Category Archives: Local

Northeast Wisconsin School Districts Receive Passing Grades In New Report
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is releasing district report cards for the 2020-2021 school year for public and choice schools. Federal and state law requir...
Casey Nelson Nov 16, 2021

Fire Quickly Extinguished at Menasha Dry Cleaner
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Crews were able to quickly put out a fire at a Menasha business Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters say they were dispatched around 1:45 p.m. to Gunderson Cleaners, located at 4...
Casey Nelson Nov 16, 2021

Oshkosh Further Helping Homeless with New Transitional Shelter
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The city of Oshkosh will have a new facility to further address homelessness within the community. The site, formerly part of Father Carr's Place 2B will act as a transition...
Casey Nelson Nov 16, 2021

Police Help Homeless Men Find Shelter Ahead of Winter Weather
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) - The holiday giving spirit is already in full swing in Oshkosh, where police worked with other local programs to get a pair of men out from under a bridge - and into an apartment a...
Casey Nelson Nov 16, 2021

Green Bay Police Hope to Ward Off Unrest as Rittenhouse Verdict Looms
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Jury deliberations continue in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. Rittenhouse shot and killed two people and wounded a third during violence in Kenosha last year and claims self-de...
Rob Sussman Nov 16, 2021 Police follow a Black Lives Matter demonstration through the streets of Green Bay on May 31, 2020. (PHOTO/Casey Nelson, WTAQ News)

Kringle-Infused Beer Dedicated to the Late 'Uncle Mike'
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A specialty beer brewed with kringle from Northeast Wisconsin is once again being released, this time in honor of a locally famous baker. MobCraft Beer of Milwaukee is col...
Casey Nelson Nov 16, 2021

Green Bay Seeking Public Input for Art in Shipyard District
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Green Bay officials are looking for the public's input on art in a new downtown development. The Green Bay Community and Economic Development Department released a communi...
Casey Nelson Nov 16, 2021

Doctor: Stabbing Suspect was in Meth-Induced 'Psychosis'
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A psychiatrist's report supports a not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect plea for a man accused of stabbing two people, killing one of them. Wesley Brice, 23, fa...
Casey Nelson Nov 16, 2021

Outagamie County Deputy Continues Battle with COVID-Related Pneumonia
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - An Outagamie County Sheriff's deputy continues his battle with COVID-19 at an out-of-state hospital. Deputy Channing Pompa has been hospitalized for COVID-19 since S...
Casey Nelson Nov 16, 2021

Wisconsin Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Brown County Sales Tax
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Wisconsin Supreme Court justices debated the legality Tuesday of Brown County's sales tax, in a case which could have statewide implications for how county boards spend such ...
Casey Nelson Nov 16, 2021 File Photo

