Category Archives: Local
Program Aims To Curb Green Bay Crime Before It Starts
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The City of Green Bay is introducing its Community Safety Plan, unveiling a program that will put citizens on the street to measure the pulse of the community in an attempt...
Jun 06, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Waupun Prison Investigation Turns The Spotlight Back On GBCI
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Area leaders are once again calling for Green Bay's prison to be shut down in the wake of Wednesday's bombshell arrests of nine employees at the Waupun Correctional Institu...
Jun 06, 2024 Green Bay Correctional Institution.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Winnebago County Reports Record-High 47 Overdose Deaths in 2023
WINNEBAGO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- 47 overdose deaths occurred in Winnebago County last year, according to the 2023-24 report released Wednesday by the county's Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) team. O...
Jun 05, 2024 A picture of fentanyl seized in 2022 by the Brown County Drug Task Force. (Photo courtesy: Brown County Sheriff's Department.)
Green Bay Ranks High On List Of Best Places to Live
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- U.S. News and World Report has named the 25 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2024-2025. Green Bay, WI is coming in at number 12. The rankings are based on affordability, stro...
Jun 05, 2024 City of Green Bay
Functional Needs Registry Helps Menasha Police Better Assist Those with Varying Needs
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ) -- The City of Menasha Police Department has created a Functional Needs Registry. The Functional Needs Registry is available for all residents requiring functional needs resulting f...
Jun 05, 2024 (Fox 11 Online)
Green Bay Police Name Victim in Deadly Stabbing, Three Suspects in Custody
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Green Bay police released the name of the victim in a deadly stabbing on the city's east side earlier this week. Police say Robert Marshall, 33, was found lying on the gro...
Jun 05, 2024 Robert Marshall (Photo courtesy of Green Bay Police Department)
Students Adjust to New Setting at UW-Green Bay After School Fire
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Area Public School District (GBAPS) says students are adjusting well to their temporary classrooms after a fire damaged their school during the final week of...
Jun 05, 2024 Students of Aldo Leopold school in Green Bay attend their last classes of the year at UW-Green Bay after a fire broke out at the school a day earlier, June 5, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Green Bay Area Public School District)
Neenah High School Student Qualifies to Compete in U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A high school student from Northeast Wisconsin has a chance to represent Team USA in the Olympics this summer. Neenah High School junior Drew Gaerthofner swam a time of 1:02....
Jun 05, 2024 Neenah High School junior Drew Gaerthofner will compete in the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials. (Photo courtesy: Neenah Joint School District)
Vote Postponed on Turning Hobart Mansion Into Recovery Center for Drug, Alcohol Addicts
HOBART, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Hobart Village Board postponed a vote Tuesday on plans to turn one of Brown County's largest residential homes into a substance abuse recovery center. Not far from Highwa...
Jun 05, 2024 This 16,392 square foot home in Hobart is listed for sale on Zillow at $3.49 million.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Two Students Injured after School Bus Crash in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two students were taken to a hospital for minor injuries after a school bus crashed on Green Bay's east side Wednesday morning. Officers responded to the intersection of C...
Jun 05, 2024 The scene of a bus crash near Crooks Street and S. Webster Avenue in Green Bay, June 5, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online
