Category Archives: Local
Opening Weekend Hunters Find Success Despite Weather Conditions
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Hunters had more luck during the opening weekend of the gun deer season this year than they did in 2021. Numbers released Tuesday show a 15% increase in deer registration over l...
Nov 22, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Vigil Planned For Hunting Accident Victim
BERLIN, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A vigil is planned for an 11-year-old boy who died in a tragic hunting accident. Friends and family of Easton Thom invite the community to come out to Riverside Park in Berlin...
Nov 22, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Plenty Of Ideas On What To Do With A Budget Surplus
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Wisconsin's projected state budget surplus is growing. It's now projected to hit around 6.6 billion dollars by July. Governor Tony Evers, along with the state legislature, wi...
Nov 22, 2022 Eugene Kim / CC
Community Rallies Around The Family of Easton Thom
BERLIN, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Thousands of dollars have been raised through an online meal train set up for the family of Easton Thom. Opening weekend for deer hunting turned into a tragedy when the 11 yea...
Nov 22, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Lambeau Field Tree Has Been Chosen
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A Green Bay tree was selected to be the center of the Packers Festival of Lights. Paula and Al VanderGrinten donated their 45-foot blue spruce tree to be on display outside...
Nov 22, 2022 PHOTO: courtesy of WLUK
NE Wisconsin Doctors Note Rising Respiratory Cases
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Northeast Wisconsin medical professionals are seeing a rise in viruses, and not just in children. They say it's important to take precautions as families prepare to gather f...
Nov 22, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Fatalities, Injuries After Multiple Crashes On I-41
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - An OWI rollover crash on the highway in Appleton Sunday afternoon became the catalyst to other crashes, resulting in two deaths and nine people injured, including a pregnant woma...
Nov 22, 2022 Fatal Crash. MWC file photo.
Airlines And The DOT See Record Flight Bookings This Year
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Airlines and the Department of Transportation are seeing record flight bookings this year. "The airlines are seeing a new passenger post-COVID. A lot of people are remote worki...
Nov 21, 2022 TSA shares items banned from airplanes
Progress Made Towards Selecting New Green Bay Metro Fire Chief
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Progress has been made towards deciding who will take over the position of Green Bay Metro Fire Chief. Earlier this month, two finalists were named for the position. Those indi...
Nov 21, 2022
Green Bay PD Investigates West Side Shots Fired
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Green Bay police are looking for individuals involved in a shots fired incident on the city's west side. It happened around 10:30 p.m. Friday in the 2500 block of He-Nis-Ra Lane...
Nov 21, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
