Category Archives: Local
Green Bay PD With A Warning After Recent Gunfire
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Police in Green Bay are warning that the public is in danger because of a series of shootings in recent days. Police Commander Paul Ebel Monday says they've been lucky that eigh...
Oct 06, 2020
Health Departments Can't Keep Up With COVID Contact Tracing
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Brown County, De Pere and Oneida Nation have issued a joint Public Health Emergency alert because of the high levels of COVID-19 cases in the area. A Brown County public he...
Oct 06, 2020
Siemers: 'A Weird Year' Leading to Wild Finish in Presidential Race
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) - "It's a weird year, right?" said UW-Oshkosh Political Science Professor Dr. David Siemers. "It's a weird year, and he's not going to be in front of 100,000 people with Bruce Sprin...
Oct 05, 2020 President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden debate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29th, 2020. (Reuters)
Green Bay Bars, Restaurants Cut Back Operations Amid COVID-19 Spike
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- COVID-19 case growth in Northeast Wisconsin is among the highest in the nation, and it's causing some businesses to scale back their operations. Some bars and restaurants in No...
Oct 05, 2020
Surge in COVID-19 Cases Brings Burden to Local Contact Tracers
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Brown County, De Pere and Oneida Nation have issued a joint Public Health Emergency alert because of the high levels of COVID-19 cases in the area. A Brown County public...
Oct 05, 2020 Yuri Samoilov / CC
Diocese of Green Bay Reinstates Mass Obligation Dispensation for Catholics
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Catholics in the Diocese of Green Bay have been again temporarily released from their obligation to attend mass due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bishop David L. Ricken ordered the...
Oct 05, 2020 David Skinner / CC
Kimberly-Clark Preemie Diapers Reach "Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin" Finals
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Northeast Wisconsin has one of the finalists in the "Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin" contest. Kimberly-Clark's Nano preemie diapers will compete with items from Caterpillar, ...
Oct 05, 2020
Oshkosh Murder Suspect to Stand Trial
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Ricardo Martinez-Mendez was ordered Monday to stand trial for allegedly killing Jarvis Gladney because Gladney had said something derogatory about Martinez-Mendez' girlfriend...
Oct 05, 2020
Appleton Police Continue to Seek Feedback From Residents
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - The Appleton Police Department is looking for ways to continue to improve their services, and they're hoping to receive as much input from the public as they can get. About 2,000...
Oct 05, 2020 Appleton Police Department (PHOTO: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)
Winnebago County Seeing Long Lines at COVID-19 Testing Site
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) -- The Regional COVID-19 Testing Site at the Sunnyview Expo Center in Oshkosh is seeing long wait times. Wait times stretched as long as four hours at the testing site on Monday--th...
Oct 05, 2020
