Category Archives: Local
Recent snowfall means open snowmobiling trails and boost for local businesses
OCONTO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- It's no longer a snowless winter, and those who use and benefit from the trails for winter sports like snowmobiling are rejoicing. It's a sound so many have waited mon...
Feb 11, 2025 A snowmobiler uses the trails in Oconto County on Feb. 11, 2025.
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Campbellsport 9th graders arrested for allegedly planning school shooting
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two ninth-grade students from Campbellsport are suspected of planning a school shooting. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office says a school resource deputy received i...
Feb 11, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Woman connected to U-Haul theft case sentenced to more than seven years in prison
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Shakierra Ray was sentenced Tuesday to seven years, six months in prison for her role in a theft, shooting, and subsequent chase with a rental van. Ray, 27, pleaded no co...
Feb 11, 2025 L-R, Omah Brown and Shakierra Ray. (Winnebago Co. Jail)
Man pleads no contest in Oconto County motorcycle crash that killed girlfriend
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Austin Laakonen was convicted Tuesday in connection with a fatal traffic crash. Laakonen, 22, was originally charged with homicide by vehicle with use of a controlled substanc...
Feb 11, 2025 Austin Laakonen (Oconto Co. Jail)
Father sentenced to probation after son's death in skid steer accident on Waupaca Co. farm
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Caleb Schachtschneider was convicted Tuesday for the 2021 death of his 2-year-old son in an incident with a skid steer on the family farm in St. Lawrence. He was placed on pr...
Feb 11, 2025 Caleb Schachtschneider in Waupaca County court, February 11, 2025. (Waupaca County court/Zoom)
Big Brothers/Big Sisters hosts 'Big Draft' recruitment campaign
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- As NFL teams get ready to draft their next generation of players, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Wisconsin is drafting the next generation of mentors during their 'Big Draft' recr...
Feb 11, 2025 Big Brothers/Big Sisters logo.
Appleton committee recommends Wisconsin Entertainment Group for Independence Day fireworks
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- When the Appleton Area Jaycees announced 2023 would be its last year hosting Appleton's annual Fireworks Celebration -- the community felt the change. "We've been here sinc...
Feb 11, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Fond du Lac School District names next superintendent
FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Fond du Lac School District has announced Matthew Steinbarth as the district's next Superintendent of Schools, effective July 1, 2025. Steinbarth has worked w...
Feb 11, 2025 Fond du Lac School District. (Courtesy: Fond du Lac Schools)
Brewers Famous Racing Sausages surprise Green Bay teacher with award and check
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Milwaukee Brewers hit it out of the park with a surprise visit to a Green Bay school. As part of the team's statewide Frozen Racing Sausages tour, senior leaders from ...
Feb 11, 2025 The Milwaukee Brewers Famous Racing Sausages visited Nicolet Elementary School in Green Bay to surprise a teacher with the Brewers Grand Slam Teacher Award and present a check for school supplies as part of the Frozen Racing Sausages tour, February 11, 2025.
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Green Bay native to compete in second annual "Jeopardy!" Invitational Tournament
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Green Bay native Ben Chan will compete in the second annual "Jeopardy!" Invitational Tournament, according to a release from JEOPARDY! Productions Inc. Chan is one of 27 fan favorite ch...
Feb 11, 2025 Assistant professor of philosophy at St. Norbert College, Ben Chan, appears on Jeopardy!
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