Category Archives: Local
Bay Beach Amusement Park Begins Hiring for 2024 Summer Season
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- There may be snow on the ground now, but Bay Beach Amusement Park in Green Bay is looking ahead to its 2024 summer season. They're beginning to hire ride operators; which must ...
Jan 30, 2024
Ice fishing Portion of 'Battle on Bago' Event Called Off Due to Poor Ice Conditions
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Unseasonably warm temperatures causing hazardous ice conditions has led to the cancellation of the ice fishing portion of the annual Battle on Bago event. In a Facebook post Tuesday, or...
Jan 30, 2024 Battle on Bago ice fishing tournament on Lake Winnebago in Oshkosh, February 17, 2023.
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Jury Convicts Man of Igniting Fatal Sturgeon Bay Apartment Fire
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A jury convicted Anthony Gonzalez Tuesday for starting the fire which killed two people who lived above a bar. Gonzalez, 58, was convicted of two counts of reckless homi...
Jan 30, 2024 Anthony Gonzalez (Photo courtesy Door County Jail)
Missing Man's Body Found in Manitowoc River
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The body of a missing man was found in the Manitowoc River Tuesday. Police said the 30-year-old man was reported missing Monday. He was last seen in the early morning hour...
Jan 30, 2024 A view of the 8th Street bridge and Manitowoc River before dawn Aug. 17, 2023, in Manitowoc.
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Woman Accused of Child Abuse and Attacking Officer Found Incompetent for Trial
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A woman who allegedly physically abused a child, then choked a sheriff's deputy during an escape attempt after her arrest, was found not competent to stand trial Tuesday. Shan...
Jan 30, 2024 Shannon Tourtillott.
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Historic Door County Granary Begins Phase II of Restoration
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Work on the inside of a historic grain elevator in Door County is set to begin. The Sturgeon Bay Historical Society Foundation announced that Phase II of its rehabilita...
Jan 30, 2024 2024 updated rendering of the Granary in Sturgeon Bay. (Image courtesy of from LA DALLMAN Architects)
Reported Snowmobile Into Ice on Green Bay Turns Out to be a Piece of Equipment
SUAMICO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- What was feared to be a snowmobile going through the ice on Green Bay turned out to be just a piece of equipment, but the incident prompted sheriff's officials to remind peo...
Jan 30, 2024 Crews were called to the west shore of the bay in Suamico for a report of a snowdog through the ice, January 30, 2024.
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Suring School District Settles Student Search Case for $400k
SURING, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Suring School District reached a $400,000 settlement with six girls subjected to a search by a school administrator, according to their attorney. The claim was settled wit...
Jan 30, 2024 PC: Fox 11 Online
Woman Arrested for Alleged Bomb Threat at Oshkosh Place of Worship
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Clintonville woman who wanted the FBI to come to her house because she claimed police "essentially kept her hostage in her own house" admitted to calling in a bomb threat ...
Jan 30, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Lake Winnebago Ice Conditions Ahead Of Sturgeon Spearing
QUINNEY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - With sturgeon spearing season less than two weeks away, another mild start to another expected mild week has warning signs appearing on parts of the eastern shoreline on Lake...
Jan 30, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
