Category Archives: Local
Piecing Together the Big Wheel
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Bay Beach Amusement Park is starting to get the pieces in place for a new summer attraction. When complete, the “Big Wheel” will be taller than a ten-story bui...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 26, 2019
Woman Sentenced for Fatal Fire
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – An Outagamie County woman was sentenced on Tuesday for setting a fire, which killed her brother. Dana Nachtrab was sentenced to seven years in prison for arson and homicide...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 26, 2019
Old School Apartments
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A vacated school building in Green Bay is getting new life as an apartment complex. The former Whitney School on Webster Avenue is being turned into twenty-three apartment...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 26, 2019
Convicted Murderer's Restitution Vacated by Court
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A restitution award of more than $230,000 that a convicted murderer was ordered to pay has been vacated by a state appeals court. Mao Xiong is serving a 25-year prison sen...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 26, 2019
Sprinkler System Saves The Day
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – A single sprinkler saved an Appleton daycare from possibly going up in flames. Fire crews were called to Appleton KinderCare on S. Oneida Street just before noon Monday for...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 26, 2019
Interstate Pile Up A Test For Emergency Crews
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Deputies are saying the number of emergency responders to Sunday’s chain reaction crash on Interstate 41 was more than they have ever seen. That includes the Gold ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 26, 2019
LISTEN: Vietnam Mission Goes Off Script
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – 52 NE Wisconsin Vietnam war veterans are in Saigon after a 15-hour plane ride that started in Chicago Sunday afternoon. The next couple of weeks will be a whirlwind of vis...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 26, 2019
School Teacher Killed In State's Largest Crash
WINNEBAGO, WI (WTAQ) – Winnebago County Sheriff Officials say a school teacher was the victim of a 100 plus car accident Sunday on Highway 41. “Our records show that this is the single big...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 26, 2019
An Underwhelming Harvest
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) – With this year’s sturgeon spearing season in the rearview mirror, officials say the numbers point towards a mostly underwhelming harvest. During the 16-day campaign, s...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 26, 2019
Arrests Made In Homicide, Victim Identified
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – An 18-year-old high school student is dead and four individuals have been arrested following a shooting on the city’s east side. Green Bay Police was called to the 2...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 26, 2019

