Category Archives: Local
House fire in Rockwood
MANITOWOC COUNTY, WI (WTAQ)- We are getting reports of a fire that broke out on Johnston Drive in Rockwood, an unincorporated community just north of Manitowoc. Officials on scene say it was a house f...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 20, 2015
Driver dead after truck hits Green Bay home
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ)- A 34-year-old man is dead after the truck he was driving crashed into a home in the 1300 block of East Walnut Street around 1 a.m. Friday morning according to Green Bay Police. N...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 20, 2015
Man charged in Oconto Falls underage child sex case
OCONTO FALLS, WI (WTAQ) – Oconto Falls police say a man has been arrested after trying to meet underage girls online for sex. On February 15, 45-year-old Scott Arveson of Denmark was taken into ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 19, 2015
Menominee chair Besaw wrong about Walker "epiphany" on Kenosha casino
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – Menominee Tribal Chairman Gary Besaw hoped Governor Scott Walker would have an “epiphany” overnight and approve the tribe’s Kenosha casino. But there’...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 19, 2015
Modified open records request sent to Green Bay school district
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Less student information will be given to School Choice Wisconsin in a narrower open records request with the Green Bay Area Public School District. In a joint statement r...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 18, 2015
Green Bay man charged in major child porn case
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Formal charges have been filed in what investigators are calling the most disturbing child porn case ever in Brown County. 62-year-old John Beauchamp of Green Bay is facin...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 18, 2015
Gov. Walker doesn't meet with Menominee tribe after Capitol rally
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – After walking for more than 150 miles from Keshena to Madison, some members of the Menominee Tribe ended up getting no payoff from their protest effort. The march, which beg...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 18, 2015
Judge: Statements made prior to Miranda rights allowed in ricin trial
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A federal judge has ruled that statements made by an Oshkosh man suspected of possessing ricin made before he was read his Miranda rights will be allowed at trial. 21-year...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 18, 2015
Steve Vanden Avond resigns as Allouez village president
ALLOUEZ, WI (WTAQ) – Village leaders in Allouez says President Steve VandenAvond has resigned. According to his resignation letter, VandenAvond is taking a job in another state. The village boar...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 18, 2015
Ex-Waupun cop pleads no contest to crimes across 7 counties
GREEN LAKE, WI (WTAQ) – A former Waupun police lieutenant has pleaded no contest to crimes committed in seven Wisconsin counties. Bradley Young, who’s now 45, is expected to be sentenced s...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 18, 2015

