Category Archives: Local
What's in a name ? Wisconsin's 3rd largest airport is about to find out
Ashwaubenon, WI (WTAQ) – A familiar travel name in Brown County could be changing…at least a little. There’s a push on to include “Green Bay ” in the formal name of Austi...
Oct 30, 2015
Mercury spill in Suamico at old sewer treatment plant
SUAMICO, WI (WTAQ) – Some tense moments Thursday afternoon as emergency crews respond to a mercury spill. It happened at the former Suamico Sewer Treatment Facility on Mink Ranch Road. Just befo...
Oct 29, 2015
'IT'S LIKE PLAYING FROGGER': Parents, students want drivers to slow down near Aldo Leopold school
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – If you don’t slow down in front of Green Bay’s Aldo Leopold School, then you are a big problem that some parents want fixed. Parents are speaking out just one ...
Oct 29, 2015
'I'M PERPLEXED': Menominee Tribal leader talks DEA hemp raid
MENOMINEE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – The chairman of the Menominee Indian Tribe is speaking out for the first time since a raid by the DEA last Friday on what he calls their industrial hemp grow. Gary ...
Oct 29, 2015
EXPO EXTRA: Appleton Council approves room tax hike
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – The Appleton Common Council has voted to raise the hotel room tax to 10 percent during a special meeting Wednesday night. Currently, Appleton’s room tax is 6 percent....
Oct 29, 2015
Canadian firm to oversee De Pere Shopko distribution center ops
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ) – Shopko says they won’t oversee the workers at its De Pere distribution center starting next year. The Ashwaubenon-based retailer said they’re turning the operati...
Oct 29, 2015
Green Bay boy, 8, hit by car after getting off bus
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Green Bay police say a boy suffered a bruised arm after he was hit by a vehicle Wednesday afternoon. Authorities say it happened after the 8-year-old boy got off the bus a...
Oct 29, 2015
Heroin ring suspect sentenced to 7 years in prison
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Online court records reveal that one of the suspects in a major heroin ring bust in Brown County was sentenced to seven years in prison. Judge Tammy Jo Hock last week also...
Oct 29, 2015
UPDATE: Appleton man stabbed after being run down by two suspects
GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ) – One person is hurt after a stabbing in Grand Chute. It happened at 1412 North Hine Street just before 1 a.m. Thursday. Cops say the male victim had returned home with a ...
Oct 29, 2015
DOT reschedules Velp Avenue closures
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – The full closure of Velp Avenue under Interstate 41 scheduled to begin Wednesday night has been canceled. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says it has been re...
Oct 28, 2015
