Category Archives: Local
Winnebago County executive signs $238 million budget for 2026
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Winnebago County Executive Gordon Hintz signed the county's 2026 budget Thursday. He was joined by county board members, county staff and representatives from the Homeless, ...
Nov 14, 2025 2026 Winnebago County budget signing, Nov. 13, 2025. (Photo courtesy: Winnebago County)
Green Bay police investigate shooting; victim suffers non-life-threatening injuries
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Police Department is investigating a shooting. Officers were dispatched to a local hospital around 6:45 p.m. Thursday for a report of a victim who had suffer...
Nov 14, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Green Bay Airport relieved after government shutdown
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The longest federal government shutdown in history came to an end Wednesday night. As the TSA and FAA weren't getting paid to work for those 43 days, many airports across the c...
Nov 13, 2025 Logo for Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Ripon College signs affiliation agreement with Bellin College for physical therapy program
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Ripon College announced Thursday it has established an affiliation agreement with Bellin College that will provide Ripon students with an opportunity for early admission to Bellin's doc...
Nov 13, 2025 Ripon College, April 21, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Mountain bike, horse trails closing next week in Brown County
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- There are only a few days left to use mountain bike and horse trails in Brown County parks this season. The parks department says the trails at the Reforestation Camp, ...
Nov 13, 2025 a group of mountain bikers at the Brown County Reforestation Camp in Suamico April 14, 2017.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Man killed, suspected shooter arrested in Shawano County
TOWN OF GERMANIA (WTAQ-WLUK) -- One man was killed and another arrested as a result of a shooting Wednesday night in Shawano County. Sheriff's officials say they were called to a location on Highway M...
Nov 13, 2025
4th person charged in Outagamie County child neglect case involving teen weighing 35 lbs
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Melissa Goodman became the fourth person charged with child abuse for the treatment of a 14-year-old girl who was taken to the hospital weighing just 35 pounds. Goodman, al...
Nov 13, 2025 Melissa Goodman (Outagamie Co. Jail)
Some Brown County parks closed to non-hunters during gun deer season
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Some county parks will be closed to non-hunters during the gun deer season. The Brown County Parks Department says Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve and the Fort Howard Pap...
Nov 13, 2025
Packers players support Salvation Army with holiday signings across Green Bay area
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Packers are taking their annual holiday autograph signings on the road. Packers players will again be supporting the Salvation Army this holiday season by si...
Nov 13, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Sex offender sentenced for sexually assaulting 14-year-old and producing child porn
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Manitowoc County convicted sex offender was sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and producing child pornography. Rodney A. Hanes, 59, pleaded gu...
Nov 13, 2025 Rodney Hanes, 59, was sentenced in federal court for child enticement and producing child pornography. (Photo source: Brown County Sheriff's Office)
