniak Apr 24, 2023 A boat landing is closed at Kiesow's Landing & Storage in the town of Wolf River April 24, 2023, as a bog blocks access from the Rat to the Wolf River.
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