Category Archives: Local
Allouez residents invited to help choose new playground design at Webster Park
ALLOUEZ, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The playground equipment at Webster Park will be replaced this year, and the community is invited to help select the new design. There are three options to choose from. Acco...
Apr 04, 2026
Jury convicts man of killing Milwaukee police officer, wounding another in shooting ambush
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man was convicted Friday of shooting two Milwaukee police officers, killing one, in an ambush last summer. After a five-day trial, 23-year-old Tremaine Jones was found g...
Apr 04, 2026
Safe Haven receives temporary permit to operate homeless shelter out of former Newcap site
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The city of Green Bay has granted Safe Haven Hope Center a temporary use permit to operate a homeless shelter where Newcap used to operate one. Safe Haven says it "is a lo...
Apr 04, 2026 PC: Safe Haven Hope Center Facebook Page
One arrested, Amber Alert cancelled for missing Wautoma girl
UPDATE -- The Amber Alert has been cancelled, after Irene Lentz was found by Nebraska State Patrol. According to the Wautoma Police Department, Joseph Nicpon is now in custody. _______________________...
Apr 04, 2026
Plea negotiations continue in screwdriver stabbing at Green Bay park
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Plea negotiations continue for a man accused of stabbing another man with a screwdriver, his attorney said Friday. Ray Long, 49, faces one count of attempted first-degree ...
Apr 03, 2026 Ray Long (Photo source: Brown County Jail)
Case against suspect in Highway 172 murder continues
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- No trial date was set Friday for Ji-Gwe-Mko Layton, who allegedly killed a driver while traveling on Highway 172 because he was afraid the driver was going to rob his home...
Apr 03, 2026 Jigwemko Layton in court, Aug. 18, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Wisconsin among 22 states suing Trump over 'unlawful' attempts to interfere in elections
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsin is one of nearly two dozen states suing President Donald Trump in a challenge to an executive order they claim interferes with states' constitutional authority to ...
Apr 03, 2026 Absentee ballots are ready to be sent to Wisconsin voters.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Wisconsin DOT providing information on scheduled lift bridge closures
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Whether you're traveling over a lift bridge by car or hoping to pass under it in a boat, you can check a new webpage that provides information on planned closures. The Wisconsin Departm...
Apr 03, 2026 PC: Fox 11 Online
Gov. Evers restores Wisconsin commutations, first governor in over 20 years to do so
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Governor Tony Evers is the first Wisconsin governor in more than two decades to issue commutations. Evers signed two executive orders Friday to reinstate Wisconsin's process for issuing...
Apr 03, 2026 Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers visits Jefferson Elementary School in Oshkosh Wednesday, September 4, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Packers warn possible changes to Sports Broadcasting Act pose 'existential threat' to team
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Packers are lobbying Wisconsin lawmakers as a House of Representatives subcommittee considers a hearing on a bill which could impact the green and gold. The ...
Apr 03, 2026 Generic Green Bay Packers game, Lambeau Field.
PC: Fox 11 Online
