Category Archives: Local
Attorney General Kaul Addresses Future of Green Bay, Waupun Prisons after Employee Arrests
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsin's attorney general is speaking out about the condition of the state's correctional system in the aftermath of Wednesday's shocking arrests of nine employees at th...
Jun 06, 2024 Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul speaks about Drug Take Back Day April 19, 2023.
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Point Beach State Forest Beach Was Practice Ground for D-Day Invasion
MANITOWOC COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The sound of waves lapping at the beach, is a common sight along this Lake Michigan shoreline. But in Two Rivers, the area has an additional connection to an invasi...
Jun 06, 2024 Practice landing at Point Beach State Forest on Lake Michigan, June 6, 2024.
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Persistent Graffiti, Costly Clean-Up Efforts on Local Trail
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- To some, it may be art, but for others, it's thousands of dollars and dozens of hours of work to clean: graffiti. For weeks, a bridge on the Mountain Bay State Trail in...
Jun 06, 2024 Graffiti on a bridge on Mountain Bay State Trail in Howard on May 25, 2024.
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$1 Million Cash Bond For Suspects Green Bay Stabbing
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Two suspects in a Green Bay homicide made initial court appearances Thursday, although formal charges have not been filed in the case. Aaron Walton, 32, and Joseph Poore, 3...
Jun 06, 2024 Aaron Walton and Joseph Poore appear in Brown County court, June 6, 2024. (Photo courtesy: Brown County court/Zoom)
Man Who Robbed Green Bay Bank to Receive Health Care in Jail, Gets Probation
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A man who robbed a bank so he could get health care at the jail was placed on probation for six years. Mark Vogel, 63, was convicted of robbery of a financial institution a...
Jun 06, 2024 Mark Vogel
Former Green Bay Area Tennis Coach's Hearing Delayed in Ongoing 'upskirting' Investigation
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A preliminary hearing was postponed Thursday for a tennis coach accused of taking "upskirting" videos of children. Josh Denault, 40, faces four counts, including capturing ...
Jun 06, 2024 Josh Denault (Photo courtesy: Brown County Jail)
Range Lights Resident Docent Program at The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor
BAILEYS HARBOR, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- When it comes to the Range Lights at The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor, about 10,000 people visit the site each year. But only a relative-handful gets to stay th...
Jun 06, 2024 Lower Range Light at The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor, June 5, 2024.
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Worker's Death Leads to $177,000 in Fines for Grand Chute Business after OSHA Probe
GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - OSHA proposed fines of more than $175,000 for Konz Wood Products, after a worker was killed in an industrial incident. Francis Wolfinger, 57, died in the Dec. 5 incident....
Jun 06, 2024 One person was killed in an industrial incident Dec. 5, 2023, at Konz Wood Products, a pallet-making company in Grand Chute.
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Green Bay Packaging Expands after Acquiring SMC, Boosts Midwest Presence
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Green Bay company is expanding after an acquisition. Green Bay Packaging Inc. (GBP) has acquired SMC Packaging Group based in Springfield, Missouri. SMC Packaging Group ...
Jun 06, 2024 SMC Packaging Group based in Springfield, MO. (Photo courtesy of Green Bay Packaging Inc.)
Little Chute Residents React To Neighborhood Brawl
LITTLE CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - For over 30 years, the Great Wisconsin Cheese Festival has called Little Chute home. Some residents are now saying they've had enough. "It's been getting significantly w...
Jun 06, 2024 Fox Valley Metro Police Department.
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