Category Archives: Local
Next LCS ship built in Marinette to be named USS Minneapolis/St. Paul
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) – Shipbuilders in northeast Wisconsin will have their next Navy boat named in honor of Minnesota’s Twin Cities. The Pentagon says the next littoral combat ship built...
Sep 04, 2015
SNC president Thomas Kunkel announces May 2017 retirement
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ) – The president of St. Norbert College says he will retire from the school on May 31, 2017. In an announcement Thursday, Thomas Kunkel says he wants to spend more time with hi...
Sep 03, 2015
Drivers in Appleton get new warning about bumpy roads
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – City officials in Appleton are doing something different to let drivers know about upcoming road construction projects. There are now 2 signs posted along E. John Street. T...
Sep 03, 2015
Invasive round gobies found in Fox River, closing Menasha lock
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ) – An invasive species of fish found in the Fox River has forced the Wisconsin DNR to close the Menasha lock for the Labor Day weekend. According to the DNR, four round gobies ...
Sep 03, 2015
Fox Valley financial adviser will stand trial on theft, forgery charges
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) – A woman accused of stealing money from a client has waived her preliminary hearing. Online court records indicate that Jean Walsh-Josephson will enter pleas to charges of fo...
Sep 03, 2015
Kimberly teacher wins state Teacher of the Year award
KIMBERLY, WI (WTAQ) – A special education teacher at Kimberly High School has been named Wisconsin’s Special Services Teacher of the Year. Amy Reed was presented the award for the 2015-16 ...
Sep 03, 2015
Another reported sighting of De Pere attempted child abductor
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – A principal of a Brown County school says students saw a man matching the description of an attempted child abductor described in De Pere last week. The principal at Mo...
Sep 03, 2015
Armed robbery in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Green Bay police are searching for an armed robbery suspect. It happened at 3:30 a.m. Thursday at the Shell Gas Station at the corner of Ashland Ave. and Lombardi Ave. Police sa...
Sep 03, 2015
Sturgeon Bay-based Palmer Johnson to close down
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A Sturgeon Bay-based manufacturer of luxury yachts says they will close. Palmer Johnson officials sent a letter to employees, obtained by FOX 11, in which it reads, ...
Sep 02, 2015
State health agency reports more blastomycosis cases in NE Wisconsin
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says the number of blastomycosis cases connected with an area river continues to rise. According to DHS, there are now 29 confirm...
Sep 02, 2015
