Category Archives: Local

Waupaca, WI (WTAQ) – A registered sex offender who allegedly cut off his monitoring bracelet and disappeared for a year was sentenced. Philip Rath Jr. is ordered to one year in jail, in addition...

Milwaukee, WI (WTAQ) – Wisconsin gas prices are 18-cents cheaper than a week ago, as a B-P refinery in Whiting, Indiana returns to full production. State motorists were jolted earlier this month...

Madison, WI (WTAQ) – New test results show no new signs of the invasive Asian Carp in the Milwaukee River and the Fox River in northeast Wisconsin. The U-S Fish-and-Wildlife Service and the stat...

Green Bay, WI (WTAQ) – Wastewater treatment isn’t something many – if any – want to talk about. But the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District is. With the turn of a shovel i...

Oshkosh, WI (WTAQ) – A Wisconsin-based manufacturer has won a major contract to build the military’s new combat vehicle that will replace the Humvee troop carriers. The Department of Defen...

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – The Green Bay Packers made it official Monday by confirming what has been feared since the 1st quarter of Sunday’s pre-season game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. I...

TOWN OF CHILTON, WI (WTAQ) – An old dairy barn in Calumet County was destroyed by fire Sunday. Fire crews were called to 2990 State Road in the Town of Chilton around 1 p.m. for reports of a str...

MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – It's a chronic shortage. Wisconsin's $18 billion tourism industry can't find enough workers and it is struggling to train the next generation of managers. The rapidly-growin...

MARINETTE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – Marinette County authorities say one man has died after drowning in Bass Lake. First responders were called to a report of a possible drowning in the Town of Beaver...

OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) – A motorcycle crash in Oshkosh leaves one man dead. Authorities say it happened when the motorcycle was heading north on the Main Street Bridge near the Convention Center whe...