Category Archives: Local
Floral Shop Navigates Supply Chain Issues Ahead of Busy Mothers Day Holiday
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) -- Mothers Day is coming up this Sunday and floral shops are getting ready for the big day. Kyle Hogarty is the co-owner of Flowerama in Green Bay and Appleton and says supply chai...
May 02, 2022 The interior of Flowerama as seen on Facebook. (Flowerama/FB)
School Absentee Rates Spike During The Pandemic
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - According to a recent report, more Wisconsin students were chronically absent during the last school year. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction says, by definitio...
May 02, 2022 GotCredit / CC
Blocking Scammers Before They Call
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Scam calls have been a prevalent annoyance for quite a while, but it seems like things have only gotten worse for some people. Your phone rings off the hook with numbers you don...
May 01, 2022 Carissa Rogers / CC
Green Bay Restaurant Tries Robo Help
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - It wasn't what Kayla Palmer expected. "I was wondering what it was to be honest," she said. Enjoying a birthday dinner at Mangiare on Adams Street in Green Bay, the sisters...
Apr 30, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of Mangiore
Green Bay Police Investigate West Side Homicide
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - On Saturday morning, shortly after 5 am, officers from the Green Bay Police Department responded to the intersection of Western Avenue and Perkins Avenue, located on the west si...
Apr 30, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Bird Flu Confirmed in Backyard Flocks in Fond du Lac, Oconto Counties
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The highly-pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in backyard flocks in Fond du Lac ad Oconto counties. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Pro...
Apr 29, 2022 Thomas Vlerick / CC
One Year Since Tragic Casino Shooting
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ) -- It's been nearly a year since the tragic and deadly workplace shooting at the Oneida Casino in Ashwaubenon. A year ago Sunday, 62-year-old Bruce Pofahl showed up to his forme...
Apr 29, 2022 People walking along Highway 172, away from the Oneida Casino, after a shooting on May 1, 2021. (WTAQ News/Casey Nelson)
Festival Foods to Take Over Former Shopko Building in Kimberly
KIMBERLY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A former Shopko store will become the Fox Valley's fifth Festival Foods location. Skogen's Festival Foods announced Friday that it plans to open a grocery store at 800 E. M...
Apr 29, 2022
Man Convicted of Killing Wife in 1975
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Door County jury convicted Richard Pierce Friday of killing his wife, Carol Jean, in 1975. Her body has never been found. Although she disappeared in 1975, charges we...
Apr 29, 2022
WPS Proposal Would Increase Monthly Energy Bills, Starting in January
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin Public Services customers could be paying a few extra bucks for their energy bills, starting next year. WPS filed proposals with the Public Service Commission of Wisco...
Apr 29, 2022 Two Creeks Solar Park in Manitowoc County (WPS Image)
