Category Archives: Local
Federal Grants to Help Repair Railroad Swing Bridges in Green Bay, Appleton
(WTAQ-WLUK) - Federal grants will help prepare for the rehabilitation of three railroad swing bridges which cross the Fox River in Green Bay and Appleton. Overall, the Federal Railroad Administration ...
Sep 28, 2023 Federal grants will help prepare for the rehabilitation of three railroad swing bridges which cross the Fox River in Green Bay and Appleton.
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NWTC Celebrates Historic Donation, Renames Manufacturing Space
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College has received one of its largest donations in the college's history. World-class manufacturing leader Gene Haas Foundation awarded NWT...
Sep 28, 2023 The Gene Haas Center for Advanced Machining at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College.
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Brown County Parks Wants To Hear From You
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) -- The results of a survey will help shape the future of Brown County parks. Brown County Parks is inviting the community to take five minutes to complete an online survey. The...
Sep 28, 2023 Joliet Park on Green Bay's east side.
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UW-Oshkosh Celebrates $27 Million Academic Building Renovation
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A building on the UW-Oshkosh campus is showing off its renovations. A ribbon-cutting and rededication of the Clow Academic Complex at 845 Algoma Blvd. in Oshkosh was held Th...
Sep 28, 2023 A ribbon-cutting and rededication of the UW-Oshkosh Clow Academic Complex was held after the completion of a $27 million renovation project.
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SNC Layoffs Blamed On Enrollment Decline and Budget Issues
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- St. Norbert College is laying off 41 of its employees. "You can be fundamentally solid both educationally and financially, but as demographics produce fewer 18 to 22-year-ol...
Sep 28, 2023 St. Norbert College
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Brown County Jail Inmate Convicted of Escaping
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Justin Dietrich was convicted Thursday of escaping the Brown County Jail. Dietrich, 36, will be sentenced Nov. 21, court records show. His accomplice, Justice Thibodeaux, w...
Sep 28, 2023 Justin Dietrich appears in court Feb. 27, 2023, via video conference from the Brown County Jail.
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Wisconsin Army National Guard Shows Off Appleton Armory
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An 18-month renovation and expansion of the Wisconsin Army National Guard armory in Appleton is complete. A ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house was held Thursday. The $1...
Sep 28, 2023 The Wisconsin Army National Guard held a ribbon-cutting for its newly renovated and expanded armory in Appleton, September 28, 2023.
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Green Bay Awarded Grant to Improve Habitat at Joliet Park
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Green Bay's parks committee gave a preliminary approval Wednesday evening for a grant to improve Joliet Park. The park is along Nicolet Drive and the east shore of lower G...
Sep 28, 2023 Joliet Park on Green Bay's east side.
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Green Bay Hospital Nurse Pleads Not Guilty to Sexual Misconduct Charges
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A mental health hospital nurse pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he had inappropriate sexual contact with patients. Ysurf Shariff, 35, faces six counts, including thre...
Sep 28, 2023 Ysurf Shariff is accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with patients at a mental health facility in Green Bay.
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New Ashwaubenon Brown County Library Proposed to be Housed in Senior Apartment Complex
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A new Ashwaubenon branch of the Brown County Library would be placed in a new senior housing apartment building, under a plan being reviewed by the village's Plan Commiss...
Sep 28, 2023 Rendering of The Promenade, a building project that would include the Ashwaubenon branch of the Brown County Public Library and new senior housing apartments together. It would be built on San Luis Place, the site of the former San Luis Manor nursing home.
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