Category Archives: Local
GOP and Democrats battle over funding loss that eliminated housing for Green Bay veterans
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The final servicemember moved out of Green Bay's Veteran Housing and Recovery Program location Friday. The facility provides temporary housing for military veterans experi...
Sep 15, 2025 Veterans housing in Green Bay.
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New 42-unit apartment complex set to revitalize old Brillion Iron Works facility
BRILLION, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Seven years after acquiring the property, Ariens Company began construction Tuesday to revitalize the former Brillion Iron Works facility. "We are building a 42-unit apartm...
Sep 12, 2025 Brillion Iron Works apartment complex rendering (Photo courtesy: AriensCo)
Man who used heroin before fatal Oconto County crash gets 18 years in prison
OCONTO (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Zackery Wimber was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison after admitting to using heroin shortly before a fatal traffic crash. Wimber, 31, previously pleaded no contest to four ...
Sep 12, 2025 Zackery Wimber (Photo courtesy Oconto County Sheriff's Office)
UW-Oshkosh ROTC program will continue
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Army ROTC program at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh won't close after this academic year after all. The military announced in July the program would close. However, the UWO pro...
Sep 12, 2025 An emblem outside the UW-Oshkosh ROTC offices. July 7, 2025.
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Budget shortfall halts Amtrak bus link between Green Bay and Milwaukee after four years
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Budget cuts are forcing the Amtrak I-41 Thruway Bus Service between Green Bay and Milwaukee to end next month. The service will cease operation on Oct. 1. The contract between the state...
Sep 12, 2025 Amtrak Thruway bus, September 6, 2019.
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Oconto County sees 70% rise in measles cases, reaching a total of 36 infections
OCONTO (WTAQ-WLUK) - The number of measles cases in Oconto County jumped from 25 to 36 this week, an increase of nearly 70%, according to state figures released Friday. The county has been dealing wit...
Sep 12, 2025 Wisconsin DHS Logo
State appoints attorney for Grandberry appeal as original drug charges remain in limbo
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - In an ironic twist, state officials have appointed an attorney for James Grandberry's appeal in a case asking for his drug charges to be dropped because the state can't fin...
Sep 12, 2025 Brown County drug trafficking suspect James Grandberry. (Photo source: Brown County Jail)
Man convicted in major fentanyl and cocaine drug ring linked from Green Bay to Chicago
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - One of the suspects in a Chicago-to-Green Bay drug ring was convicted Friday. Michael Oliver, 53, pleaded guilty to delivery of fentanyl and cocaine, while two other charge...
Sep 12, 2025 Michael Oliver appears in court virtually from the Brown County Jail, July 25, 2024. (Photo courtesy: Brown County courts/Zoom)
Judge dismisses attorney as woman seeks to change plea in Green Bay robbery case
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Abigail Guerrero's sentencing for her role in the armed robbery her boyfriend committed at the restaurant where she worked was postponed Friday because she wants a new atto...
Sep 12, 2025 Abigail Guerrero appears in Brown County court, July 25, 2025. (Brown County court/Zoom)
Man pleads not guilty in Green Bay toddler's death
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - James VanderLeest pleaded not guilty Friday to allegedly causing the death of Leo Escalante, 2. No trial date was set. VanderLeest, 22, faces reckless homicide and other co...
Sep 12, 2025 James VanderLeest walks into Brown County court, September 12, 2025.
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