Category Archives: Local
RSV Cases On The Rise
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A common respiratory illness is spreading among children across the nation. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows an increase in the number of posi...
Oct 22, 2022 sergio santos / CC
Person-of-Interest In Custody Connected To The Death of Five-Year-Old Girl
BELOIT, WI (WTAQ) -- Police have made an arrest in the shooting death of a five-year-old girl this week on the east side of Green Bay. Jordan Leavy-Carter, 35, was arrested in Beloit Friday and taken ...
Oct 21, 2022 Jordan Leavy-Carter PHOTO: Courtesy of Green Bay PD
Timeline Of Bonfire Explosion Becoming Clear
TOWN OF MAPLE GROVE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Investigators now have a timeline for what happened last Friday night when at least 17 teenagers suffered burn injuries from a bonfire explosion. The Shawano Coun...
Oct 21, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Brown County Taxpayers Association
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has rejected the Brown County Taxpayers Association's emergency effort to block President Biden's student loan forgiveness p...
Oct 21, 2022 David / CC
Expansion Possibilities For Kaukauna Nature Park
KAUKAUNA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - City of Kaukauna officials are jumping at the opportunity to add on to their 1000 Islands conservancy zone. "Once I found out they were divesting some of their properties, I...
Oct 21, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Brown County Library Plans Moving Forward
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Over 20 years after an upgrade was first identified as necessary, design plans for the Brown County East Branch Library have finally been approved. The Brown County Library...
Oct 21, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Details Released On Little Suamico Double Homicide, Bond Set at $1m
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - David Steinmetz told police he heard a voice telling him he "had to take a life" in the time leading to up when he admitted killing his mother and her husband on Oct. 1 in Lit...
Oct 21, 2022 PHOTO: Oconto County Jail
School Shooter Threats Turn Out To Be A Hoax
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Green Bay police say that a report of an active shooter this morning at Green Bay East High School was a hoax. Police say it was part of a series of hoaxes called in at multipl...
Oct 20, 2022 Green Bay Police Department seal (PHOTO/WTAQ News)
WPS, Police, Team Up To Promote Scam Awareness
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - To help protect customers from becoming victims of fraud, Wisconsin Public Service is once again teaming up with law enforcement agencies. WPS shared a social media message toda...
Oct 20, 2022 WPS
Pierce Manufacturing Wins 'Coolest Thing Made In Wisconsin' Award
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - We have a winner in the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest. The winner of this year's Coolest Thing competition announced Wednesday by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce an...
Oct 20, 2022 Pierce Manufacturing
