Category Archives: Local
Board to Discuss Increase for In-Person Classes at Green Bay Middle, High Schools
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Green Bay School Board could approve a plan as soon as Monday for middle and high schools students to move to in-person classes four days per week. The school board sch...
Mar 18, 2021
Roadblock Put Up To Governor's Capitol Budget
MADISON, WI (WRN) - Republicans on the State Building Commission voted Wednesday to reject every project proposed in Governor Tony Evers' capital budget. That means debate on the 2.4 billion dollar pr...
Mar 18, 2021 MWC
Slow Speed Chase Ends With One Man In Police Custody
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Green Bay Police, assisted by Brown County Sheriff's Deputies, stop a reckless driver leaving downtown Green Bay at bar time. The vehicle, operated by a 21 year old male, was dr...
Mar 18, 2021 MWC
Appleton City Council Set To Debate Hefty Pay Hike For Themselves
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The City of Appleton is beginning discussions on whether to raise alderperson salaries. One council member is suggesting an almost $4,000 increase. Alderperson salaries appe...
Mar 18, 2021 PHOTO: City of Appleton
Short-Term Help For A Long-Term Problem
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Short-term help is on the way for Green Bay's public defender office, but the Brown County Board of Supervisors agrees the issue is a crisis and more needs to be done. A...
Mar 18, 2021 MWC
Major Highway Project Plans Firming Up For Green Bay's East Side
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has released information on a project to improve a stretch of highway on Green Bay's east side. The DOT is proposing work on a 4.4-mil...
Mar 18, 2021 MWC
Fatal Monday Night Stabbings Appear Random, Police Say
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Green Bay Police say the stabbings that killed a 70-year-old man and injured a woman on South Broadway Monday night appear to be random. "It looks like a very random act," Poli...
Mar 17, 2021 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Human Remains Found on Menominee Reservation
MENOMINEE RESERVATION (WTAQ) -- The Menominee Tribal Police and the FBI are currently investigating the recovery of human remains on the Menominee Indian Reservation. Menominee Tribal Police made that...
Mar 17, 2021
Green, Beer, and Green Beer: St. Patrick's Day Celebrations are Back
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A year after St. Patrick's Day celebrations were cut short by an order to close early due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, people were back to celebrating with green, ...
Mar 17, 2021 People gather at Saint Brendan's Inn in Green Bay to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. (PHOTO/WTAQ News)
Appleton Police Chief: "Hate Has No Home Here"
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - In the wake of a deadly shooting spree, which saw eight people killed at multiple spas in Atlanta this week, local authorities are issuing a reminder about racism and hatred. App...
Mar 17, 2021
