Category Archives: Local

Miracle League of Green Bay Opens Registration
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Registration is open through April 1, 2022 for the Miracle League of Green Bay. The Miracle League provides the opportunity for all children to play organized baseball, reg...
Casey Nelson Feb 03, 2022

State Lawmaker: "An 18 Year Old With A Credit Card Is Almost Child Abuse"
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin high school students could soon be required to take a class on personal finance. A Republican bill would make a lesson in financial literacy a requirement for high sch...
Casey Nelson Feb 03, 2022 Pictures of Money / CC

One Green Bay Doctor's COVID Challenge
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Coronavirus numbers have been trending down lately in Wisconsin. And, Dr. Brad Burmeister with Bellin Health says it's a welcome sight for health care providers. He says wh...
Robert Kennedy Feb 03, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of ThedaCare

Law Enforcement Officers Were Ready for Tense Moments at Ellis Sentencing
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Courthouse security training pays off in Outagamie County. Law enforcement says it was anticipating tense moments at the sentencing of Dezman Ellis. "Our deputies, we had s...
Casey Nelson Feb 02, 2022

State of Wisconsin Awards $2.5 Million Grant for Green Bay Visitor's Center
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ) -- The State of Wisconsin has awarded a multi-million dollar grant to Discover Green Bay to go towards the construction of a new visitor's center. Governor Tony Evers was on han...
Rob Sussman Feb 02, 2022 DGB President Brad Toll (L) receives a check from Governor Tony Evers (R) on Wednesday. (Fox 11 Online)

Prosecutors: Mendez-Ramos Killing Was Over Drug Debt
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Prosecutors say they know why Jason Mendez-Ramos was killed in Green Bay on Sept. 27th of last year. The murder was due to an $80,000 drug debt, one witness told police, a...
Rob Sussman Feb 02, 2022 (L to R) Alexander Burgos-Mojica and Pedro Santiago-Marquez. (Brown County Jail)

Four Indicted in Federal Court in Summit Contracting Fraud Case
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) -- A federal grand jury has indicted four people in connection with what officials say was a wide ranging contract fraud scheme based in Brown County. Now, 38-year-old Chad and 36...
Rob Sussman Feb 02, 2022 Joe Gratz

Applications for Pandemic Relief Funds Available to Brown County Non-Profits
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Brown County non-profit organizations can now submit applications to receive pandemic relief funds. Up to $1 million was made available as part of Brown County's allotme...
Casey Nelson Feb 02, 2022

Timber Rattler 'Food Fight' Contest Focusing on Burgers and Brats
GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Have a tasty burger or brat recipe you wouldn't mind sharing with thousands of hungry baseball fans? You could enter it in this year's Wisconsin Timber Rattlers seventh ...
Casey Nelson Feb 02, 2022

Girl Arrested for Damaging Vehicle Windows with Hatchet After Argument
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Manitowoc girl was arrested for damaging vehicle windows with a hatchet Tuesday. Police said the incident happened in the 1400 block of S. 9th Street. That is near Linco...
Casey Nelson Feb 02, 2022

