Category Archives: Local

MISHICOT, WI (WTAQ) – Governor Scott Walker is open to the idea of closing Green Bay Correctional. During a stop in Mishicot on Friday, Walker said he would support the move if it was cost effec...

WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) – Republican leadership has pulled its proposed health care bill from the House floor. Speaker Paul Ryan had the American Health Care Act pulled Friday shortly before it w...

MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ) – Police believe they’ve got the person responsible for the recent wave of burglaries and thefts on Manitowoc’s north side. Tyler R. Staab of Manitowoc was arres...

OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) – Charges have been filed against the 56-year-old Manitowoc man police say led them on a high-speed chase that ended on an airport runway. Lee Konop is facing one felony count...

BELLEVUE, WI (WTAQ) – Brown County Sheriff’s officials have confirmed suicide the Bellevue death we reported Friday was a suicide. The death happened at the Family Shooting Academy at 1976...

APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – Appleton Police are looking for the man who held up a north side convenience store. Officers responded to the incident on the 3400 block of North Richmond Street at 2:16 am...

MADISON, WI (WRN) – Wisconsin’s unemployment rate last month fell to its lowest level in more than 16 years. Governor Scott Walker says figures released by the Department of Workforce Deve...

FOX CROSSING, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Local law enforcement agencies are feeling a sense of loss in the wake of Detective Jason Weiland’s death. Police say they sympathize with the Everest Metro ...

APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – A Fox Valley program is trying to ensure that children start learning from day one. A dozen school districts and four hospitals are collaborating on the ‘Take 5 to He...

MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ) – A Crivitz man will spend 20 years in prison for trying to hire a hit man to kill two family members. Robert Dettmering offered an undercover officer $10,000 to shoot his s...