Category Archives: Local

Brown County Board Approves $27.2 Million Loan to Improve Internet Services
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Many Brown County residents could be getting faster internet after the county board of supervisors voted Wednesday night to loan $27.2 million to build a faster network...
Rachel Charniak Sep 21, 2023

Bring Your Appetite To Packers Home Games
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Football fans will have something new to try this Green Bay Packers season. The team and its food and beverage partner, Delaware North Sportservice, held a tasting event We...
Robert Kennedy Sep 21, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Wind Turbine Support Vessel Steel-Cutting Ceremony at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Construction is officially underway at a Sturgeon Bay shipyard, to build a new vessel designed to work in the wind turbine industry. With the push of a button, the mach...
Rachel Charniak Sep 20, 2023 Example of vessel to be built in Sturgeon Bay, September 20, 2023.
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Learn to Merge; Drivers Encouraged to be Courteous when Merging
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Construction continues on State HWY 441 in Outagamie County. Traffic is down to one lane in each direction, between the area of College Avenue and the I-41 interchan...
Rachel Charniak Sep 20, 2023 I-41 traffic in Outagamie County.
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Oshkosh Ramps Up Efforts to Identify And Remove Lead Pipes
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A toxic metal could be lurking in the waters of some Oshkosh homes. Lead can enter drinking water as a result of pipe corrosion. The city is now on a mission to remove all l...
Rachel Charniak Sep 20, 2023 A lead pipe in Menasha May 2, 2023.
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Fox Valley Non-Profits Receive Grants to Establish Child Care Center, Early Childhood Program
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two non-profit organizations in the Fox Valley have been chosen as the recipients of $2.75 million in grant funds from Outagamie County. First 5 Fox Valley (F5FV) a...
Rachel Charniak Sep 20, 2023

School Speed Zone Crackdown
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The last week of September, the Green Bay Police Department will be partnering with area law enforcement agencies to focus on a coordinated speed watch effort in school zones. ...
Rachel Charniak Sep 20, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

One Arrested after SWAT Teams Used in Neenah Search
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An arrest that used SWAT teams and led to precautionary school lockdowns took place without incident, Neenah police say. The Neenah Police Department and Winnebago County She...
Rachel Charniak Sep 20, 2023 SWAT teams from Neenah and Winnebago County work during the serving of a search warrant in the 100 block of Washington Avenue Sept. 20, 2023.
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Sturgeon Bay Breaks Ground on Music School and Residential Development
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A new development in Sturgeon Bay is addressing Door County's need for affordable housing, while supporting the arts. The community gathered Wednesday for the groundbre...
Rachel Charniak Sep 20, 2023 The groundbreaking of the Muse in Sturgeon Bay on Third Avenue and Jefferson Street, September 20, 2023.
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Village Committee Endorses Revised Plan for Shorter Hotel near Lambeau Field
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A proposal for a shorter hotel near Lambeau Field was endorsed by a village committee Tuesday. Gridiron Entities wants to build a 100-room Cambria Hotel and Suites on the...
Rachel Charniak Sep 20, 2023 Developers have revised the height of a proposed Cambria Hotel and Suites on Oneida Street from five stories to four stories after controversy from neighbors.
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