Category Archives: Local
Wisconsin lawmakers crack down on cryptocurrency scams
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- A new bipartisan bill is the state legislature is attempting to keep Wisconsinites safe from scammers. Assembly Bill 968 creates consumer protections around cryptocurrency kiosks...
Mar 02, 2026
Woman, 82, dies in Bellevue house fire; second victim's condition unknown
BELLEVUE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Officials have identified the individuals who were killed and injured in a house fire in Bellevue over the weekend. Early Sunday morning, the Green Bay Metro Fire Departmen...
Mar 02, 2026 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Trial date set for Green Bay man charged in drug deal-related murder
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A May 18 trial date was set Monday for Elijah White in connection with his alleged role in a drug deal-related murder in Green Bay. White, 19, is charged with being party ...
Mar 02, 2026 L-R: Dion Richardson, Elijah White and Nigel White (Photos courtesy: Brown County Jail)
Green Bay woman enters 'insanity plea' to charges from high-speed chase in Rosendale
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A woman who allegedly led police on a chase which reached 130 mph before it ended in a field pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect Mond...
Mar 02, 2026 Jenna Burmeister (Fond du Lac Co. Jail)
Jordan Love to share host duties with Micah Parsons for Green Bay Charity Softball Game
GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love is getting some help from a teammate on the ball diamond this summer. Micah Parsons will co-host the annual Green Bay Charity S...
Mar 02, 2026 Jordan Love talks about the 25th anniversary of the Green Bay Charity Softball game, May 7, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Vacant historic Novitiate mansion in Shawano County may be turned into hotel, event center
TOWN OF HERMAN, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A vacant mansion in Shawano County may be seeing new life. The county's Board of Supervisors have approved a zoning change for the property. This historic mansion off...
Mar 02, 2026 Novitiate site in 2021.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Carnegie foundation gives Kaukauna library $10K to honor nation's 250th
KAUKAUNA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Kaukauna Public Library, an original Carnegie library, has received a $10,000 donation from the Carnegie Corporation in honor of America's 250th anniversary. The Carneg...
Mar 02, 2026 The original Kaukauna Public Library still stands, but now is an apartment building. Feb. 12, 2026.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Principal, Green Bay police respond to allegations of student bullying and school threats
UPDATE 3/3/2026 -- Green Bay Area Catholic Education has sent a statement which reads: At Green Bay Area Catholic Education (GRACE), the safety and well-being of our students remain our highest priori...
Mar 02, 2026 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
State brief urges court to uphold former Green Bay teacher's child sex assault convictions
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Former Green Bay teacher David Villareal's conviction for sexually assaulting students should stand, the state said in a new legal brief. Villareal, now 50, was convicted ...
Mar 02, 2026 David Villareal is led out of a Brown County courtroom after his sentencing July 21, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Plea talks could avert April trial in 2017 fentanyl death of pregnant Allouez woman
GREEN BAY, WI (WTA-WLUK) -- Nearly nine years after Dontreace Saulsberry allegedly provided the drugs which later killed a pregnant woman, the case appears headed for a resolution this spring -- eithe...
Mar 02, 2026 Dontreace Saulsberry appears in court via video conference from the Brown County jail April 29, 2022. (Image courtesy Brown County courts/Zoom)
