Category Archives: Local
NFL Draft organizers preparing for capacity to be reached in Green Bay as a precaution
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Some recent NFL Drafts have reached fan capacity inside the campus footprint, causing gates to at least temporarily close. Will that be a problem in Green Bay? Just before...
Feb 17, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Gov. Evers announces plan which includes closure of Green Bay Correctional Institution
ALLOUEZ, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- All three of Governor Tony Evers' previous budget proposals were essentially re-written by the Republican-controlled legislature, but that might not be the case for his pris...
Feb 17, 2025
58 sturgeon speared Sunday, no harvest caps reached yet
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- The second weekend of sturgeon spearing came to a close on Sunday with a more bountiful harvest than was seen Saturday. Between the Upriver Lakes and Lake Winnebago, 58 total sturgeon w...
Feb 16, 2025 Jon Verhagen poses with the160.6-pound, 81.2-inch sturgeon he speared Feb. 11, 2025 on Lake Winnebago. (Photo courtesy: Wisconsin DNR)
Dog found dead inside unoccupied apartment, owner to appear in court Monday
TWO RIVERS (WTAQ-WLUK) - A woman was arrested last Thursday after her dog was found dead inside an apartment in Two Rivers. On Feb 13, The Two Rivers Police Department received a complaint from an uni...
Feb 16, 2025 Two Rivers Police Department.
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All 200 miles of Brown County snowmobiling trails to open Sunday morning
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Brown County Parks Department announced Saturday evening that beginning Sunday, Feb. 16 at 6 a.m., all 200 miles of snowmobiling trails in Brown County will be open...
Feb 15, 2025
Only 36 sturgeon speared Saturday
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- The eighth day of sturgeon spearing season brought lower numbers of sturgeon speared with a total of just 36 throughout the Lake Winnebago system, likely due to the weather, according t...
Feb 15, 2025 A sturgeon (file photo)
After 18-month renovation, Appleton Public Library officially re-opens
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Saturday marked the official grand re-opening of the Appleton public library after an 18-month-long, $40.4 million renovation. "Today we mark a generational accomplishment ...
Feb 15, 2025 City officials cut the ribbon on the newly renovated Appleton Public Library.
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Latest report shows remarkable Fond du Lac School District improvements
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A recent report from the Education Recovery Scorecard revealed Fond du Lac to be one of the most improved school districts in Wisconsin. The district experienced the hig...
Feb 14, 2025 Fond du Lac School District. (Courtesy: Fond du Lac Schools)
65 sturgeon taken on Winnebago system as 2025 spearing season hits one-week mark
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- The 2025 sturgeon spearing season reached its one-week mark Friday, and it was a better day for those who took to the ice on the Winnebago system. In total, there were 65 sturgeon harve...
Feb 14, 2025 Sturgeon speared on Lake Winnebago near Pipe, February 14, 2023 .
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Man sentenced for crashing into Fond du Lac store, injuring 6, after huffing dusting spray
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Benjamin Ayer was sentenced Friday to a year in jail for crashing his vehicle into a mobile phone store shortly after huffing from an electronic air duster. Ayer, 22, was...
Feb 14, 2025 Benjamin Ayer has been charged in connection with a crash into a store in Fond du Lac.
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