Category Archives: Local
Green Bay wins national grant for health initiatives, focuses on equity and inclusion
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Green Bay is one of nine communities across the country to receive a prestigious national grant. Green Bay was selected to receive a $250,000 Robert Wood Johnson Foundatio...
May 13, 2025 Green Bay nonprofits announce the city was awarded aRobert Wood Johnson Foundation grant, May 13, 2025.
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Capitol/Casaloma intersection near Appleton to become 4-way stop during I-41 construction
GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A four-way stop is coming to a popular detour route during Interstate 41 construction. The intersection of Casaloma Drive and Capitol Drive in Grand Chute will become a ...
May 13, 2025
Outagamie County lifts slow-no-wake order
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY (WTAQ-WLUK) -- With springtime flooding having subsided, a slow-no-wake order for boat traffic in Outagamie County has been lifted. The order had been in place since April 1. In early...
May 13, 2025 Slow No Wake sign in Shiocton, April 8, 2025.
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Brown County leaders kick off South Bridge Connector groundbreaking
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- After decades of talk, the South Bridge Connector Project is breaking ground. Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach, along with area leaders, held a groundbreaking ceremo...
May 13, 2025 A groundbreaking ceremony is held for the South Bridge Connector Project in De Pere, May 13, 2025.
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Future Neenah to revitalize 'Alta Alley' with $33,000 grant
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Thanks to a $33,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, Future Neenah is planning to re-invent a long vacant alley in the heart of downtown. The new sp...
May 13, 2025 A concept rendering of the new 'Alta Alley' space in Downtown Neenah. (Courtesy: Future Neenah)
Howard enacts wildlife feeding ban after months of deer complaints
HOWARD, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The village of Howard unanimously passed an ordinance Monday night to prohibit feeding wildlife. The hope is the ordinance will help control the village's deer population. It...
May 13, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of Wisconsin DNR
Case against man in 5-year-old's shooting death by another 5-year-old remains on hold
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- It could be another year before Jordan Leavy-Carter goes on trial for allegedly supplying the gun one 5-year-old used to inadvertently shoot and kill another 5-year-old in...
May 13, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of Green Bay PD
Woman convicted in stabbing death during drug deal
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The suspect in a homicide during an argument about a drug deal was convicted of lesser charges Tuesday. Annaka Trudell, 21, was convicted of first-degree reckless homici...
May 13, 2025 Dawson Miller, left, and Annaka Trudell (Photos courtesy Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office)
National Railroad Museum expansion set to open by September
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- With growing attendance comes the need for more space. Hence, a several-thousand-square-foot change is taking shape at the National Railroad Museum in Ashwaubenon. "It i...
May 13, 2025 Phase one of the National Railroad Museum expansion in Ashwaubenon on May 7, 2025. It's expected to open in September.
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Nun who now lives in Fond du Lac recalls teaching Pope Leo
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Watching Pope Leo XIV's election was a once-in-a-lifetime moment for a Catholic nun who now lives in Fond du Lac. Sister Dianne Bergant has studied, prayed and celebrate...
May 13, 2025 Sister Dianne Bergant, who now lives in Fond du Lac, taught Pope Leo XIV, May 12, 2025.
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