Category Archives: Local
Appleton man charged with reckless homicide in connection to baby's death 15 years ago
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Nearly 15 years after a one-month-old boy died in what investigators determined to be a co-sleeping death after a night of drinking, the caregiver, Michael Donnelly, was cha...
Mar 20, 2025 Michael Donnelly (Photo courtesy: Brown County Jail)
Phone search yields 785 images, 1,450 videos in child pornography case against Freedom man
WARNING: Some details of this story may be disturbing to readers. Discretion is advised. -------- APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A Freedom man faces ten counts of possession of child pornography. Michael ...
Mar 20, 2025 Michael Verkuylen (Photo courtesy: Outagamie County court/Pexip)
Changes at SSA could create more barriers for recipients, Wisconsin attorney says
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- American citizens pay into it every paycheck and every year, it pays out billions of dollars in retirement benefits and disability insurance to millions: social security. ...
Mar 20, 2025 The Social Security Administration office in Green Bay, WI.
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Early in person absentee voting underway; what to know ahead of spring election
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The statewide spring 2025 election is coming up on April 1, but you can vote early. Early in person absentee voting began Tuesday. Green Bay city clerk Celestine Jeffreys says ...
Mar 20, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Manitowoc schools to host public tours highlighting facilities needs in $25M referendum
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- District officials are inviting the Manitowoc community to attend a "critical maintenance tour" in an effort to showcase the importance of their upcoming $25 million refer...
Mar 20, 2025
Appleton school district seeks reinstatement of truancy law to fight 'chronic absenteeism'
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- In 2019, the Appleton Area School District repealed the truancy law that fined families of truant children. Now, they want to reintroduce the law, according to Superintendent Greg Hartj...
Mar 20, 2025 AASD
Victims of Lawrence house fire have died
LAWRENCE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The two people pulled from a house fire have died. The Lawrence Fire Department says one of the victims was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The second victim was taken...
Mar 20, 2025 Crews on scene of a house fire on Mid Valley Drive in the town of Lawrence, March 19, 2025.
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Alternate site for Green Bay's coal piles emerges as county board rejects latest offer
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Brown County's board of supervisors decided late Wednesday night to reject the latest offer to relocate downtown Green Bay's coal piles. It was an expected decision after ...
Mar 20, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Man gets probation for stealing hundreds of pounds of copper wire in Manitowoc County
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Mark Plagemann was placed on probation for six years for a series of thefts of copper wire, using the money for drugs. Plagemann, 43, previously pleaded no contest to two c...
Mar 19, 2025 Mark L. Plagemann (Manitowoc Co. Jail)
Workers at Cummins' Oshkosh plant strike over pay, schedule, temp workers
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- About 90 members of the United Auto Workers Chapter No. 291 in Oshkosh are officially on strike, walking out on Tuesday at noon from their jobs at Cummins. "We had a contrac...
Mar 19, 2025 About 90 members of the United Auto Workers Chapter No. 291 in Oshkosh are officially on strike, walking out from their jobs at Cummins, March 19, 2025.
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