Category Archives: Local
Thousands gather in downtown Appleton for 'No Kings' demonstrations
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) -- It's being called one of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in U.S. history. Saturday saw nearly 7 million Americans in over 2,700 cities and towns come together f...
Oct 18, 2025 'No Kings' demonstration held in downtown Appleton. 10/18/2025.
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Missing boy found safe
Police say a 4-year-old Green Bay boy is safe after being reported missing on Saturday. The Green Bay Police Department had issued an area-wide alert for Dariel Jose Sanchez Angel in the late morning,...
Oct 18, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
UW System sees another campus closure with UW-Platteville Baraboo ending in 2026
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Another two-year Universities of Wisconsin campus will close in spring. Officials say UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County will cease operations on May 22, 2026. The spring 2026 semester ...
Oct 17, 2025 Universities of Wisconsin logo.
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Oconto man faces sentencing after second conviction linked to drug overdose deaths
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Brian Blasing was convicted Friday of providing the drugs used in an overdose death, the second time he's been convicted of such a charge. Blasing, 35, pleaded guilty to first...
Oct 17, 2025 Brian Blasing (Wisconsin Department of Corrections)
St. Norbert staff views new business school building as fresh chapter after layoffs, cuts
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- It's the start of a new phase at St. Norbert College in De Pere, as staff and community members dedicated Thursday a brand new business school building. It comes after staff...
Oct 17, 2025 Schneider Family Hall, home to the Donald J. Schneider School of Business and Economics at St. Norbert College.
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Winnebago County Jail sees large increase in bookings in 2025, hopes to add more staff
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Winnebago County Jail has seen an increase of 600 jail bookings this year. The jail booked 3,698 people and carried a daily average of 258 inmates through September, up ...
Oct 17, 2025 The Winnebago County Jail has seen an increase in bookings this year and is requesting six new deputies to man a previously unused area. Oct. 16, 2025.
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Shiocton breaks ground on district-wide improvements, thanks to $23.5M referendum
SHIOCTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Upgrades are coming to the Shiocton School District. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday to mark the beginning of improvements for facilities district-wide. The imp...
Oct 17, 2025 The Shiocton School District breaks ground on district-wide improvements made possible by a successful $23.5 million referendum, Oct. 16, 2025. (Photo courtesy:Kane Communications Group)
Suspect in multi-county tire theft ring pleads not guilty in Kewaunee County court
KEWAUNEE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Cesar Mendoza Mora, a suspect in a multi-county theft ring, pleaded not guilty Friday. Mora, 27, is charged with receiving stolen property. He's accused of buying thousands ...
Oct 17, 2025 Cesar Mendoza Mora (Kewaunee Co. Jail)
Green Bay school district warns Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease is circulating in classrooms
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease is spreading throughout the Green Bay Area Public School District. A message sent to GBAPS families and staff that says HFMD infections "have ...
Oct 17, 2025 GBAPSD
Metzig sentenced for parents' deaths
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Winnebago County man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing his parents. Erik Metzig, 28, was convicted last year for the 2023 deaths of David and Jan Met...
Oct 17, 2025 Erik Metzig
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