Category Archives: Local
Wisconsin nonprofits, libraries & museums scrambling as DOGE cuts funding for humanities
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - More federal cuts from the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are impacting people and organizations across the country, and right here...
Apr 09, 2025 More federal cuts from the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are impacting people and organizations across the country and right here in Wisconsin. One organization impacted isHmong Autism Neurodiverse Disability Support in Green Bay, April 7, 2025.
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Traffic patterns around NFL Draft footprint being finalized, with more roads closing soon
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The NFL estimates close to a quarter of a million people will be in Titletown for the NFL Draft. Whether those people are traveling from outside the state or are local,...
Apr 09, 2025
Traffic patterns around NFL Draft footprint being finalized, with more roads closing soon
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The NFL estimates close to a quarter of a million people will be in Titletown for the NFL Draft. Whether those people are traveling from outside the state or are local,...
Apr 09, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Teen sentenced for shooting near Preble High School
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Freddrick Love-Kennedy was sentenced to ten years in prison Tuesday for an east-side shooting which led to school lockdowns. Love-Kennedy, 16, was 15-years-old at the time ...
Apr 08, 2025 Freddrick Love-Kennedy (Photo courtesy Brown County Jail)
Shiocton monitoring springtime flooding on Wolf River
SHIOCTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A little more than a week after winter storms covered Northeast Wisconsin in ice, snow and rain, the meltwater and runoff are leading to flooding along the Wolf River in Sh...
Apr 08, 2025 The Wolf River flows through Shiocton April 8, 2025.
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Fatal Oconto County UTV incident ends with fines and no jail time for driver
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A fatal UTV incident from 2022 was resolved Tuesday with citations, not criminal convictions, a day before a trial was scheduled to start. Scot Haas, 56, of Waukesha, pleaded ...
Apr 08, 2025 Scot Haas (Photo courtesy Oconto County Sheriff's Office)
Students host NFL Draft-week tours exploring history between Packers, St. Norbert College
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- NFL Draft visitors are invited to explore the deep-rooted history between the Green Bay Packers and St. Norbert College. SNC students participated this semester in a unique ...
Apr 08, 2025
City may remove playground equipment from St. John's Park in downtown Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Parks Committee could vote to remove the playground equipment from St. John's Park. The recommendation by Parks Director Dan Ditscheit is on the committee's ...
Apr 08, 2025 Playground equipment is seen at St. John's Park in downtown Green Bay April 7, 2025.
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New Community Shelter wants to raise $14 million for new 41-unit apartment building
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Green Bay homeless shelter is trying to privately raise $14 million to provide a service that it says isn't currently available in the area. New Community Shelter wants ...
Apr 08, 2025 A rendering for New Community Shelter's 41-unit apartment building planned for the corner of Mather and Alma Streets in Green Bay. (Photo credit: City of Green Bay, New Community Shelter)
Appleton man sentenced to prison for failing to pay over $1 million in employment taxes
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A judge sentenced an Appleton businessman Friday to two years in federal prison for failing to pay over $1 million of owed employment taxes. Douglas Larson, 72, owned and operated Mods ...
Apr 08, 2025
