Category Archives: Local
Major Employer Closing Its Doors
BRILLION, WI (WTAQ) – More than 300 employees of a Calumet County foundry will be out of work after its owner announced it will be closing the location. Metaldyne Performance Group (MPG) announc...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 13, 2016
10th Anniversary of East HS Plot Arrests
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Ten years ago Wednesday, two Green Bay East High School students were arrested for planning a Columbine-style attack in order to die by suicide. It was a shocking plot unc...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 13, 2016
Rail Safety Week in Wisconsin
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A national organization committed to reducing accidents at railroad crossings visited Green Bay Monday. Operation Lifesaver made a stop at the city’s National Railro...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 12, 2016
Two Arrests in GB Armed Robbery
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Police in Green Bay have arrested two suspects in connection with the armed robbery of a fast food restaurant from Saturday night. Authorities have 37-year-old Jayson J. C...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 12, 2016
Lawsuit Filed Over Big Apple Fest
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A lawsuit has been filed in federal court by the Oneida Nation, who’s trying to stop the Village of Hobart from enforcing an ordinance requiring the tribe to get a s...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 12, 2016
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Man
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ) – A search has been halted for a man missing in Lake Michigan. The U.S. Coast Guard says crews were called out Sunday night after they got a report of a capsized, unmanned 1...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 12, 2016
Police Investigate Drive-by Shooting
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – Appleton police are investigating a drive-by shooting that happened early Monday morning. Officers say it happened in the 200 block of E. Harris Street around 12:15 a.m. A ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 12, 2016
Judge Assigned to GB Mayor Case
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Outagamie County Judge Mitchell Metropulos has been assigned to hear the criminal case against Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt. Schmitt faces three misdemeanor counts for alle...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 12, 2016
Police Say Booze Involved In Moped Crash
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – An Appleton man was seriously hurt Sunday when he was thrown from his moped following a crash with a truck. Police say the crash happened just before 7 p.m. on S. Memorial ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 12, 2016
Manitowoc County Fatal Crash
TOWN OF TWO RIVERS, WI (WTAQ) – A 78-year-old Two Rivers man was killed in a crash north of the city Sunday. The Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened just before 6 p.m...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 12, 2016

