Category Archives: Local
6 new filters integrated into Heart of the Valley's sewerage treatment plant systems
KAUKAUNA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Heart of the Valley has reached a milestone in their sewerage rehabilitation project. Six new, state-of-the-art filters from Sweden were successfully integrated into the ex...
May 21, 2025 Six new, state-of-the-art filters from Sweden were successfully integrated into the existing systems at the Heart of the Valley Metropolitan Sewerage District's treatment plant, as part of their effluent disc filter project, May 20, 2025.
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Allegiant announces new nonstop flights from Appleton to Gulf Shores beginning Oct. 2
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Allegiant Airlines announced a new nonstop route from Appleton International Airport to a popular beach destination. Travelers can now book nonstop flights from ATW to Gulf Shores Inter...
May 21, 2025 An Allegiant airplane at the Appleton International Airport May 12, 2023.
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Lithium battery charging failure to blame for Bellevue structure fire; $125K in damage
BELLEVUE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Authorities say a lithium battery charging failure sparked a fire at a commercial structure in Bellevue, causing $125,000 in damage. At 8:53 a.m. Tuesday, the Green Bay Met...
May 21, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Federal charges added against Mishicot teacher for allegedly producing child pornography
(WTAQ-WLUK) - Federal prosecutors have added child pornography production charges against a Mishicot teacher who allegedly had a sexual relationship with a student. Ryan Schroeder faces 19 charges in ...
May 21, 2025 Ryan Schroeder (Photo courtesy Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office)
Avery's bid to present alternate suspect evidence rejected by Wisconsin's Supreme Court
(WTAQ-WLUK) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court denied Steven Avery's latest bid for a new trial for his conviction for the murder of Teresa Halbach. Avery, 62, is serving a life sentence for the 2005 murde...
May 21, 2025 Steven Avery's June 2022 mug shot.
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Text message shows former Green Bay school board member's response to residency concerns
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An open records request is providing new information on the actions Green Bay's school board took when concern was first raised whether former board member Kou Lee lived i...
May 21, 2025 IMAGE: Courtesy Green Bay Area Public School District.
Outagamie County still debating rerouting of $3.2 million from UWO-Fox Cities for upgrades
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- $3.2 million originally earmarked for UW-Oshkosh Fox Cities may soon be used for improving aging systems in Outagamie County. The county's finance committee discuss...
May 21, 2025
Man sentenced to prison for filming nude child in locker room at Howard YMCA
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Michael Winfree was sentenced to nine years in prison for taking video of a nude child in a YMCA locker room. Winfree, 50, was previously convicted of seven counts, includi...
May 20, 2025 Michael Winfree.
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Green Bay man sentenced for taking 'upskirting' videos of minors he coached in tennis
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Former tennis coach Joshua Denault was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for taking "upskirting" videos of minors he was tutoring. Denault, 41, previously pleaded no ...
May 20, 2025 Joshua Denault appears in Brown County court, October 7, 2024. (Brown County court/Zoom)
Fifth defendant sentenced to jail for role in $38,000 ATM theft in Kaukauna
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A fifth suspect was sentenced to one year in jail in connection with the theft of more than $38,000 from a Kaukauna ATM. Andres Escobar-Rodriguez, 31, was previously convict...
May 20, 2025 Clockwise from upper left: Yenaiker Yohendy Avila-Acevedo, Adonay Jose Dalis-Ramirez, Jesse Ronald Duque-Escobar, Andres Jose Escobar-Rodriguez, Johamnel Jose Ortiz-Sanchez and Manuel Alejandro Pina-Gonzalez (Photos courtesy Outagamie County Jail)
