Category Archives: Local
NE Wisconsin Employers Scramble To Fill Open Jobs
FOX VALLEY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The extended unemployment insurance benefits are having an impact on local hiring. For the first time in a long time, it's no longer that jobs aren't available, the proble...
May 11, 2021 MWC
Salvation Army Fox Cities Welcomes Clients For Lunch
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - For the first time in over 14 months, The Salvation Army Fox Cities opened its doors to serve hot lunches once again. "Start of going back to how things used to be," said An...
May 11, 2021 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Cyberattack on Pipeline Unlikely to Impact Local Prices
CHICAGO, IL (WTAQ) -- A massive cyberattack crippled one of the largest gas pipelines in the United States over the weekend. A ransomware attack on the Colonial Gas Pipeline in the Southeastern United...
May 10, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC
Father Accused of Killing Kids Wants Statement to Police Tossed
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The attorney for a man accused of killing his two children wants one of the statements he gave to police not to be allowed at trial. Matthew Beyer allegedly killed William,...
May 10, 2021
Tentative Trial Date Set for Alleged Fox River Mall Shooter
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A tentative trial date of Dec. 13 was set Monday for Dezman Ellis, who allegedly shot & killed a man at Fox River Mall. Ellis, 17, is charged with first-degree intention...
May 10, 2021
Jim Gaffigan to Return to Northeast Wisconsin
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Some normalcy is returning to the entertainment industry. Comedian Jim Gaffigan is coming back to Northeast Wisconsin. Gaffigan's The Fun Tour is scheduled to stop at the ...
May 10, 2021 Jim Gaffigan (Promotional Image)
Seven Displaced in Manitowoc Duplex Fire
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A family of seven has been displaced after a duplex fire in Manitowoc. Just after 4 a.m. Monday, a neighbor who noticed flames coming from a window called 911, while their...
May 10, 2021
Campaign Urges Green Bay to 'Yield to Your Neighbor' on the Road
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - The 'Yield to Your Neighbor' campaign is aiming to improve safety and reduce crashes involving motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians in Green Bay. The campaign focuses on what ...
May 10, 2021
Prevea's St. Mary's Health Center Now Open on Shawano Avenue
HOWARD, WI (WTAQ) -- After Coronavirus delayed it's completion, Prevea's new clinic on Shawano Avenue, just blocks from St. Mary's Hospital, is finally open. Patients were able to be seen at the four-...
May 10, 2021 The exterior of the new Prevea St. Mary's Health Center on Shawano Avenue. (Prevea)
Man Formally Charged in Green Bay Shooting
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A first-degree reckless injury charge has been filed against the man accused of shooting another person at a Green Bay gas station last week. Stephon Young was arrested in...
May 10, 2021 Stephon Young is wanted in connection to a shooting on Green Bay's west side. (IMAGE: Courtesy Green Bay Police)
