Category Archives: Local
Brown County Not Considering Mask Mandate
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Over 40 people in Brown County are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Even with increasing case numbers, Brown County Health's Claire Paprocki says they're not considering m...
Aug 25, 2021 The Sophie Beaumont building in downtown Green Bay is home the Brown County Department of Health and Human Services. (WTAQ/Casey Nelson)
COVID-19 Unlikely to Ever Be Eradicated, Says Bellin Health Doctor
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Will COVID-19 ever go away? One local expert is saying: probably not. Bellin Health Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Michael Landrum says it's likely that COVID-19 will never ...
Aug 25, 2021 Yuri Samoilov / CC
De Pere Senator Reportedly Placed on Ventilator After COVID-Related Hospitalization
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A De Pere senator is in stable condition after he was hospitalized with COVID-induced pneumonia last week, his office confirms. State Sen. Andre Jacque was intubated and pla...
Aug 25, 2021 PHOTO: Senator Andre Jacque
Green Bay Shooting Suspect Sentenced
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Shaquille Hamilton was sentenced to ten years in prison for a shooting on Green Bay's east side in September, 2019. Hamilton, now 18, was also placed on extended supervisio...
Aug 25, 2021
Manitowoc Hospital Offering COVID-19 Booster Shots for Immunocomprimised
MANITOWOC, (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Holy Family Memorial is offering COVID-19 booster shots to those with weakened immune systems. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the shots for immunocompromise...
Aug 25, 2021 Official U.S. Navy Page / CC
Man on UTV Arrested for 5th Offense OWI
WRIGHTSTOWN, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man was arrested after Wrightstown police suspected he was driving a UTV drunk. According to police, it would be the man's fifth OWI offense. Just before 8 p.m. Tuesda...
Aug 25, 2021
Appleton Airport Breaks Monthly Passenger Record in July
GREENVILLE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Appleton's airport says it saw a record-breaking month in July, surpassing the most monthly passengers in the airport's 56-year history. This past July, Appleton Internat...
Aug 25, 2021 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Neenah Schools to Require Masks to Start Year
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Face masks will be required in Neenah schools to start the year. District officials say their COVID-19 recovery plan requires masks be worn by all students, staff members and...
Aug 25, 2021
Former Bellevue Village Clerk Sentenced in Theft Case
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A former Bellevue village clerk who stole from public accounts was sentenced to nine months in jail. Dawn Kreuser, 56, was convicted of theft in a business setting and misc...
Aug 25, 2021
Manitowoc Schools The Latest To Require Masks
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Manitowoc Public School District is requiring face masking while inside. Superintendent Mark Holzman said he is requiring them because, while he can run a school with h...
Aug 25, 2021 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
