Category Archives: Local
Packers' AJ Dillon Deals a Tech Touchdown at Green Bay Elementary School
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Green Bay Packers player helped deliver a surprise to a Green Bay elementary school. Running back AJ Dillon and U.S. Cellular awarded King Elementary School with a $20,0...
Feb 22, 2024 Green Bay Packers AJ Dillon presents King Elementary School, the winner of this year's Learning for Leap award, with a $20,000 technology makeover from UScellular, February 22, 2024.
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Cellular Outage In U.S. Hits AT&T, T-Mobile & Horizon
(Reuters) -A cellular outage in the United States was reported by AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and other network users on Thursday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. The number of ...
Feb 22, 2024 PHOTO: Reuters
Search Continues For Missing 3 Year Old Boy
TWO RIVERS, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - First responders and community members from across Northeast Wisconsin continue to search for a young child missing from Two Rivers. Elijah Vue, 3, was last seen by his ad...
Feb 22, 2024 A 3-year-old boy named Elijah was reported missing from Two Rivers Feb. 20, 2024. (Photo source: Two Rivers Police Dept.)
New Home Construction up 3% Last Year, but Not Enough to Meet Demand
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- The Wisconsin Homebuilder's Association says new home construction was up three percent last year, not enough to meet demand. "We need to build more workforce housing," said ...
Feb 21, 2024 A home for sale in Appleton, April 19, 2023.
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Man Sentenced to Prison for Stealing $150,000 from Green Bay Bar, Hospital Cafeteria
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Nicholas Petasek was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for stealing about $150,000 from two former employers to help feed a gambling habit. Petasek, 33, previously...
Feb 21, 2024 Nicholas Petasek appears in Brown County court, August 21, 2023.
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Plea Deal Reached in Green Bay Teen's Fatal High-Speed Crash Case
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A plea deal has been reached for a 16-year-old girl charged in a high-speed fatal crash, avoiding a trial which was planned for next week. Sienna Pecore faces five counts, ...
Feb 21, 2024 Sienna Pecore appears before Brown County court via Zoom, March 13, 2023.
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Chilton Man Dies after Being 'Severely Burned' in Garage Fire that Extended into Home
CHILTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Officials announced the man who suffered critical injuries during a fire in Chilton has died. Around 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, the Chilton Fire Department and first responders wer...
Feb 21, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Spearers Oppose Possible Federal Sturgeon Endangered Species Listing
FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- As the 2024 sturgeon spearing season slowly rolls on, many are thinking about an upcoming June 30 federal ruling that could put the prehistoric fish on the endang...
Feb 21, 2024 Sturgeon at registration station at Indian Point on Lake Poygan, February 12, 2024.
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Video Released of Former Green Bay Superintendent's Radio Appearance
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The video has been released of the comments Green Bay's former superintendent made two weeks ago on an Atlanta radio station. Claude Tiller resigned from his position on S...
Feb 21, 2024 Dr. Claude Tiller Jr.
Winnebago System Sturgeon Spearing Tally is 8 for Second Consecutive Day
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- For the second day in a row, a total of eight sturgeon were speared on the Winnebago system. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says five of those were speared on Lake Winneb...
Feb 21, 2024 A sturgeon (file photo)
