Category Archives: Local
Mile of Music festival unveils first 50 acts for annual downtown Appleton event
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- One of the area's largest music festivals announced its first 50 acts. Mile of Music organizers offered a sneak peek into its annual event Thursday that brings hundreds of ...
May 01, 2025 Mile of Music Festival in Appleton, August 6, 2023.
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Coleman man sentenced for crash that killed baby
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Michael Galbraith was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for the traffic crash that killed an 8-month-old girl. Galbraith, 47, previously pleaded no contest to a ...
May 01, 2025
Green Bay charities benefit from NFL Draft's sustainable cleanup efforts
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- As the NFL Draft footprint is dismantled, the NFL and the Green Bay Packers are ensuring that valuable materials left behind are given a second life, benefiting local orga...
May 01, 2025 Donations in the NFL Draft footprint.
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Green Bay Conservation Corps part of President Trump's AmeriCorps cuts
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Green Bay is weighing the future of its Conservation Corps after AmeriCorps programs across the country became part of President Donald Trump's DOGE cost cutting efforts. ...
May 01, 2025 The Green Bay Conservation Corps Earth Day event, April 22, 2023.
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Firefighters swiftly contain trio of vegetation fires near Kaukauna
TOWN OF VANDENBROEK, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Firefighters battled a trio of Kaukauna-area vegetation fires Wednesday. Around 2:40 p.m. the Vandenbroek-Kaukauna Fire Department was called to 41 Southbound an...
May 01, 2025 Firefighters battle a trio of Kaukauna-area vegetation fires, April 30, 2025. (Photo courtesy: Vandenbroek Kaukauna Fire Department)
Oneida Street to reopen to traffic earlier than planned
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Oneida Street will reopen to traffic earlier than expected following the NFL Draft. A portion of Oneida Street has been closed to traffic since March 28 to construct the...
May 01, 2025 Shawano Country NFL Draft Barn Quilt (Photo courtesy of NEW Media)
Bail reduction denied for Mishicot teacher accused of repeated sexual abuse of student
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A Mishicot teacher who admitted to having sex with a student more than 50 times during a two-year period pleaded not guilty Thursday. Ryan Schroeder, 37, faces 19 charges, ...
May 01, 2025 Ryan Schroeder (Photo courtesy Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office)
Man ordered to stand trial on charges he abducted pregnant Wisconsin teen
JUNEAU, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man accused of abducting a Beaver Dam teenager who is pregnant with his child was ordered to stand trial. Gary Day, 40, appeared in Dodge County court Thursday. He faces tw...
May 01, 2025 Gary F. Day(Courtesy: Beaver Dam Police Department)
Green Bay's NFL Draft attendance high, but hotels report unexpected vacancy rates
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Six hundred thousand football fans flocked to the smallest NFL market for the three-day NFL Draft, with attendance 2.5 times more than anticipated. But many hotels who sti...
May 01, 2025 Vacancies during the NFL Draft at AmericInn by Wyndham Green Bay East April 30, 2025.
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Xavier High School hires new principal after former leader was investigated and fired
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Xavier High School has officially appointed a new principal. It comes more than five months after the school's previous principal was fired following an investigation that ...
Apr 30, 2025 Xavier High School hires William Welch as new principal, April 29, 2025. (Photo courtesy: Xavier High School)
