Category Archives: Local

High School Students Show Off Their Robotic Skills
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Teams of high schoolers from around the country gathered at the Lambeau Field Atrium for a Vex Robotics competition. It features 72 teams that will compete with and against...
Robert Kennedy Feb 04, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Ethics Board Hears Election Complaint Against The Mayor
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Three months after a Green Bay resident filed a code of conduct complaint against Mayor Eric Genrich, the city's ethics board is hearing arguments for whether or not the co...
Robert Kennedy Feb 04, 2022 PHOTO: City of Green Bay

Basement Fire Leaves Fond du Lac Home Uninhabitable
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The residents of a Fond du Lac home have been displaced following a basement fire Thursday afternoon. Crews were called to 303 E. 10th St. shortly before 4 p.m. Upon arr...
Casey Nelson Feb 03, 2022

Seven Displaced After Oshkosh Duplex Fire
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Seven people are displaced after unattended cooking sparked a duplex fire in Oshkosh. Multiple crews responded to the duplex at 1024 Greenwood Ct. just before 5:30 p.m. Wedn...
Casey Nelson Feb 03, 2022

Brown County Seeing Influx of Garbage, Recyclables Since Start of Pandemic
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Since the start of the pandemic, you've likely noticed a mask or two littering the streets. "They fall out of people's pockets, they fall out of car doors, so you're se...
Casey Nelson Feb 03, 2022

Sen. Baldwin Reacts to Syrian Raid that Reportedly Killed ISIS Leader
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- US Senator Tammy Baldwin spoke only hours after US Forces in Syria apparently killed the leader of ISIS, Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi. The Democratic senator spoke on WTAQ's 'The Mor...
Rob Sussman Feb 03, 2022 Tammy Baldwin

White House May Push Back on Oshkosh Corporation Electric Vehicle Deal
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (METRO) -- The White House could be pushing back on a deal between the U.S. Postal Service and Oshkosh-based Oshkosh Corporation. A contract between the two calls for ...
Rob Sussman Feb 03, 2022 PHOTO: USPS

Green Bay Murder Suspect Held on $1 Million Cash Bond
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Pedro Santiago-Marquez made his first court appearance Thursday for allegedly killing Jason Mendez-Ramos due to a drug debt. The body of Jason Mendez-Ramos was found Sept. ...
Casey Nelson Feb 03, 2022 (L to R) Alexander Burgos-Mojica and Pedro Santiago-Marquez. (Brown County Jail)

Former Waushara County Camp Counselor Charged with Child Sexual Assault
WAUSHARA COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A former Waushara County camp counselor is facing a child sexual assault charge in an incident that occurred in 2009. Remington J. Nystrom, 33, is charged with one c...
Casey Nelson Feb 03, 2022

State Tourism Grant Helping Door County Maritime Museum Complete Massive Expansion
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin tourist destinations, including the Door County Maritime Museum, will get millions of dollars in help from the state. Governor Tony Evers announced the state's inve...
Casey Nelson Feb 03, 2022

