Category Archives: Local
Fox Valley blood supplies 'critically low' after weekend
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Fox Valley blood bank says its supplies are "critically low" after emergencies over the weekend. The Community Blood Center says, as of Monday morning, its inventory of t...
Aug 05, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Simmons convicted for Appleton park shooting
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Tyrese Simmons was convicted Tuesday for firing shots in Appleton's Erb Park. No one was injured in the incident. Simmons, 21, pleaded no contest to second-degree recklessly...
Aug 05, 2025 Tyrese Simmons (Photo courtesy: Outagamie County Sheriff's Office)
Oconto Falls community gets first look inside new middle school at ribbon cutting ceremony
OCONTO FALLS, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Students and educators in Oconto Falls are excited to begin a new school year in a new school. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Monday to celebrate the doors opening ...
Aug 05, 2025 Oconto Falls Public Schools holds a ribbon cutting and open house for its new middle school, Aug. 4, 2025.
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Temporary license pause could impact cannabis companies trying to open in Menominee
MENOMINEE, Mich. (WTAQ-WLUK) - A vote Tuesday on whether to limit the number of cannabis dispensaries in Menominee, Michigan, could have a big impact on businesses already in the process of coming to ...
Aug 05, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Man charged with setting fire to Rep. Grothman's office drops his insanity plea
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Caiden Stachowicz abandoned his insanity plea Monday for allegedly setting fire to U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman's office in Fond du Lac. Stachowicz, 19, faces three charges, ...
Aug 04, 2025 Caiden Stachowicz (Photo courtesy Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office)
Driver dies after crashing into pole at Grand Chute gas station
GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- One person is dead after a single-vehicle crash at a Grand Chute gas station. Around 11:40 a.m. Monday, first responders were called to the Circle K in the 100 block of ...
Aug 04, 2025 Driver dies after crashing into pole at Grand Chute gas station, Aug. 4, 2025.
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Man charged for fatal Shawano County crash
SHAWANO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A motorist was driving at more than 100 mph just before a crash which killed one of his passengers and injured another, a prosecutor said Monday. Collyn Jorgenson, 18, was ch...
Aug 04, 2025 Collyn Jorgenson has been charged with first-degreereckless homicide, first-degree reckless injury, and obstruction on August 4, 2025 (Shawano County/Zoom).
Judge sides with Sister Bay for rental home bedroom ordinance
SISTER BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A Sister Bay ordinance limiting rental homes to the use of four bedrooms is legal, a judge ruled - rejecting claims by several property owners. Sister Bay's regulations on...
Aug 04, 2025 Four Door County property owners have filed a law suit against the Village of Sister Bay after it changed an ordinance limiting the number of bedrooms that can be used in short term rental property.
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Inaugural Door County Jazz Festival kicks off this week
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- For the first time, Wisconsin's live music scene will include the Door County Jazz Festival. The new event takes place August 4-9 throughout the Door County Peninsula. Org...
Aug 04, 2025 Newly-refurbished Welcome to Door County sign installed in Door County, May 26, 2021.
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Beef prices hit record high, impacting both consumers and farmers across Wisconsin
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- If you've been to the grocery store lately, you may have noticed beef is costing you more. That's because beef prices right now are at an all-time high. This isn't only impacting Wiscon...
Aug 04, 2025 If you've been to the grocery store lately, you may have noticed beef is costing you more. Beef prices right now are at an all-time high. July 29, 2025.
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