Category Archives: Local
Marinette County postpones transfer of vacant UW-Green Bay branch campus to the city
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Marinette County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to postpone the transfer of the vacant UW-Green Bay Marinette campus to the city of Marinette. Residents and county...
Feb 25, 2026 UW-Green Bay Marinette Campus.
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Nonprofit 'overwhelmed and grateful' for support after Avenue of Ice sculpture was damaged
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Appleton Downtown, Inc. will make a donation to the Kaukauna-based Center for Suicide Awareness after its Avenue of Ice sculpture was damaged. The sculpture, which depicted...
Feb 25, 2026 Ice sculpture damage from the Center for Suicide Awareness sculpture, part of Appleton's annual "Avenue of Ice." (Courtesy: Center for Suicide Awareness)
Northeast Wisconsin students move on to statewide SkillsUSA competition
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Some of Northeast Wisconsin's most talented career and technical education students will represent the region in a statewide SkillsUSA competition. Last week, students from 28 local sch...
Feb 25, 2026 Students work on their robots at the SkillsUSA competition at Fox Valley Technical College. February 20, 2026.
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Northeast Wisconsin cheesemakers vie for title at World Championship Cheese Contest
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- It's about to get cheesy in Madison. The 2026 World Championship Cheese Contest is descending on Wisconsin's capital city from March 3-5. Officials say dairy processors from...
Feb 25, 2026 2023 United States Championship Cheese Contest at the Resch Expo in Green Bay.
Decision on Turning Point USA chapter to be made by Lawrence University student government
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The decision on whether or not a Turning Point USA chapter can be established at Lawrence University is now in the hands of the school's student government organization. A ...
Feb 25, 2026 PHOTO: Lawrence University
Oconto County lawmaker calls for Wisconsin to have death penalty for some child sex crimes
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A pair of Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature have proposed legislation that would allow for people convicted of certain sexual crimes against children to be executed. ...
Feb 25, 2026 The exterior dome of the Wisconsin state Capitol is seen in Madison Feb. 15, 2023.
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Wisconsin's health care workforce is growing, but not enough to meet rising demand: Report
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Although the health care workforce in Wisconsin continues to grow, it is struggling to keep pace with the rising demand being driven by an aging population and a shrinking labor pool. T...
Feb 25, 2026
Vice President JD Vance to visit Plover machining facility
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- The vice president will be in central Wisconsin this week. JD Vance is scheduled to visit a machining facility in Plover Thursday, where he will speak. This follows President Donald Tru...
Feb 25, 2026 Republican vice presidential nominee, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, speaks at AmeriLux in De Pere, Aug. 28, 2024.
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Green Bay moves to jumpstart stalled Shipyard apartments project with $1 buyback option
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Five years after a plan to build apartments in Green Bay's Shipyard project was approved, but still with no construction underway, the city is now trying to jumpstart the ...
Feb 25, 2026 Proposed development in the Shipyard District to be considered, May 2021. (Image source: Slingshot Architecture/Merge Urban Development Group/City of Green Bay agenda)
Nonprofits get the spotlight as Give BIG Green Bay begins at noon
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Nonprofits are in the spotlight for a 24-hour window starting Wednesday at noon. Give BIG Green Bay is back for another year and hoping to blow last year's numbers out of ...
Feb 25, 2026 Give BIG Green Bay
