Category Archives: Local
Green Bay Elementary School Receives $5 Thousand Donation
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- A check presentation was held outside East Town Mall Friday morning for a Green Bay elementary school. To celebrate today's opening of the new Burlington store, the company don...
Mar 08, 2024 IMAGE: Courtesy Green Bay Area Public School District.
Trial to Determine if 'Halloween Killer' will be Kept in Custody Postponed
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A trial to determine if the state will be allowed to keep the "Halloween killer" in custody has been postponed to December. Gerald Turner, 74, was convicted of sexually a...
Mar 08, 2024 Gerald Turner appears before Fond du Lac County court, March 8, 2024. (Zoom)
New Train may be Coming to Bay Beach
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Another train set could be on its way to the Bay Beach Amusement Park. According to the agenda for the Parks Committee next week, the Friends of Bay Beach Amusement Park ma...
Mar 08, 2024 Train proposed for donation by Friends of Bay Beach Amusement Park. (Photo source: City of Green Bay)
The Cannery Test Kitchen in Green Bay Closing Permanently after Less than One Year
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Cannery Test Kitchen is shutting down after only nine months in business, officials announced Thursday. Billed as a way to support budding chefs and entrepreneurs in t...
Mar 08, 2024 A sign at the announcement of the Cannery Public Market's new test kitchen model May 2, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Oshkosh Man Arrested for OWI, Drug Offenses after Fond du Lac County Traffic Stop
FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An Oshkosh man with an extensive history of drug-related convictions was arrested again after a traffic stop in Fond du Lac County. It happened last week when a F...
Mar 08, 2024 An Oshkosh man with an extensive history of drug-related convictions was arrested again after a traffic stop in Fond du Lac County. (Photo courtesy: FDL Co. Sheriff's Office)
Brown County Volunteers Sworn in as Court Appointed Advocates for Abused, Neglected Kids
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Nearly two dozen volunteers from Brown County were sworn in Thursday as Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for children in need. CASA of Brown County recruits, train...
Mar 08, 2024 19 volunteers from Brown County were sworn in March 7, 2024 as Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for children in need. (Photo courtesy: CASA of Brown County)
St. Norbert College Announces Further Layoffs Amid Ongoing Budget Issues
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- St. Norbert College is eliminating more jobs as it deals with a $9.2 million combined budget deficit for the '24 and '25 financial years. 12 faculty jobs are being cut after...
Mar 08, 2024 Aerial views of the St. Norbert College campus in De Pere, November 3, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
The Legend Of Ben Chan Continues
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - St. Norbert College philosophy professor and nine-time "Jeopardy!" winner Ben Chan has secured a spot in the finals of the Tournament of Champions. Chan took first place in...
Mar 08, 2024 PHOTO: Jeopardy
Prison Reform Advocates Hope For Improvement From The Next DOC Secretary
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Today is the final day for retiring secretary of Wisconsin's Department of Corrections, Kevin Carr. Thursday night, area stakeholders discussed what they'd like to see next a...
Mar 08, 2024 File photo from inside Green Bay Correctional Institution in Allouez.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Burn Pit Fire Turns Deadly
TOWN OF NAVARINO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - One man was killed and a woman suffered burns after a fire in a burn pit became out of control Thursday. At 11:35 a.m., the Shawano County Sheriff's Office was dispa...
Mar 08, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
