Category Archives: Local
Sturgeon Supporters Pack Stockbridge High School
STOCKBRIDGE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Eight state lawmakers, including Congressmen Mike Gallagher and Glenn Grothman, as well as Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson, are leading efforts to save sturgeon sp...
Jan 23, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Great Lakes Fleet Prepares For 2024 Shipping Season
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Large freighters were on the move in Door County Monday morning. Vessels gathered for the Winter Fleet lay up at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay. A few mile...
Jan 23, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Green Bay Airport Reflects On Strong 2023
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Passenger traffic was strong at Green Bay's airport in 2023. Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport reports its passenger numbers were up 9.4% overall from 2022,...
Jan 23, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
New Hearing Date Set for Proposed Digester at Waupaca County Farm
TOWN OF LIND, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - After an overflow crowd prompted a meeting on a controversial proposed biodigester to be delayed, a new hearing date has been set. A public hearing on the manure-to-ener...
Jan 22, 2024 Waupaca County residents pack the Lind town hall prior to the shortened public hearing. Dec. 4, 2023.
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UW-Green Bay Recognized Nationally for Community Engagement Efforts
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The American Council on Education (ACE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching announced that UW-Green Bay is one of the 40 U.S. colleges and universities ...
Jan 22, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Grand Chute Furniture Store Owner Facing Federal Drug and Firearm Charges
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The owner of now-closed furniture store is now facing federal drug charges, and the case in state court has been closed. Christopher Turner, 31, faces two federal charges: p...
Jan 22, 2024 Christopher Turner has been charged with dealing drugs from his furniture store in Grand Chute.
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Door County Childcare Center Expands with State Grant
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A childcare center in Door County is more than doubling its capacity, thanks to a state grant. Governor Tony Evers was in Sturgeon Bay Monday to help cut the ribbon for...
Jan 22, 2024 The Door Community Child Development Center in Sturgeon Bay holds a ribbon cutting ceremony, January 22, 2024.
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Former Campground Owner Accepts Plea Deal in Shawano County
SHAWANO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- More than two years after former campground owner Ann Retzlaff fled a traffic stop -- triggering a series of charges and events, including the sale of her campground -- a pl...
Jan 22, 2024 Ann Retzlaff enters a Shawano County courtroom Jan. 22, 2024.
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Alleged Drunken Driver Pleads Not Guilty to Charges from Crash that Killed Good Samaritan
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An alleged drunken driver pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he hit and killed a good Samaritan helping another motorist. No trial date was set Monday for Evan Barnick, 21...
Jan 22, 2024 Evan Barnick mugshot.
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President Biden Coming to Wisconsin, Highlighting Bidenomics Progress
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- President Joe Biden is coming to Wisconsin later this week. The White House announced the president will travel to Superior on Thursday to discuss how his Bidenomics and Investing in Am...
Jan 22, 2024 Biden speaks in La Crosse on June 29, 2021 (Pool Image)
