Category Archives: Local
Summer Spot For Cool Treats Is Closing
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A popular restaurant and frozen custard shop has announced the closure of one of its Brown County establishments. In a Facebook post Thursday, Zesty's Frozen Custard & Gr...
Nov 03, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
National Railroad Museum Set For Major Expansion
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Governor Tony Evers has announced more than $36-million federal dollars are being invested into building projects across the state. Two of those projects are in Northeast...
Nov 02, 2023 National Railroad Museum in Ashwaubenon.
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Deer Hunt 2023: DNR Nine-Day Gun Season Preview
OCONTO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Deer Hunt 2023 is still a couple weeks away, but people are getting ready for the nine-day campaign. Officials from the Department of Natural Resources say there could...
Nov 02, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of Wisconsin DNR
Keshena Non-Profit Breaks Ground on Campus Dedicated to Revitalizing Menomini Language
KESHENA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The revitalization and renormalization of the Menomini language is at the center of a Keshena non-profit organization's new community project. Menomini yoU, Inc. held a grou...
Nov 02, 2023 Menomini yoU hosted a groundbreaking Nov. 2, 2023 to kickstart construction of its new Wāqsecewan Language Campus in Keshena.
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Murder Suspect Charged With Assaulting Guard At The Brown County Jail
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man charged with killing two women in Green Bay is now accused of physically assaulting a Brown County Correctional Officer. Richard Sotka, 49, has been charged with bat...
Nov 02, 2023 Richard Sotka appears in Brown County court, August 21, 2023.
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Combat Cooking Fires With Smart Burners
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A safety product is hoping to extinguish the number one cause of home fires and home injuries in the U.S. The Green Bay Metro Fire Department began installing eight Smart ...
Nov 02, 2023 Green Bay Metro Fire Department installs smart burners on a stove at Veterans Manor Apartments, November 2, 2023.
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ADRC Of Door County Launches Purple Tube Project
DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) -- The Aging and Disability Resource Center of Door County has launched the Purple Tube Project in an effort to create a more dementia-friendly community. This project is in col...
Nov 02, 2023
National Railroad Museum and Door County Theatre to Receive Funding for Building Projects
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two Northeast Wisconsin building projects that were previously left out of the state budget, now have new life. Governor Tony Evers announced he's investing $36.6 million of American Re...
Nov 02, 2023 The National Railroad Museum in Ashwaubenon, September 2022.
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Human Remains Discovered on Menominee Indian Reservation
MENOMINEE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Menominee tribal authorities are investigating after human remains were found. The remains were discovered in a forest on the reservation by a hunter on Monday. The exact ...
Nov 02, 2023 Trees on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
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Decades Old Mystery Could Lead To Am-Fam Field
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-METRO) - The remains of former labor leader Jimmy Hoffa could rest in Milwaukee. The one-time Teamsters president disappeared in 1975, believed to be the victim of a hit by organiz...
Nov 02, 2023 American Family Field. Image courtesy: Milwaukee Brewers
