Category Archives: Local
Green Bay Area Restaurant, Damaged in Fire, to Rebrand as Combined Cat Cafe-Sushi Bar
BELLEVUE, WI (WTAQ) -- A sushi restaurant destroyed in a 2019 fire is returning, with a new twist that you won't see anywhere else. Phin Sushi will be re-branding as a combined sushi bar and cat cafe ...
Aug 26, 2021 The new "Meowsabi" logo.
Man Arrested for Luxemburg Gunfire in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- A man who allegedly fired off a gun in the Kewaunee County Village of Luxemburg was arrested in Green Bay Thursday morning. Kewaunee County Sheriff Matt Joski says the shooting...
Aug 26, 2021 File Photo
Man Receives Two Life Sentences in 1976 Murders
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Raymand Vannieuwenhoven, 84, was sentenced Thursday to back-to-back life sentences for the 1976 murders of a couple. A jury previously convicted Vannieuwenhoven of two cou...
Aug 26, 2021
Police Seize Over $300,000 Worth of Drugs in Fond du Lac County Traffic Stop
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- More than $300,000 worth of illegal drugs were discovered during a traffic stop in Fond du Lac. A deputy made a traffic stop on I-41, near U.S. Highway 151, just after 7...
Aug 26, 2021 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
St. Norbert College Welcomes Class of 2025 to Campus
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ) - The academic year is returning, as about 600 first-year students moved on to the St. Norbert College campus this week. "So much excitement you can see it in their eyes and feels i...
Aug 26, 2021 Incoming St. Norbert College freshman Blake Julian and his family carry his belongings as he arrives on campus. (PHOTO/WTAQ News)
De Pere School Board Tweaks The District's Mask Requirements
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Not all students in the Unified School District of De Pere will be required to wear face masks to begin the 2021-22 academic year. During its meeting Wednesday night, the dis...
Aug 26, 2021 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
School Mask Mandate Leads To School Board Meeting Meltdown
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Oshkosh parents who do not want their children to wear masks at school disrupted the start of a school board meeting Wednesday evening, causing it to be postponed. Arguing be...
Aug 26, 2021 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Manitowoc Eternal Flame Campaign Reaches Its Goal
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The effort to save the eternal flame at the Soldiers and Sailors monument in Manitowoc is a success. In three years, the campaign raised $200,000 which officials say should...
Aug 26, 2021 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Honor Flights to Resume for Northeast Wisconsin Veterans
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Northeast Wisconsin veterans will once again travel to Washington, D.C. on honor flights. Old Glory Honor Flight says operations are ready to resume after an 18-month hiatus...
Aug 25, 2021
Local Doctors: Virus Can't Mutate if it Doesn't Replicate and Spread
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Conversation over how variants of COVID-19 developed continues - but local doctors say it's a fairly simple lesson. A press briefing on Wednesday featured three doctors from hea...
Aug 25, 2021 A healthcare worker handles a tray of COVID-19 vaccines. (PHOTO: UW Health)
