Category Archives: Local
Fond Du Lac Schools Plan Blended Re-opening
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Fond du Lac schools will move forward with blended learning. That means all students, kindergarten through 12th grade, will be in school at least two days a week and will...
Aug 13, 2020
Controversial Fond Du Lac Park Plan Is Moving Forward
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Fond du Lac City Council did not pass a resolution to stop a major makeover at Lakeside Park, meaning the project will go on as planned. The changes would include a n...
Aug 13, 2020
Bay Beach Plans Go Through Growing Pains
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Green Bay's parks committee provided initial approval for a plan Wednesday night that would delay beach construction at Bay Beach Amusement Park. However, the proposal woul...
Aug 13, 2020
Oshkosh Prepares For Presidential Visit
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WRN) - President Donald Trump says he'll be in Wisconsin next week. During a Wednesday night tele-rally with Wisconsin supporters, the president said he'd be in Oshkosh on Monday. Mo...
Aug 13, 2020
Jury Finds Cayer Guilty on All Counts in Hobart Double Murder
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A jury has found Jacob Cayer guilty on all charges. The verdict was reached Wednesday evening after about an hour of deliberation. The conviction means a second phase will...
Aug 12, 2020 Jacob Cayer, left, is seated with his attorneys at the KI Convention Center for jury selection in his double murder trial. (WLUK/Chris Schattl photo, Aug. 7, 2020.)
Study: Suicide Rate Up in the Fox Valley
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) -- The number of suicides in the Fox Valley is up. The latest data, compiled as part of the Fox Cities LIFE Study, shows that the suicide rate in 2018 bumped up from numbers gather...
Aug 12, 2020
Competancy Exam Ordered for Man in Fatal Hate Crime Car Crash
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A competency exam was ordered Wednesday for a man who for allegedly intentionally crashed into and killed a motorcyclist because the victim was white. Daniel Navarro is ...
Aug 12, 2020
The Fox River Dredging Project is Complete
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - It only took 16 years and about $1 billion, but dredging of the Fox River is now complete. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler stopped in Green Bay Wedn...
Aug 12, 2020 The Leo Frigo Bridge crossing the Fox River as seen from Green Bay Metro Boat Launch. (PHOTO/WTAQ News)
Green Bay's Primary Election Goes Off Without A Hitch
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Green Bay voters seemed to have a much different experience at the polls Tuesday compared to what in-person voters experienced for the spring election. People were able to ...
Aug 12, 2020
Appleton Reports Smooth Sailing On Election Day
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - August's partisan primary seemed to go on without a problem in Appleton. Voters didn't face long lines and were able to get in and out of the polling location within a matte...
Aug 12, 2020
