Category Archives: Local
Makeover Starts For Deadly HWY 29 Intersection
SHAWANO CO, WI (WTAQ-WSAU) - Work on one of the deadliest intersections in Shawano County will begin today with the goal of improving traffic safety. Governor Tony Evers has approved a $3 million proj...
Jun 28, 2021 MWC
Iconic Piece of Green Bay Skyline Begins to Come Down
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - If you've driven over the Highway 172 bridge lately, you've probably noticed a massive crane next to the Georgia-Pacific smokestack. But what exactly is going on? That crane is ...
Jun 26, 2021
Gas Prices Continue to Rise Ahead of 4th of July Travel
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Gas prices are continuing to tick upwards ahead of the 4th of July travel holiday. Millions of Americans are set to hit the road this week, and gas prices are hitting their high...
Jun 26, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC
Doctors Concerned Flu Season Could Make COVID-19 Harder to Track
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Health officials want to remind people to get tested for COVID-19 if they are experiencing symptoms. Other respiratory illnesses, such as the flu, are starting to become m...
Jun 26, 2021 A self-administered rapid COVID-19 testing swab is handed back to a testing site worker. (WTAQ/Casey Nelson)
Even as Pandemic Wanes, Food Pantries Still See Need
FOX VALLEY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The need for food assistance grew during the pandemic. Many food pantries say they saw a spike. Job losses, and a backlog of unemployment benefits early on in the pandemi...
Jun 26, 2021
Fire Damages Building Housing Restaurant, Church in Ledgeview
LEDGEVIEW, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Firefighters battled a fire at a building housing a bar/restaurant and a church Friday evening just outside De Pere. Ledgeview Fire Chief Tom Guns said crews were called t...
Jun 26, 2021
Green Bay Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A Green Bay man has been sentenced in federal court on sex trafficking related charges. 53-year-old Darryl Green will spend 13 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a...
Jun 25, 2021
Teen Convicted of Most Serious Charge in Connection to 7-Year-Old Relative's Death
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The teen charged with causing the death of a 7-year-old boy pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree reckless homicide, the most serious charge he faced. Damian Hauschultz, n...
Jun 25, 2021
One Dead Following Crash that Shut Down I-41 for Hours
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ) - A 55-year-old Neenah woman is dead following a major crash along southbound Interstate 41, just north of Winchester Road. Just after 6:45 Friday morning, the Winnebago County Sheri...
Jun 25, 2021
Neenah Murder Suspect Ordered to Stand Trial
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - One of the suspects in a Neenah murder was ordered Friday to stand trial. Terran Colwell is charged with felony murder in connection with the April 17 death of Rodger Ridgewa...
Jun 25, 2021
