Category Archives: Local
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Feb 02, 2022
Unclaimed Property, Do You Know What You Might Be Missing?
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Tuesday was National Unclaimed Property Day, and the Wisconsin Department of Revenue wants to remind people to check if there's any property waiting for them to claim. One in ten ...
Feb 02, 2022 Pictures of Money / CC
Man Sentenced in Green Bay Gas Station Shooting
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Stephon Young was sentenced to eight years in prison for shooting a person during a dispute at a gas station. Young, 26, was also placed on extended supervision for 10 year...
Feb 02, 2022
Sentence Handed Down For Green Bay Shooting
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Stephon Young was sentenced to eight years in prison for shooting a person during a dispute at a gas station. Court records show Young, 26, was also placed on extended supe...
Feb 02, 2022 PHOTO: Green Bay PD
Fox River Mall Shooter Gets 40 Years
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - An Outagamie County courtroom erupted Tuesday after 18-year-old Dezman Ellis was given a 40-year prison sentence. It comes a year after a shooting at the Fox River Mall, whi...
Feb 02, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
