Category Archives: Local
Forced into a New Role, the Republican Party Adjusts
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The Republican Party of Brown County is looking to the future after a chaotic week. The Republican Party is getting ready for what the sports world might call a "rebuilding yea...
Jan 09, 2021 Protesters shield their eyes from tear gas at the US Capitol. (Reuters)
Green Bay Named 'Safest City in the US' by US News and World Report
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The City of Green Bay is getting some very positive national attention. Green Bay has been listed by US News and World Report as the safest city to live in the United States, b...
Jan 08, 2021 Downtown Green Bay and City Deck as seen from across the Fox River. (WTAQ/Casey Nelson)
Settlement Apparently Reached in Bus Stop Crash
WAUTOMA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A settlement has apparently been reached in a civil wrongful death lawsuit related to the death of a girl struck by a vehicle while waiting to get on a school bus. Maryana Kr...
Jan 08, 2021
The Bar on Holmgren Way to Add Pavilion
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A bar near Lambeau Field is expanding. The contractor, Bayland Buildings, says ground will be broken soon on a four-season pavilion at The Bar on Holmgren Way. The 4,200...
Jan 08, 2021
Green Bay Homicide Suspect Ordered to Stand Trial
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man who allegedly killed two of his relatives was ordered Friday to stand trial. Oscar Lemus-Franco, 29, faces two counts of first-degree intentional homicide for the Se...
Jan 08, 2021
Green Bay Bank Robbery Suspect Identified, Charged
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The man who allegedly robbed a bank Thursday was also charged with a second armed robbery count for allegedly stealing the money bag from a convenience store employee who w...
Jan 08, 2021
Professor Breaks Down What Happened on Capitol Hill
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) - As the world continues to absorb exactly what happened as demonstrators stormed the US Capitol building on Wednesday, political scientists are trying to look at what it means in t...
Jan 08, 2021 Protesters shield their eyes from tear gas at the US Capitol. (Reuters)
'Miracle Mile' Gears Up for Wisconsin Lottery with Near-Billion Dollar Combined Jackpots
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) - With the Mega Millions jackpot at $510 million and the Powerball at $470 million, Wisconsin is seeing one of the largest combined jackpots in history. "Richer than Aaron Rodge...
Jan 08, 2021 Philly's on 4th Grocery and Deli in Fond du Lac is preparing for this weekend's massive Wisconsin Lottery drawings. (PHOTO: Courtesy of Philly's on 4th Grocery and Deli on Facebook)
Man Charged with 16th OWI Following Crash that Knocked Out Power
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A Green Bay man is in custody after a crash near East Mason Street and Badger Street shut down the area early Friday morning. The driver of the vehicle, identified at 74-year -o...
Jan 08, 2021 Wallace Bowers (GBPD)
Fire Forces Five Out In The Cold
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- A fire at a duplex in downtown Green Bay Thursday night left five people displaced. Green Bay Metro Fire says it responded to a call at 533 S. Quincy St. around 7 p.m. Upon arr...
Jan 08, 2021 MWC
