Category Archives: Local
Amanda's House in Green Bay looking to expand as waitlist grows for sober living housing
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- For four years, a sober living facility in Green Bay has been changing lives. Paula Jolly turned her grief into giving by opening Amanda's House in honor of the daughter s...
Feb 11, 2026 A common area inside Amanda's House. The sober living facility for women and their children, is looking to expand. The converted church can currently house up to 10 women. The non-profit it hoping to double its capacity.
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UW-Oshkosh seeking non-traditional methods to attract students as birth rate declines
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh is beginning to right the ship after years of enrollment declines and budget woes. Chancellor Manohar Singh, now in his second semester i...
Feb 11, 2026 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Brown County reaches tentative deal with coal piles owner; special meeting for Wednesday
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Brown County leaders have reached a preliminary agreement with C. Reiss Company to move the downtown Green Bay coal piles. County Executive Troy Streckenbach and County Bo...
Feb 11, 2026 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Water clarity check on Lake Winnebago ahead of Saturday's sturgeon spearing opener
LAKE WINNEBAGO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Nearly 10,000 license holders getting ready to take to the ice for the upcoming sturgeon spearing season . Early reports are pointing toward clearer water, and possib...
Feb 11, 2026 Conditions under Lake Winnebago ice near Harrison, February 10, 2026.
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Local shops react to silver, gold market
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- We're seeing significantly high prices of gold and silver across the nation; and its creating a shake up for some small shops in northeast Wisconsin. For years, the price of si...
Feb 11, 2026 File Photo
Kaukauna man sentenced for fatal texting while driving crash on I-41
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Bailey Laux was sentenced to two years in prison with two years extended supervision for a fatal texting-while-driving crash on Interstate 41 in 2022. Judge Emily Lonergan ...
Feb 10, 2026 Bailey Laux (Outagamie Co. Jail)
Missing Marinette woman found, officials say
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A woman reported missing in Marinette has been found, police confirm. Authorities did not reveal the condition of 24-year-old Gabriella Cartagena Tuesday. Cartagena was re...
Feb 10, 2026 Gabriella Cartagena (Photo courtesy of Marinette Police Department)
Ashwaubenon police ask witnesses about suspect's route before fatal crash
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Authorities are seeking more information from witnesses regarding the events leading up to an Ashwaubenon crash that killed a 17-year-old girl and injured her father. Do...
Feb 10, 2026
Police: Woman was drunk when she shot man in Manitowoc
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A drunken Manitowoc woman allegedly shot the man who lives with her in the ankles through the bathroom door during an argument, according to the probable cause statement. ...
Feb 10, 2026 Julia Gundt (Photo courtesy Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office)
Partial autopsy report arrives, moving case of Green Bay toddler death forward
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Parts of the long-awaited autopsy report on the death of Leo Escalante, 2, have finally arrived, attorneys said in court Tuesday. James VanderLeest, 22, is charged with rec...
Feb 10, 2026 Supporters of Leo Escalante attend Brown County court appearances for David and James VanderLeest, Aug. 14, 2025.
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