Category Archives: Local
Brown County Conducts Over 1,200 COVID-19 Tests on Thursday
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) — Brown County continues to increase COVID-19 testing numbers in the state. Thursday saw the largest single-day testing count in the county with 1,258 people being tested at...
May 15, 2020
Appleton Unveils Lundgaard Park in Honor of Fallen Firefighter
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – One year ago today – the Appleton Fire Department lost one of their own in the line of duty. The City of Appleton is marking that solemn date by unveiling a park name...
May 15, 2020
Pandemic Changes, But Saturday Market Goes On
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Downtown Green Bay’s Saturday Farmers Market is coming back for the season, but there’s going to be some changes during the coronavirus pandemic. “WeR...
May 15, 2020
West Side Shots Ring Out, Police Investigate
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Green Bay Police continue to investigate after a complaint of gunshots in the area of S Maple St and W Walnut St on the near west side last night around 11 pm. Police arri...
May 15, 2020
LISTEN: It's Business As Usual In Fond Du Lac County
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – One former COVID-19 hot spot has decided it will not close businesses again. Northeast Wisconsin’s first confirmed infections appeared in Fond du Lac County o...
May 15, 2020
LISTEN: Brown County Works To Re-open
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Brown County's public health officer says she's anticipating putting a new policy in place when the county's current Safer at Home order expires next week. Brown C...
May 15, 2020
A Weekend Down On The Farm
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center in Manitowoc is giving families a drive-through barnyard experience. Animals like calves, goats, horses, pigs and chickens, as wel...
May 15, 2020
Green Bay Police Hold Law Enforcement Week Ceremony
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Officers in Green Bay held a ceremony in honor of Law Enforcement Week on Thursday. The ceremony included comments by Chief Andrew Smith and a presentation of the col...
May 14, 2020
UWGB Extends, Expands Employee Furloughs
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is extending employee furloughs through the end of the year, but will also reopen its campus this summer. UWGB leaders say unpai...
May 14, 2020
Man Accused of Killing His Mother Claims Mental Illness, Pleads Not Guilty
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The man accused of killing his mother last year pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect at a hearing Thursday. Bradley Boettcher, 36, i...
May 14, 2020
