Category Archives: Local
'False and Inaccurate': Brown County Exec Denies Steering Ex-Health Director
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach is firing back at critics of former Health Director Chua Xiong, just days after she finished out her tenure. Xiong turned in her r...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 21, 2016
Woman Arrested After Shots Fired in Shawano County
SHAWANO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – A woman has been arrested following a shots fired incident in Shawano County overnight. The Shawano County Sheriff’s Department were called to a home on Marble ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 20, 2016
Green Bay Apartment Building Fire Displaces 12 People
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – No one was hurt after an apartment fire Saturday on Green Bay’s west side. Green Bay Metro Fire crews were called around 2:25 p.m. to the eight-unit complex at 312 S...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 20, 2016
Appleton Police Investigating Historical Mystery
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – A historical mystery has the Appleton Police Department asking the public for help. Historian Arnie Nettekoven, along with the Appleton P.D., are trying to identify the off...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 18, 2016
Layoffs Coming to Manitowoc Company
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ) – Officials at the Manitowoc Company say they plan to cut its workforce at their Manitowoc and Pennsylvania plants. However, officials did not say how many jobs will be slas...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 18, 2016
Sexual Assault Charges Filed Against Howard Village Trustee
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A Howard village trustee has been charged with three counts of sexual assault for allegedly touching his female students sexually while he gave piano lessons. 62-year-old ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 18, 2016
Ex-D.A.R.E. Officer Vanden Heuvel Gets Plea Deal in Theft Case
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A plea deal has been reached for a former Brown County Sheriff’s D.A.R.E. officer accused of stealing money from the program. In court Friday, Kevin Vanden Heuvel pl...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 18, 2016
Officials Reopen Buchanan Town Hall Building
TOWN OF BUCHANAN, WI (WTAQ) – Three days after a teenager died by suicide inside the building, the Buchanan Town Hall has reopened. In a tweet on Friday, town officials thanks everyone for their...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 18, 2016
Report: James Starks re-signs with Packers
GREEN BAY, WI (Wisconsin Radio Network) – The Green Bay Packers and running back James Starks have agreed to terms on a two-year deal worth $6 million. That’s according to a report from ES...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 18, 2016
Preparing For Something You Hope Never Happens
Oneida, WI (WTAQ) – Business leaders gather in Oneida Thursday to talk about preparation for the unthinkable….an active shooter situation. Capt. Dan Sandberg of the Brown County Sheriff...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 18, 2016

