Category Archives: Local
Green Bay Botanical Garden exhibit transforms ocean trash into sculptures to educate
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An exhibit that's turning trash into treasure is making waves at the Green Bay Botanical Garden. Visitors to the garden will see several sculptures this season that are pa...
May 02, 2025 Edward the Leatherback Sea Turtle at the Green Bay Botanical Garden. (Photo Courtesy of The Washed Ashore Project)
$40K grant will transform Manitowoc parking lot into garden for maritime history exhibits
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Wisconsin Maritime Museum is unveiling plans for an improvement project to bring green space to the city of Manitowoc. The public garden will be located on the southwe...
May 02, 2025 Rendering of Captain Carus Maritime Garden Proposal. (Photo courtesy: Wisconsin Maritime Museum).
Trial date rescheduled for man charged in Allouez high-speed, double fatal crash
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Aug. 25 trial planned for Kelton Snulligan - who allegedly caused a double-fatal, high-speed, drunk driving crash - will be rescheduled, likely for Aug. 4, but the date...
May 02, 2025 Kelton Snulligan has been charged in connection with a July 21, 2023, crash in Allouez.
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Registration open for Teen Police Academy summer program in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A popular summer program that shows local youth what it's like to be a police officer is returning for its 25th year. Applications are now being accepted for the Teen Poli...
May 02, 2025 GBPD Training Officer Jon Nejedlo talks to participants of the Teen Police Academy. June 19, 2024.
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Manitowoc liquor store sells $50,000 Powerball ticket
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- One lucky shopper walked into a Manitowoc liquor store to purchase some spirits and left with a winning lottery ticket. Superior Discount Liquor on 4355 Calumet Avenue sol...
May 02, 2025 Powerball lottery tickets are for sale Dec. 28, 2021, at Stadium Shell in Ashwaubenon.
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Free shuttles, bus rides proved useful and busy during NFL Draft in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The NFL Draft in Green Bay was a big undertaking on many fronts, including the effort to give free rides from local tavern league bars directly to the front door of people...
May 02, 2025 People travel through the 2025 NFL Draft campus on the event's final day on April 26, 2025.
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UW-Green Bay kicks off $101 million library with tribute to original inhabitants
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A special groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of a new library on the UW-Green Bay campus. Members of the First Nations community and UW-Green Bay celebrated the begi...
May 01, 2025 A rendering of the Cofrin Technology and Education Center planned for the UW-Green Bay campus.
Former Appleton teacher denies allegations of sexual relationship with former student
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A former Appleton West High School teacher was charged with three counts of sexual assault of a student by a staff member for allegedly having an on-going sexual relationshi...
May 01, 2025 Rebecca Ryan (Photo courtesy Outagamie County Sheriff's Office)
Kimberly-Clark to invest $2 billion in expansion projects in Ohio, South Carolina
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Kimberly-Clark announced it's investing more than $2 billion in expansion of its North American businesses over the next five years. It is the company's largest domestic expansion in mo...
May 01, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Weyauwega-Fremont receives state fab lab grant
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- One Northeast Wisconsin school district is among 20 to receive state grants for their fabrication laboratories. The Weyauwega-Fremont School District is receiving $20,000, Gov. Tony Eve...
May 01, 2025
