Green Bay WI

The results of an autopsy for a 2-year-old Green Bay boy have been submitted to the court. WBAY reports that the defense attorneys for 22-year-old James VanderLeest have received the autopsy report and lab results, but still need time to review them with their experts. VanderLeest is facing charges of...

APPLETON, Wis. (WLUK) -- Former Hearthstone Historic House Museum treasurer Steven Jahnke admitted he stole about $70,000 from the facility, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday. Jahnke, 67, faces one count of theft in a business setting. An initial appearance is scheduled for March 17. According to the...

APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Bailey Laux was sentenced to two years in prison with two years extended supervision for a fatal texting-while-driving crash on Interstate 41 in 2022. Judge Emily Lonergan made the ruling after setting aside a joint sentencing recommendation of no jail time with extended probation. Laux,...

Cars drove back and forth across Main Street bridge on Feb. 11 in downtown Green Bay, showing off for the crowd of students. Flags, both American and Mexican, flapped in the wind, while the smell of exhaust grew ever stronger. On each pass, students pulled themselves out passenger-side windows and stood up in truck...

(WLUK) -- A bill supporting Wisconsin's homeless veterans was passed by the State Senate Wednesday and now heads to the desk of Governor Tony Evers. The bill uses an existing $1.9 million to create a new state grant program. It would fund four nonprofits that house veterans in southeastern Wisconsin -- two in...

(WFRV) – The Green Bay Police Department says the numbers are in from last week’s deployment of the Seat Belt Task Force in Brown County. According to a release, the Seat Belt Task Force was deployed throughout Brown County on Thursday, February 5, and resulted in several stops, citations, warnings, and arrests. The...

NEENAH – ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah has been nationally recognized for the quality of its bariatric surgery program. The center recently received accreditation as a Comprehensive Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Center with Obesity Medicine Qualifications, according to a community announcement. The honor...

Students at Green Bay's four public high schools, Southwest, Preble, East, and West, stepped outside, joining a walkout they say is about solidarity and fear.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary sat down with the city of Green Bay Monday after it was given notice of ordinance violations for housing homeless people during a recent Arctic cold snap. Cathi Oreto, a Safe Haven employee, said both parties wanted to meet. “It...

Stevens Construction Corp. will open a 3,000-square-foot office in Appleton in April 2026. The new office is located at 47 Park Place, Suite 850, in the Park Place Business Park. Brian Olesen will lead Stevens’ business development efforts in Northeast Wisconsin. After an influx of work in Northeast Wisconsin,...