Category Archives: Local
Experts advise layers and caution to prevent frostbite and hypothermia during cold snap
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Beginning Saturday night, temperatures in Northeast Wisconsin are expected to significantly fall. We'll be seeing single digits, and even dipping below zero at some points...
Jan 17, 2025
Teen convicted in Green Bay shooting
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Freddrick Love-Kennedy was convicted Friday for an east-side shooting which led to school lockdowns. Love-Kennedy, 16, was 15 years old at the time of the April 19 shootin...
Jan 17, 2025 Freddrick Love-Kennedy (Photo courtesy Brown County Jail)
Wisconsin politicians respond to SCOTUS ruling upholding TikTok ban
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Friday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal law that will effectively ban TikTok starting Sunday if it isn't sold by ByteDance, its Chinese owners. The effort has long bee...
Jan 17, 2025 TikTok on the Apple app store Jan. 10, 2023.
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With help of drone and thermal sensor, missing man found in Marinette
MARINETTE (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A drone was used to find a missing man in Marinette. Sheriff's officials say just after 8 p.m. Thursday, a caller reported what they termed an "elderly" man missing on Carney ...
Jan 17, 2025
Man convicted of assaulting postal worker with shotgun
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Benjamin Joos was convicted in federal court Friday of assaulting a postal worker with a shotgun after he had been drinking. Joos, 44, pleaded guilty to one count for the ...
Jan 17, 2025 Benjamin Joos (Photo courtesy Shawano County Sheriff's Office)
Non-profit Awaken secures funding to combat human trafficking during NFL Draft
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- A Green Bay non-profit has secured a $20 thousand grant from Brown County to help combat human trafficking during the 2025 NFL Draft. Awaken will use half of the funds for prev...
Jan 17, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Appleton school district seeks public input on boundary changes for 2025-2026 school year
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Appleton Area School District is looking for public feedback on attendance boundary changes. Earlier this week, the school board approved the repurposing of the Columbu...
Jan 17, 2025 Columbus Elementary School in Appleton is seen Dec. 10, 2024.
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Both sides in Northeast Wisconsin prepare for Trump's upcoming inauguration
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Among the hundreds of thousands of people expected at Monday's inauguration in Washington D.C. will be hundreds of people from Northeast Wisconsin. Meanwhile, there are others from our ...
Jan 17, 2025 Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Green Bay, April 2, 2024.
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Man pleads not guilty after more charges he stole from vehicles
CHILTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man who allegedly stole from multiple vehicles in Calumet County pleaded not guilty Friday, days after prosecutors added more charges. Tristan Backus now faces 19 charges,...
Jan 17, 2025 Tristan Backus. (Calumet Co. Sheriff's photo)
UW-Green Bay boosts sustainability with new electric vehicle charging stations
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An electric vehicle charging port has been installed on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus, and another one is on the way. The first ChargePoint EV station is al...
Jan 17, 2025 Electric vehicle charging station at Titletown Tech in Ashwaubenon.
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