Category Archives: Local
Brown County doesn't plan to accept latest offer from owner of downtown coal piles
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Brown County committee voted unanimously Tuesday night to keep negotiating with entities interested in the site that was purchased with the intent to be the new home for...
Mar 19, 2025
Appleton East HS band to perform at Vietnam War anniversary parade in Hawaii
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Each morning, sometimes even before the light of day, the Appleton East band gathers. They begin their set with two of America's sacred tunes - the "Star-Spangled Banner" a...
Mar 18, 2025 The Appleton East High School Band rehearses for its performance in Hawaii in a Vietnam War anniversary parade.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Steven Avery's letter petitioning for new trial
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court has denied Steven Avery's personally written appeal for a new trial. Last week, Avery sent a typed letter to the court, asking for a new trial, saying he is ...
Mar 18, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of Wisconsin DOC
GO Transit eliminates 24/7 paratransit service, launches new operating hours
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- GO Transit, the public transportation service in the Greater Oshkosh area, is making changes to its paratransit operating hours. Under the new operating hours, which take ef...
Mar 18, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Green Bay man charged in Freedom fentanyl OD death
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Green Bay man has been charged in connection with a fentanyl overdose death. Outagamie County sheriff's officials say on Nov. 3, family members found a 43-year-ol...
Mar 18, 2025 Jake Reinhard is charged in connection with a November 2024 drug overdose death in the town of Freedom. (Photo courtesy Outagamie County Sheriff's Office)
Man in U.S. illegally sentenced for stabbing wife in Fond du Lac, causing serious injuries
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A man who was in the United States illegally was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for trying to kill his wife with a knife. Fermin Teodoro Lopez-Mendoza, 51, was a...
Mar 18, 2025 Fermin Teodoro Lopez-Mendoza (Photo courtesy: FDL Co. Sheriff's Office)
Man arrested for allegedly starting grass fires in Manitowoc County, faces arson charges
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man suspected of starting numerous grass fires throughout Manitowoc County was arrested moments after starting one. Kevin J. Staudinger, 57, of Franklin, was taken into ...
Mar 18, 2025 Kevin Staudinger (Manitowoc Co. Jail)
Hit-and-run suspect arrested near Greenville school after brief manhunt
GREENVILLE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A suspect in a hit and run crash was arrested near North Greenville Elementary School. Just before 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, dispatch received a report of a hit and run crash i...
Mar 18, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Manitowoc County judge rules accused 'saint of death' stabber competent to stand trial
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Despite testimony from a psychiatrist to the contrary, a woman who invoked "Santa Muerte" - the Saint of Death - after being arrested for a stabbing is competent to stand t...
Mar 18, 2025 Blanca Perez-Hernandez appears before Manitowoc County court via Zoom, January 8, 2025. (Manitowoc County court/Zoom)
Wildfire in Green Lake County fully contained, no injuries reported
GREEN LAKE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A 700-800-acre wildfire in Green Lake County is 100% contained, the DNR confirms. The Big Island Fire broke out in the White River Marsh State Wildlife Area around...
Mar 18, 2025 The Big Island Fire burns in theWhite River Marsh State Wildlife Area in Green Lake County March 18, 2025. (Photo courtesy Wisconsin DNR)
