Category Archives: Local
New Outdoor Ice Rink Coming To Neenah
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ) - "The Plaza at Gateway Park" is a $4 million to $5 million project. It is all being paid for with private money, led by John Bergstrom, and being gifted to the city. The rink is exp...
Sep 17, 2020
Appleton Celebrates The Arts
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Appleton has now formally recognized this week as Arts in Education Week. From now on, the city will join others in celebrating Sept. 13-19. Mayor Jake Woodford, the preside...
Sep 17, 2020
Green Bay Gyms Find Different Ways to Bring Kids to the Classroom
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Western Racquet and Tri-County Gymnastics aren't your typical classrooms. The gyms are finding new ways to help kids return to school. Kids are able to do their online l...
Sep 16, 2020
Green Bay Police, Brown County Deputies Could Have Body Cameras Within a Few Months
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The Green Bay Police Department and the Brown County Sheriff's Office could have body cameras sooner than you think. The issue of equipping officers and deputies with body-moun...
Sep 16, 2020 Police follow a Black Lives Matter demonstration through the streets of Green Bay on May 31, 2020. (PHOTO/Casey Nelson, WTAQ News)
Questions Arise Over Trump Administration Vaccine Distribution Plan
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -The Trump administration has released a playbook on COVID-19 vaccine distribution. A claim the president says will be made available by the end of the year. But yet again med...
Sep 16, 2020 Jernej Furman / CC
Wisconsin Volunteers Help Out in the Wake of Devastating Western Wildfires
YUBA CITY, CA (WTAQ) -- A number of volunteers from Northeast Wisconsin have made their way out west to help in the wake of devastating wildfires. Volunteers with the Wisconsin American Red Cross have...
Sep 16, 2020 American Red Cross volunteers pack snack bags for evacuees staying at an American Red Cross shelter, in Salem, OR (Justin Kern)
Man Pleads Not Guilty to Mistreating Animals
CHILTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A man charged after police seized more than a dozen animals from his home pleaded not guilty Wednesday. Kyle Komp, 21, faces a dozen charges, including multiple weapons-relat...
Sep 16, 2020
NE Wisconsin Companies Square Off for 'Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin' Competition
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) - As the state begins the annual search for the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin, a number of local companies have tossed their hats in the ring. Generally, when people are thinking ...
Sep 16, 2020
Local Community Bands Together to Find Illinois Woman's Missing Dog
CHILTON, WI (WTAQ) - It all started with a busy weekend at work. Kelly Kane of Schaumberg, Illinois, and her boyfriend, Tony, both had to work the weekend shifts. So Tony's uncle offered to take their...
Sep 16, 2020
Atmospheric Smoke From Western Wildfires to Dissipate, Then Return
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Things have been kind of smokey this week in Wisconsin. While the weather reports may read "clear" everyone who has looked outside the past few days knows it's been anything bu...
Sep 16, 2020 FILE PHOTO: The Bobcat Fire burns near Mount Wilson Observatory in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 14, 2020. Picture taken September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
