Category Archives: Local
Man in hit-and-run crash that killed retired officer ruled not competent to stand trial
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Obilio Roblero is not competent Friday to stand trial for the hit-and-run crash which killed a retired police officer, a judge ruled Friday Roblero, 33, is charged with hit &a...
Mar 14, 2025 Obilio Thomas Sargento Robrelo. (Photo credit: Oconto County Sheriff's Office)
DNR confirms Little Chute ducks died from fungal infection, not bird flu
LITTLE CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The cause of death of nearly 100 ducks found dead at a Little Chute pond was not bird flu, according to the DNR. The dead birds were found last month at Buchanan Pond, l...
Mar 14, 2025 Little Chute officials estimate 90 dead ducks were found dead at Buchanan Pond; the mortalities appear to be connected to bird flu, Feb. 26, 2025.
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Study: 85% of cannabis users drive the same day, causing concern for Wisconsin authorities
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- New information is shedding light on how many people get behind the wheel of a vehicle shortly after consuming cannabis, better known as marijuana. AAA found in a survey that 84.8% of p...
Mar 14, 2025 (File Photo)
NFL Draft prompts temporary switch in Green Bay's garbage and recycling pickup
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Garbage and recycling collection in will be temporarily impacted by the NFL Draft. The city's Department of Public Works announced Thursday it is modifying pickups during ...
Mar 14, 2025 City of Green Bay
Man gets five years probation for Manitowoc unarmed gas station robbery
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Justin Smith was placed on probation for five years for the robbery of a gas station. Smith, 22, was also ordered to pay $1,380 in restitution by Judge Mark Rohrer at Thurs...
Mar 14, 2025 Justin L. Smith (Zoom/Manitowoc Co. Jail)
Wisconsin DOT unveils 2025 highway projects, including I-41 expansion and WIS 57 upgrades
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- With spring around the corner, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is releasing a list of its state highway construction projects for 2025. In Northeast Wisconsin, there are proj...
Mar 14, 2025 Road work.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision favors Fleet Farm after family's wrongful death claim
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court will not hear the appeal of a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died by suicide after taking guns from his employer, leaving a lower court'...
Mar 14, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Howard to discuss future of former UnitedHealth campus at two meetings
HOWARD, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The future of the former UnitedHealth Care campus - which could be turned in hundreds of housing units, plus other retail development - will be discussed at two meetings Monda...
Mar 14, 2025 Proposed residential building on the former UnitedHealth Group property in Howard.
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Man charged in Appleton overdose case struggles to secure defense attorney
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Although the State Public Defender's office has not found an attorney for Eric Abresch in connection with a fatal drug overdose, a preliminary hearing was started Friday due...
Mar 14, 2025 Eric Abresch (Outagamie Co. Jail)
Jury convicts Green Bay man of lesser homicide charge for west-side murder
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A jury convicted Owen Backus of second-degree intentional homicide for the murder of Michael Hubbard at a west-side home in December, 2023. Sentencing is June 9. Backus, 46...
Mar 14, 2025 Owen Backus appears in Brown County court, October 18, 2024.
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