Category Archives: Local

NeighborWorks Green Bay to Launch Multifamily Mutual Campaign Tuesday at Bay Beach
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- NeighborWorks Green Bay is officially launching Multifamily Mutual; a campaign for safe, affordable multifamily housing during a community-wide kick off and goodbye to summer p...
Rachel Charniak Aug 25, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Marinette Man Sentenced for Cocaine Possession
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Marinette man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for possessing nearly two pounds of cocaine. Jesus Rodriguez-Hamilton, 37, was convicted after pleading to possession w...
Rachel Charniak Aug 25, 2023

Two State Task Forces Formed in Two Days to Focus on Impact of Artificial Intelligence
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- The pros and cons of artificial intelligence have led to two state task forces being created in two days to focus on the issue and its impact on the workforce. Governor Tony Evers issue...
Rachel Charniak Aug 25, 2023 The exterior dome of the Wisconsin state Capitol is seen in Madison Feb. 15, 2023.
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Cutting, Defunding Sports Led to UWGB Probation from NCAA, Records Reveal
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay athletic program was placed on probation by the NCAA after it defunded Nordic ski scholarships and cut tennis, dropping the school be...
Rachel Charniak Aug 25, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Fox Commons Construction Begins This Week
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Work to transform Appleton's City Center Plaza into Fox Commons is set to begin next week. Interior demolition will take place first. The project will see the creation of a...
Rachel Charniak Aug 25, 2023 Outside of Appleton's City Center Plaza May 24, 2023.
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Green Bay's New School Superintendent Aims To Unite Divided District
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Public school kids across the area will return to the classroom in about ten days. To welcome them back, the Green Bay Area Public Schools held a Back to School Celebration...
Rachel Charniak Aug 24, 2023 GBAPS Back to School Family Celebration.
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Move-In Day For SNC Freshmen Class
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A local campus was buzzing with activity Thursday, as hundreds of freshmen students were moving in. It's also the first semester for the new president at St. Norbert College...
Rachel Charniak Aug 24, 2023

Women's Action Coalition to Celebrate Women's Equality Day
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) -- A collective of five women-serving organizations that first collaborated to observe the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution in 2020, hopes to build on...
Rachel Charniak Aug 24, 2023

Avery to Appeal Decision Denying New Trial
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Steven Avery will appeal a decision this week denying him a new trial or evidentiary hearing on his conviction for the murder of Teresa Halbach. Avery is serving a life se...
Rachel Charniak Aug 24, 2023

Neenah Sign Ordinance Lawsuit will Continue, Judge Rules
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A lawsuit challenging a Neenah ordinance prohibiting signs which promote businesses at other locations and regulating commercial advertising on parked vehicles will continue,...
Rachel Charniak Aug 24, 2023 A sign at a home in Neenah opposing the potential rezoning of Shattuck Middle School. Jan. 19, 2023.
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