Category Archives: Local
Improving Your Home This Summer? The BBB has Some Tips
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - As people have spent more time at home over the past year, many are realizing they want to take any extra time they may have - or stimulus money they may receive - and put it to...
Mar 28, 2021 Scott Lewis / CC
Wisconsin Maritime Museum Sees Busy Reopening
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- After five months of being closed due to the pandemic, a popular Lakeside attraction is once again, open for business. The Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc welcomed ...
Mar 27, 2021
Green Bay Wants It's Next Police Chief to Have Strong Community Engagement Skills
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The City of Green Bay is already looking for its next Police Chief, and they know the kind of person they're looking for. "We're looking for a number of things," President of t...
Mar 26, 2021 Green Bay Police Chief Andrew Smith backs a piece of legislation allowing legal residents and DACA recipients in Wisconsin to join local law enforcement agencies. (PHOTO/WTAQ News)
Outagamie County Confirms First Case of South African Coronavirus Strain
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) - Outagamie County Public Health is reporting that lab tests have confirmed that coronavirus strain B.1.351, first identified in South Africa, has made its first known appe...
Mar 26, 2021
Did You Win Airpods from Amazon? Probably Not
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Many people are receiving texts, claiming to be from Amazon, that they won Apple Airpods or some other high-value item. But clicking into the attached link isn't the best idea. ...
Mar 26, 2021
Man Sentenced to Life for Killing Toddler, Stabbing Girlfriend
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A man who stabbed his pregnant girlfriend and killed her 3-year-old daughter will be eligible for parole after 40 years. Demetrius Williams, 24, received a mandatory life se...
Mar 26, 2021
Wednesday Farmer's Market Is Back On Broadway
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Wednesday Farmers' Market on Broadway Street in Green Bay is coming back. It's coming back to the right place, too: Broadway Street. Last year it relocated to Liecht Pa...
Mar 26, 2021 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Temporary Homeless Shelter And Police Complaints
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Some downtown Green Bay businesses say they've seen an increase in crime and other problems since a temporary homeless shelter opened up. In October, St. John's Homeless Sh...
Mar 26, 2021 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Area Non-Profits Benefit From $1.6 Million Community Fund
FOX VALLEY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Thanks to a COVID-19 community fund, 106 local nonprofit organizations are getting help. The fund is a joint effort by the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region a...
Mar 26, 2021 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Man Sentenced to Probation in Fatal Road Rage Incident
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Tyler Knutson was sentenced Thursday to probation for four years for killing Bradley Trinwith in a road rage case. Judge Vicki Clussman stayed a four-year prison sentence, wh...
Mar 25, 2021
