Category Archives: Local
Football fans score pieces of Green Bay history with NFL Draft auction purchases
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- More than 150 football fans now own a piece of Green Bay history. An online auction of 2025 NFL Draft footprint items brought in thousands of dollars that will be donated ...
May 23, 2025 Dozens of banners and signs are up for grabs in an auction of NFL Draft memorabilia.
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Sheboygan man indicted for production and possession of child pornography
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A federal grand jury has indicted a Sheboygan man on charges of producing and possessing child pornography. In a news release Thursday, authorities said Nolan M. Pitsch, 3...
May 23, 2025
Man charged with murder in downtown Neenah six months ago
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man was charged Thursday with first-degree intentional homicide in relation to a death in downtown Neenah six months ago. Rodney D. Franklin, 53, is accused of killing 73-y...
May 23, 2025 Neenah Police Department Dec. 27, 2022.
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State senator asks for extension on grant to help move coal piles
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Northeast Wisconsin lawmaker is asking the state for an extension as a deadline for a grant that could help move coal piles out of downtown Green Bay looms. Officials from Brown Count...
May 23, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Green Bay man dies from injuries in east side motorized bicycle crash
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay man who was injured in a motorized bicycle crash last weekend has died from his injuries. The crash between two drivers on motorized bicycles happened just b...
May 23, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Cellcom outage pushes customers to seek new phone providers as cyber incident drags on
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- It's been more than one week since Cellcom customers have had full cell phone service. The ongoing outage was caused by a cyber incident. That's the last update Cellcom ha...
May 23, 2025 A service outage has left Cellcom customers unable to make calls or send text messages. May 15, 2025.
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How 'no tax on tips' legislation could affect Appleton-area bars and restaurants
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" early Thursday morning, which includes a provision to eliminate tax on tips. Details of t...
May 23, 2025 File Photo
Two new proposals offered to move Green Bay's coal piles ahead of key deadline
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- If a deal isn't in place by May 30 to move the coal piles out of downtown Green Bay, the state has said it will be rescinding a $15 million grant it awarded three years ag...
May 23, 2025
Will Wisconsin's budget be passed and signed on time? Where lawmakers stand in Madison
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Work continues on Wisconsin's next two-year budget, but there's concerns over delays within the Joint Finance Committee. Republican State Senator Eric Wimberger, a member of the legisla...
May 23, 2025 The Wisconsin State Capitol dome in Madison.
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Fond du Lac school superintendent retires nearly 6 weeks early
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Superintendent Jeffrey Fleig retired about a month early, the Fond du Lac school district says. In January, Fleig announced his intention to retire June 30. However, in ...
May 22, 2025 Former Fond du Lac School superintendent Jeffery Fleig.
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