Category Archives: Local
UW-Green Bay unveils initiative to empower start-ups with global venture collaboration
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A new partnership aims to enhance entrepreneurship and economic growth in Northeast Wisconsin. UW-Green Bay and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Foundation are teamin...
Sep 30, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Priest pleads not guilty in attempted child enticement case involving undercover officer
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A Waupaca County judge entered a not guilty plea Tuesday for a priest who believed he was meeting a 14-year-old girl for sex - but who was actually a police officer. Fr. Andr...
Sep 30, 2025 Andrew Showers appears before Waupaca County court via Zoom, September 30, 2025. (Waupaca County Court/Zoom)
Judge dismisses wrongful death case against Appleton officer in 2017 bar shooting
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A federal lawsuit filed by the estate of man inadvertently shot and killed by an Appleton police officer during a bar fight will be dismissed, a judge said Tuesday, more tha...
Sep 30, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Green Bay police uncover firearms and drugs in search after east side shots fired incident
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two people are facing charges after Green Bay police were called to a report of shots fired on the city's east side. Around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, police were called to the 1...
Sep 30, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Wisconsin lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to legalize medical cannabis
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- State Republican lawmakers have introduced a new bill to give patients in Wisconsin access to legal medical cannabis. The legislation was introduced by Senate President Mary Felzkowski ...
Sep 30, 2025 (File Photo)
Health care workers remind us to take steps to stay healthy during cold and flu season
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Cold and flu season is quickly approaching. It may even be here already. "Right now, we are seeing an increase on the colds, the sinus infections, the strep throat. The fl...
Sep 30, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Wisconsin farmers brace for losses amid tariff tensions and market uncertainty
MARIBEL, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Wisconsin farmers are beginning to feel the effects of tariffs on their income. Farmers may just be getting underway with harvesting their crops, the market to sell has signi...
Sep 30, 2025 Wisconsin crop farmers are beginning to feel the effects of tariffs on their income. Farmers are just beginning to harvest their crops, but the market to sell has significantly shrunk now that China has refused to buy U.S. yields. Sept. 29, 2025.
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Private donations and student labor lead to Pamperin Park bridge rehab
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A Brown County landmark is getting a facelift. The nearly 100-year-old suspension bridge at Pamperin Park in Howard and Hobart is undergoing a rehabilitation project. Bu...
Sep 29, 2025 Built in the 1930's Pamperin Park's suspension footbridge is getting a facelift. Drexel Building Supply and Toonen Properties donated the material to rehab the bridge. Students in NWTC's carpentry classes are doing the work. The bridge is closed Monday-Thursday for the next couple of weeks.
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Point Beach Nuclear Plant's license renewal extends operations through 2053
TWO CREEKS (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Point Beach Nuclear Plant along the lakeshore will operate for an additional 20 years. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved subsequent license renewal fo...
Sep 29, 2025 NextEra Energy's Point Beach Nuclear Plant in Two Creeks. (Image courtesy of NextEra Energy)
Mishicot woman plead guilty to a multimillion-dollar money laundering scheme
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Manitowoc County woman plead guilty to a multimillion-dollar money laundering scheme. According to prosecutors, through her temporary staffing agency based in Manitowoc, Cherie Campio...
Sep 29, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online
