Category Archives: Local
Twin sisters identified as victims in Howard house fire
HOWARD, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The two victims in last week's early-morning house fire in Howard have been identified as twin sisters. On Tuesday, Ryan Funeral Home confirmed that Kayla and Haley Fritsch, ...
Nov 11, 2025 Kayla and Haley Fritsch (Photo courtesy: Ryan Funeral Home/Victims' family)
New benchmarks set for Wisconsin school report cards, marking a fresh performance baseline
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Neenah, Fond du Lac and Oshkosh school districts are exceeding expectations in latest state school report cards. The DPI publishes school and district report cards annually, as required...
Nov 11, 2025 File photo of a classroom in the newly-remodeled Clintonville Elementary School on Oct. 12, 2023.
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How 50-year mortgages would impact monthly payments, housing market in Northeast Wisconsin
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Homebuyers may soon be able to take out 50-year mortgages. President Donald Trump recently posted a graphic on Truth Social indicating he may allow 50-year mortgages, which was then con...
Nov 11, 2025 A for sale sign in front of a home March 23, 2023.
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Family honors late son by donating handicap Packers tickets to children with disabilities
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Craig and Julie Bell lost their son, Todd, to complications from muscular dystrophy in 2012. That year, the family got Green Bay Packers season tickets and decided to use ...
Nov 11, 2025 Hannah Otto holding 'Thank you, Todd' sign, Nov. 10, 2025.
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Shawano VFW opens new building on Veterans Day
SHAWANO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Shawano community is marking Veterans Day with a new Veterans of Foreign Wars headquarters. Officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday for the 4,000-square-foot VF...
Nov 11, 2025 The new headquarters of Herbert E. McLaughlin VFW Post 2723 is seen in Shawano Nov. 11, 2025.
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Man sentenced to 30 years for brutal assault on Menominee Indian Reservation
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Nee Gee Cloud was sentenced to 30 years in prison for burglary and assault with intent to murder for breaking into his girlfriend's home on the Menominee Indian Reservation...
Nov 11, 2025 Nee Gee J. Cloud (Photo courtesy: Wisconsin Department of Corrections)
Man receives 12-year sentence for role in Green Bay drug-deal murder
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Aaron Walton was sentenced to 12 years in prison in connection with the drug-deal related murder of Robert Marshall. Walton, 33, was also placed on extended supervision for...
Nov 11, 2025 Aaron Walton appears before Brown County court, September 10, 2025.(Brown County court/Zoom)
Public to be allowed at school board meeting deciding fate of Green Bay East coach
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The public will be allowed to attend a meeting where the future of Green Bay East High School football coach Niko Sila will be decided. Sila's wife, Chelci Sila, says he m...
Nov 11, 2025 Niko Sila speaks with the media on October 30, 2025 after being told Green Bay Area Public School District administrators are recommending he be fired.
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2-year construction project on Lineville Road wraps up with ribbon cutting
SUAMICO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday to celebrate the near-completion of the Lineville Road construction project. Work began two years ago, back in fall 2023, to ...
Nov 11, 2025 Officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the near-completion of the Lineville Road construction project, Nov. 10, 2025.
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850 pairs of new shoes donated to students at 2 Green Bay elementary schools
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- New shoes are a luxury some families in Green Bay can't afford. California-based national nonprofit organization Shoes That Fit is trying to change that through their ongo...
Nov 11, 2025 More than 300 students at Nicolet Elementary School received a pair of brand-new athletic shoes, Nov. 10, 2025.
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