Category Archives: Local
Draft City Music Fest brings global musicians and diverse genres to Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- De La Soul and Less Than Jake are announced as headliners for downtown Green Bay's free music fest during the NFL Draft. Draft City Music Fest released its lineup for the ...
Apr 02, 2025 Draft City Music Fest logo (Image courtesy of On Broadway Inc.)
Green Bay voters face power outages, delayed opening at polling locations
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Election day in Green Bay wasn't without some road bumps. Some Green Bay voters endured a power outage -- while others had to wait for their polling place to even open. Ad...
Apr 02, 2025 A roll of "I voted" stickers is ready for voters at Union Congregational Church in Green Bay during the spring primary election Feb. 15, 2022.
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Man pleads not guilty in father's shooting, cites mental disease defense
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Gregory Juedes pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect Wednesday to charges he shot his father 15 times, killing him. Juedes, 46, is charged ...
Apr 02, 2025 Gregory Juedes appears in court Jan. 2, 2025, on charges he killed his father, Daniel. (Image courtesy Outagamie County courts/Pexip)
Driver arrested following crash that injured 3 in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- One man has been arrested following a serious crash in Green Bay, while police are still looking for another driver who was in the area. Police say a 22-year-old Green Bay...
Apr 02, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Pinwheel display in Green Bay highlights child protection, family support efforts
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin is hosting its annual Pinwheels for Prevention campaign display. The campaign is a nationwide initiative to bring awareness to child...
Apr 02, 2025 Family Services of Northeast Wisconsinhosted its annual Pinwheels for Prevention campaign in Green Bay to bring awareness to child abuse prevention, April 1, 2025.
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Manitowoc stabbing suspect claiming to worship 'saint of death' pleads not guilty
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A woman who invoked "Santa Muerte" - the Saint of Death - after being arrested for a stabbing, pleaded not guilty Tuesday. Blanca Perez-Hernandez, 48, faces two reckless in...
Apr 01, 2025 Blanca Perez-Hernandez appears before Manitowoc County court via Zoom, January 8, 2025. (Manitowoc County court/Zoom)
Thermal imaging helps fire crews prevent significant damage to Green Bay home
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- All residents and pets at a residence on Green Bay's east side are safe following a fire Tuesday afternoon. Crews were dispatched to 223 S. Irwin Avenue around 1:30 p.m. f...
Apr 01, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Man sentenced for taking driver away from scene of fatal crash she caused
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Rezhun Scott was sentenced Tuesday to two and a half years in prison for driving Sienna Pecore away from the scene of the fatal traffic crash she caused. Pecore was 15 at ...
Apr 01, 2025 Rezhun Scott (Brown Co. Jail)
Kaukauna man convicted in drunken driving crash that killed motorcycle passenger
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Zachary Burr was convicted Tuesday in connection with the drunk driving crash which killed his motorcycle passenger. Sentencing is set for June 16. Burr, 22, pleaded no cont...
Apr 01, 2025 Zachary Burr (Photo courtesy: Outagamie County Jail)
Suspect in I-41 high-speed chase appears in court
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Fond du Lac man tuned himself in and appeared in court Tuesday in connection with a February chase on Interstate 41. Ronnie Johnson, 39, faces several counts, includin...
Apr 01, 2025 Ronnie Johnson faces multiple counts in connection with a Feb. 27, 2025 high-speed chase on I-41 in Fond du Lac and Winnebago counties. (Photo courtesy Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office)
