Category Archives: Local
Dozens arrested in drug ring investigation
BROWN COUNTY (WLUK) -- Dozens of people have been arrested as a result of an investigation into a large-scale drug trafficking organization that operated in parts of Northeast Wisconsin. On Wednesday,...
Oct 30, 2025 Brown County Sheriff's Office squad.
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State Building Commission Releases Funding to Revamp Corrections Facilities
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The Wisconsin State Building Commission has released the $15 million Gov. Evers recently requested to begin work across several Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) facili...
Oct 28, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Wisconsin joins 24 states in lawsuit to stop SNAP benefits cutoff amid USDA funding issues
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsin is among 25 states to sue the USDA to stop the Nov. 1 benefits cutoff. On Tuesday, Attorney General Josh Kaul and 22 other attorneys general and three governors filed a lawsui...
Oct 28, 2025 Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul speaks about Drug Take Back Day April 19, 2023.
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UW-Oshkosh begins comprehensive plan to adapt to changing tech, demographics
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- UW-Oshkosh began planning its path forward on Monday night, a plan called "Oshkosh Infinity" that will focus on the non-traditional. It will address how the university plans...
Oct 28, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Green Bay property owners react to short-term rental changes, cite business impact
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Green Bay's Equal Rights Commission is discussing plans to adjust the city's Short Term Rental Ordinance. The goal is to combat the housing crisis by creating more long te...
Oct 28, 2025 Changes may be coming to Green Bay's Short Term Rentals ordinance. One of the biggest has some property owners upset. Oct. 27, 2025.
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Trial date set for Appleton food truck murder suspect
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Conflicting attorneys' schedules and a judge's impending retirement led to a Sept. 21, 2026, trial being set Tuesday for Elliot Campbell, who allegedly shot and killed Elija...
Oct 28, 2025 Elliot Campbell was booked into the Outagamie County Jail on January 13, 2023.
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Green Bay school board accepts retirement of superintendent Vicki Bayer
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Green Bay's superintendent says she is retiring at the end of the school year. The Green Bay Area Public School District Board of Education accepted the retirement of Vick...
Oct 28, 2025 Green Bay Area Public School District interim superintendent Vicki Bayer (GBAPS photo)
Menominee Park Train in Oshkosh on track for overhaul after underwhelming performance
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The train in Menominee Park in Oshkosh is on track to stay for another year as the city's Parks Department has it listed within its 2026 budget proposal. "Right now, we have...
Oct 28, 2025 The Menominee Park train and other amusement rides won't run this summer. City officials cite a budget crunch and aging equipment.
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GBAPS school board votes to approve budget for 2025-2026
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The vote was unanimous. Next year's budget for the Green Bay school district was officially approved Monday night. It projects a deficit of three point five million dollar...
Oct 28, 2025 GBAPSD
Governor Evers visits Green Bay for community conversation on government shutdown
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The government shutdown is now the second-longest history, just days away from becoming the longest in U.S. history. Gov. Tony Evers and Wisconsin Department of Health Services...
Oct 27, 2025 The Brown County Library East Branch location in Green Bay, April 6, 2023.
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