Category Archives: Local

St. Norbert College's new Pennings Promise Plan makes tuition free for eligible students
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- St. Norbert College is trying to attract students from local Catholic high schools through a new initiative that makes tuition more affordable. Currently, there are eight Ca...
Rachel Charniak Mar 04, 2026

Northeast Wisconsin U.S. Army vet talks about conflict in Iran and life near combat zones
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Northeast Wisconsin has been home for Jeffery Vollmer since he retired from the United States Army's 82nd Airborne Division in 2009. After enlisting in 1985, Vollmer spent time in Iraq ...
Rachel Charniak Mar 04, 2026 Jeffery Vollmer on a mission, (Photo Courtesy: Jeffery Vollmer)

2-week water main repair set to begin near E. Mason and Main streets in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Scheduled repairs on a water main in Green Bay are set to begin next week. Green Bay Water will conduct planned maintenance on a water main from March 9 to March 23 near E...
Rachel Charniak Mar 03, 2026 E. Mason St.
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Sprinkler system credited with extinguishing fire in Lambeau Field locker room
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Lambeau Field was evacuated Tuesday afternoon because of a fire in one of the stadium's locker rooms. Lt. Shauna Walesh of the Green Bay Metro Fire Department says crews w...
Rachel Charniak Mar 03, 2026 A Green Bay Packers employee talks to a firefighter next to what appears to be a burned plastic bin at Lambeau Field March 3, 2026.
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Postal Service says Neenah residents do not need to get new mailboxes
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- People in a Neenah neighborhood do not need to get new mailboxes after all. Shortly after many people in Neenah received a letter from the U.S. Postal Service saying they wou...
Rachel Charniak Mar 03, 2026 The USPS is telling residents on several streets in Neenah that they need to install mailboxes near the road by Oct. 1, 2026. March 2, 2026.
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Search warrant in Peshtigo yields 1 arrest in child pornography investigation
PESHTIGO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A suspect is in custody for allegedly possessing child pornography. According to the Marinette County Sheriff's Office, on Feb. 25, authorities executed a search warrant in...
Rachel Charniak Mar 03, 2026 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Body discovered in Oshkosh believed to be reported missing man
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The body of a missing Oshkosh man, last heard from in October, has been found. Around 7:43 a.m. Tuesday, a deceased individual was discovered by county highway workers in a ...
Rachel Charniak Mar 03, 2026 Frederick L Ellis (Courtesy: Oshkosh Police Department)

Winnebago County continues talks with local groups to reopen former UWO-Fox Cities campus
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Winnebago County is restarting work to find a new owner for the former UW-Oshkosh Fox Cities campus. It comes after Faith Technologies backed out of buying the property foll...
Rachel Charniak Mar 03, 2026 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh's Fox Cities campus in Menasha, April 25, 2023.
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Chilton woman charged in double-fatal OWI crash, complaint says
CHILTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A woman charged in connection with a double-fatal crash allegedly had a blood alcohol level more than double the legal limit after having six drinks, according to a criminal ...
Rachel Charniak Mar 03, 2026

Bishop Ricken rescinds order for merger of 4 Green Bay parishes
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Four parishes in the Diocese of Green Bay will not merge after all. Back in January, Bishop David Ricken ordered St. Joseph, St. Jude, St. Patrick and The Annunciation of ...
Rachel Charniak Mar 03, 2026 Green Bay Diocese sign July 14, 2022.
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