Category Archives: Local
Man charged with robbing Bear Creek bank
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Martin Muniz-Lara was charged Monday with allegedly robbing a Bear Creek bank on Oct. 17. He faces three counts, including robbery of a financial institution and theft of m...
Oct 27, 2025 Martin Muniz-Lara appears in court Oct. 27, 2025. (Image courtesy Outagamie County courts/Zoom)
Man sentenced for shooting at Appleton park
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Tyrese Simmons was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for firing shots in Appleton's Erb Park. No one was injured in the June 25, 2024, incident. Simmons, 21, was al...
Oct 27, 2025 Tyrese Simmons (Photo courtesy: Outagamie County Sheriff's Office)
Green Bay's Lindeman's Cleaning transitions to new ownership under Martinizing Cleaners
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A longtime Green Bay business is under new ownership. Lindeman's Cleaning, the 70-year-old Green Bay garment care company, has officially changed hands and is now affiliat...
Oct 27, 2025 Open Sign
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Investigation continues after meeting between school district and GB East coach on leave
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- It appears there has been no resolution or decision on Green Bay East High School head football coach Niko Sila's future with the school district after a meeting with dist...
Oct 27, 2025 There was an extra police presence at Green Bay's East and West High School on Monday, December 16, 2024. A student reported a potential threat, referencing schools shootings at both buildings, prompting a police investigation. Authorities determined the threat was not credible after speaking with three persons of interest who are also students in the district.
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Halloween spending set to break records as Green Bay stores bustle with shoppers
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - From the candy to the costumes, there is so much that goes into Halloween. And the National Retail Federation is predicting record breaking spending on the holiday this yea...
Oct 27, 2025 Spirit Halloween in Green Bay was full of shoppers, looking to buy Halloween costumes and accessories.
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Trial connected to Green Bay toddler's death postponed
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - With the autopsy report not yet finished for the death of Leo Escalante, 2, a trial scheduled for this week was postponed Monday. James VanderLeest, 22, is charged with rec...
Oct 27, 2025 David VanderLeest appears virtually in Brown County court, June 30, 2025.
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Green Bay Police collect 275 pounds of expired, unused medications on Drug Take Back Day
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Police Department partnered with local hospitals Saturday to participate in Drug Take Back Day, a national movement that encourages community members to prop...
Oct 27, 2025 Unwanted or unused medications inside a Drug Take Back box in Green Bay, April 29, 2022.
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Green Bay therapist among those charged in Michigan sting documented by Chris Hansen
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Seven people are charged after a human trafficking sting operation in Iron Mountain, Michigan. One of the suspects worked as a therapist at a Green Bay behavioral health clinic. Another...
Oct 27, 2025 L-R: Joseph Scott Peters, David Anthony Bailey (Dickenson County Sheriff's Office)
GBCI inmate ruled competent for trial in exposure case
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A Green Bay Correctional Institution inmate facing nearly two dozen charges for allegedly repeated exposing himself to female staff members is competent to stand trial, a j...
Oct 27, 2025 Zurich Simmons (Wisconsin DOC)
Issues persist at new Green Bay complex, but some workers report finally getting paid
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- After going unpaid for months after completing work on downtown Green Bay's new mixed-income apartment complex, The Fort at the Railyard, some local businesses say they're...
Oct 27, 2025 The Fort at the Rail Yard in downtown Green Bay's Rail Yard District, January 21. 2025.
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