Category Archives: Local
Fox Valley community invited to National Day of Prayer event
TOWN OF MENASHA, WI (WTAQ) – With Thursday being the National Day of Prayer, a Fox Valley chaplain has set up a prayer event to help the Menasha community heal. Event organizers say they will st...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 06, 2015
Report: Menasha gunman was irrational, suffered from depression
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ) – The woman who was engaged to the man who killed himself and three others in Menasha now says he suffered from depression — and he was very irrational. 24-year-old Hayl...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 06, 2015
Wisconsin celebrates "National Bike to School Day"
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – If you drive by a school Wednesday, don’t be surprised if there are more bicycles parked outside than usual. This is “National Bike to School Day.” Officia...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 06, 2015
2nd person dies in Calumet County crash; Athens woman dies in separate crash
CALUMET COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – A second person has died in a crash in which a car rear-ended a road sweeper in eastern Wisconsin. Calumet County officials said 50-year-old Derrick Burkhalter of Hil...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 06, 2015
Green Bay Democrat among lawmakers looking to limit federal school testing
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – More than 20 Wisconsin lawmakers have asked their congressional representatives to limit federally required tests for public school students. Assembly Democrat Eric Genrich ...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 06, 2015
Brown County Sheriff: Charges referred in DARE investigation
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – The Brown County Sheriff’s Department has referred charges to the district attorney’s office in connection with the investigation into missing money from the D...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 06, 2015
Menasha shooter's fiancée: Police narrative 'isn't true'
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ) – The woman who was planning to marry the man who killed three people and himself in Menasha denies police accounts that she broke up with her fiance. UW-Oshkosh student Hayli...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 05, 2015
Mass shooting scenes Trestle Trail, Fritse Park reopen Tuesday
TOWN OF MENASHA, WI (WTAQ) – Just two days after four people, including the lone gunman, were killed in a random shooting, parks officials have reopened the scenes of the massacre. Cleaning work...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 05, 2015
Lone survivor of Trestle Trail massacre Erin Stoffel upgraded to serious condition
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ) – The only surviving victim of Sunday’s shooting massacre in the Fox Valley was upgraded Tuesday to serious condition. 32-year-old Erin Stoffel of Neenah had been hospita...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 05, 2015
2014 is a big year for visitors to Brown County
Green Bay, WI (WTAQ) – Tourism figures released last week showed a healthy increase in visitors and spending in 2014 for the state of Wisconsin. A closer look at Brown County follows suit. Let...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 05, 2015

