Category Archives: Local
Late-week warm up unlikely to dent Lake Winnebago ice, but recoveries are still prevalent
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Smooth, solid ice as far as you can see. Lake Winnebago is almost entirely solid as a rock, following what's been a cold January so far. Andy Gratton, an avid ice boater inv...
Jan 28, 2025 This winter has been a good one for ice boaters on Lake Winnebago. Thick, solid, smooth ice dominates the lake with very little snow in the way. January 27, 2025.
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Appleton school board votes to relocate Columbus Elementary students to Edison next year
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- With Columbus Elementary School closing in June, the Appleton Area School District voted unanimously Monday night to relocate students to Edison Elementary School. This com...
Jan 28, 2025 Columbus Elementary School in Appleton is seen Dec. 10, 2024.
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MyDraft Experience offers deals and supports local non-profit ahead of 2025 NFL Draft
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Green Bay is on the clock, less than three months until it hosts the 2025 NFL Draft. And with hundreds of thousands of visitors expected in Titletown and the surrounding ar...
Jan 27, 2025 A prototype of a MyDraft Experience coupons book. The books will be sold online, ahead of and during the NFL Draft. They will feature exclusion coupons/specials for Northeast Wisconsin establishments. Exclusive deals will be available to booklet buyers from April 21st through April 28th.
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Iconography installed inside St. Matthew Orthodox Church in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- It's a project eight years in-the-making. The latest round of iconography is being installed at St. Matthew Orthodox Church in Green Bay. Officials say the tradition combi...
Jan 27, 2025 New iconography inside St. Matthew Orthodox Church in Green Bay, January 27, 2025.
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Green Bay man to stand trial for allegedly aiding teen in aftermath of deadly crash
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The man who allegedly drove Sienna Pecore away from the fatal traffic crash she caused was ordered Monday to stand trial for his role in what happened after the crash. Peco...
Jan 27, 2025 Rezhun Scott (Brown Co. Jail)
Fond du Lac man arrested after firing gun during argument with wife
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Fond du Lac man was arrested Saturday for discharging a firearm during an argument with his wife. At approximately 8:50 p.m., police were dispatched to a residence in ...
Jan 27, 2025
Fond du Lac police searching for sex offender who removed his GPS monitor
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Police are asking for the public's help locating a convicted sex offender who cut off his GPS monitoring system. Chad Maertz, 55, left his residence at 99 W. Division St...
Jan 27, 2025 Chad Maertz, 55, of Fond du Lac, is a convicted sex offender who removed his GPS monitoring system, Jan. 27, 2025. (Photo courtesy: Fond du Lac Police Department)
Brothers to stand trial together for Green Bay murder linked to drug deal
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Two brothers will stand trial together next month for a 2022 murder on Green Bay's west side, a judge ruled Monday. Gustavo Cantu, Alejandro Cantu and Jacob Ventura are eac...
Jan 27, 2025 Gustavo and Alejandro Cantu (GBPD)
Former Green Bay area tennis coach reaches plea deal in child exploitation case
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A plea deal has apparently been reached for a Green Bay area tennis coach accused of taking "upskirting" photos of minors. Joshua Denault, 41, faces 16 charges, including f...
Jan 27, 2025 Joshua Denault appears in Brown County court, October 7, 2024. (Brown County court/Zoom)
Oshkosh aims to simplify intersection at Oshkosh Avenue and North Sawyer Street
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The intersection at Oshkosh Avenue and North Sawyer Street in Oshkosh has been a sore spot for many in the community. "Honestly, I think it's a little more convoluted than i...
Jan 27, 2025 The intersection at Oshkosh Avenue and North Sawyer Street in Oshkosh, seen January 24, 2025.
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