Category Archives: Local
Employees of Closing Paper Mills Have Options for Future
FOX VALLEY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- You can find more than a few paper mills around Northeast Wisconsin. But recently, some are planning to shut their doors. By the end of July, Clearwater Paper will close ...
Jul 14, 2021
Possible Severe Weather Expected For NE Wisconsin
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - According for forecasters with the National Weather Service severe thunderstorms are likely this afternoon and evening in Northeast Wisconsin. A complex of thunderstorms is expe...
Jul 14, 2021 PHOTO: NWS
Decades In The Making, Fox River Locks Are Open Again
KAUKAUNA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The locks system in Kaukauna is now open to boat traffic for the first time in decades. The locks are part of Wisconsin state history, and those involved on the re-opening a...
Jul 14, 2021 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Swimmable Beach Expected to Return to Bay Beach in 2023
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - City leaders in Green Bay hope to have a beach back at Bay Beach in the next two years. The process is underway to get people back in the sand at Bay Beach. But Mayor Eric Genri...
Jul 13, 2021 A rendering of Green Bay's proposed beach project at Bay Beach Amusement Park. (Photo courtesy: City of Green Bay)
'Jobs, Justice, and Joy' Lead Genrich's First State of the City Address
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - 'Jobs, Justice, and Joy' were the primary focus of Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich's State of the City address at the Green Bay Botanical Garden on Tuesday evening.
Jul 13, 2021
Green Bay Doctors Urge Vaccination Despite J&J Vaccine Concerns
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The CDC's vaccine advisory committee says that the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine could be linked to an extremely rare neurological condition. The agency says the va...
Jul 13, 2021
Green Bay Restaurant Week Starts Thursday
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Green Bay Restaurant Week starts this Thursday. Twenty nine restaurants are taking part this year, serving up special three-course meals. "You get an appetizer, you get an entr...
Jul 13, 2021 Last year's restaurant week logo.
Apartment Project Moving Forward on Green Bay's East Side
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Green Bay's redevelopment authority has voted in favor of allowing 200 apartments to be built on the city's east side. The apartments will take the place of the former J-B...
Jul 13, 2021
Fostner Elected to St. Norbert Board of Trustees, Despite Controversy
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Rev. Jay Fostner, accused of mishandling reports of sexual assault on the St. Norbert College campus, has been selected to serve on the college's board of trustees beginning ...
Jul 13, 2021 Fr. Jay Fostner (Fox 11 Online)
US News and World Report Ranks Green Bay as 21st Best Place to Live in the US
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Green Bay has been ranked the 21st best place to live in the United States by US News and World Report. The publication said Green Bay 'has the perfect mix of big-city amenitie...
Jul 13, 2021 Downtown Green Bay and City Deck as seen from across the Fox River. (WTAQ/Casey Nelson)
