Category Archives: Local
Police Searching for Man Accused of Stealing Car, Ramming Squad Vehicles
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) - UPDATE: Dorsett is now last known to be in the Waupaca area in a stolen orange 2014 Ford Escape WI plates AEE4789. If citizens observe the vehicle or the suspect, they should not ...
Feb 11, 2021
Rapid COVID Test Available For AASD Students
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Appleton students are back in the classroom, and there could be more tests in their future. To help keep students safe, the district is now offering coronavirus testing in t...
Feb 11, 2021 AASD
Green Bay Schools Superintendent: Schools will be Ready for March 1st Return
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The Green Bay School District is going to be ready for the return of students to the classroom starting on March 1st. Superintendent Stephen Murley appeared on WTAQ's 'The Morn...
Feb 10, 2021 Green Bay Area Public School District Superintendent Stephen Murley speaking to the media during an August 5, 2020 press conference at City Stadium in Green Bay. (PHOTO: WTAQ News)
Lots to do Before Every Green Bay Cop Gets a Body Camera
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The Green Bay Police Department has received nearly 200 body cameras, but it turns out, there is a lot to do before every patrol officer gets a body camera. "Right now what we'...
Feb 10, 2021 Axon body camera (Photo courtesy Axon)
Former Substitute Teacher Convicted in Student Sexual Assault Case
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A former Oconto Falls substitute teacher and volleyball coach was convicted Wednesday of sexually assaulting a student. Brynn Larsen, 31, pleaded no contest to a reduced charg...
Feb 10, 2021
UWO to Host COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A COVID-19 vaccination site is opening next week on the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh campus. The site at the Culver Family Welcome Center, 625 Pearl Ave., will be open by...
Feb 10, 2021
Brantner Appeal Shot Down by State Supreme Court
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court will not hear Dennis Brantner's appeal challenging his conviction for the murder of Berit Beck. Beck disappeared in August, 1990, and her body was...
Feb 10, 2021
Downtown Appleton Mural Coming Down for Building Repair
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A mural in downtown Appleton will need to be taken down just a few months after it was created. Appleton Downtown Inc. says the building that has hosted the Downtown Unites...
Feb 10, 2021
Automated Pay Stations Installed at Brown County Parks
SUAMICO, WI (WTAQ) - There's a new way to pay to utilize the Brown County parks system. The county has installed 12 automatic pay stations across the park system, allowing for instant purchase of dail...
Feb 10, 2021 Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach learns how to use new the new pay station at the Reforestation Camp ski trail. (WTAQ/Casey Nelson)
Mother, Brother of Fox River Mall Shooting Suspect Arrested
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) Two more people have been arrested in relation to the January 31st fatal shooting at the Fox River Mall. Dezmin Ellis's brother, Ralph W. P. Ellis, and mother, Shirina H. Willis and...
Feb 10, 2021 Ralph W. P. Ellis, left, and Shirina H. Willis (Photo courtesy Outagamie Co. Jail)
