Category Archives: Local
No-Idling Restrictions Proposed in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - People waiting to get their coffee and morning McMuffins might soon be asked to slow down their routine a bit in Green Bay. The U.S. Department of Energy reports about six billi...
Sep 09, 2021 Bill Bradford / CC
Former Lt. Governor, Rebecca Kleefisch, Announces Gubernatorial Campaign
KENOSHA, WI (WTAQ) -- Calling Democratic Governor Tony Evers a 'weak failure' Republican former Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch launched her run for Governor this morning. Kleefisch is casting herself ...
Sep 09, 2021 Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, right, speaks with deploying Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the 376th Financial Management Support Unit during their farewell ceremony in Wausau, Wis., Dec. 19, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander Kartanos/Released)
Freedom House Celebrates New Shelter with Ribbon Cutting
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Freedom House finally cut the ribbon on their new shelter on Wednesday. The facility to serve homeless families in the Green Bay area was completed in January of 2020. Despite t...
Sep 09, 2021
Ashwaubenon Development Covers Many Income Levels
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - East of Lambeau Field, another development is breaking ground in Ashwaubenon. The Common Place will consist of 88 residential units, Odyssey Climbing and Fitness and an a...
Sep 09, 2021 PHOTO: Merge Urban Development
Hundreds Of Green Bay Students In Quarantine
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Green Bay students have been back in the classroom for a week. Almost 700 students are already out, in quarantine or isolation. As of 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Green Bay Area Pu...
Sep 09, 2021 GBAPSD
LISTEN: 9-11, 20 Years Later: Wisconsin Remembers, 'Someone To Talk To'
HOWARD, WI (WTAQ) - The 9-11 attacks on America sent the country into shock and perhaps no more so than for the people who live and work in the lower Manhattan neighborhood that was the home of the Wo...
Sep 09, 2021 MWC
As Staffing Shortages Continue, Some Bars, Restaurants Giving Staff a Breather
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Staffing shortages at local area restaurants and bars are hitting a critical point. That's causing some employers to change their hours or close down temporarily to give the...
Sep 08, 2021 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Schneider Employee Recalls Hauling Donations to New York City in Wake of 9/11
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Bob Seidl was in the middle of a HazMat course at Schneider's Green Bay Training Center when the World Trade Center towers were brought down by terrorists on Sept. 11, 200...
Sep 08, 2021
Migrating Hawks Taking Flight in Brown County
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- They can be seen perched atop poles in the area. Hawks and other birds of prey are starting their fall migration. "Right now, raptor migration is kind of just starting ...
Sep 08, 2021
Hundreds to Climb the Lambeau Field Stairs for the 9th Annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Hundreds will scale the equivalent of over 100 floors of stairs on Saturday at Lambeau Field. It's the 9th year for the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb. Green Bay Metro Fire Lt. Shau...
Sep 08, 2021 Firefighters climb the steps at Lambeau Field as part of a previous memorial stair climb. (Pierce Mfg)
