Green Bay WI

DE PERE, Wis. (WBAY) - A De Pere family is working to get their life back to a “new” normal after a fire burned down their house last Friday. Since then, there’s been an outpouring of community support for the family. For Nick and Janelle Klubertanz, it...

NEENAH, Wis. — A northeast Wisconsin day care worker is scheduled to stand trial in March for one count of child neglect. Annalee Salas Nitz worked at a YMCA in Neenah, taking care of the one-and-a-half-year-olds. According to a criminal complaint, Nitz admitted last November to law enforcement officers...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - The Green Bay Common Council is expected to approve an ordinance that would let police impound vehicles after the driver is suspected of reckless driving. The new rule would allow officers to impound vehicles while issuing tickets or making arrests related to reckless driving. Under...

DE PERE, Wis. (WBAY) - Seroogy’s Chocolates is introducing a new Meltaway bar just in time for Valentine’s Day. The Strawberry Meltaway Bar is Seroogy’s first new Meltaway flavor in five years, the De Pere-based chocolatier says. It features a strawberry and white chocolate center wrapped in...

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Douglas Proehl told police he had “2 beers an hour and a half ago” before allegedly causing the crash which killed Chloe Bishop, 17, and injured her father, Danny, according to the criminal complaint filed Tuesday. Proehl, 69, is charged with homicide...

A jury trial has been scheduled for Cheryl Mitchell, a Pound woman accused of causing a head-on crash that killed one person and seriously hurt two others last Thanksgiving.

GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — Douglas Proehl, 69, has been charged in connection to the Friday night deadly crash on Lombardi Avenue in Green Bay. The crash claimed the life of 17-year-old Chloe (Chara) Bishop. Proehl appeared at the Brown County courthouse on Tuesday afternoon. He is charged with...

CHILTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Kenneth Nelson is currently not competent to stand trial for allegedly killing his father, a judge ruled Friday, although Nelson disagreed with the finding. Nelson, 40, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide for allegedly beating his 66-year-old father to death at a town of...

ASHWAUBENON, Wis. — A teenager is dead, her father is seriously injured and another driver is in jail following a crash in Ashwaubenon. Public Safety says a 69-year-old Luxemburg man ran a stoplight at Lombardi Avenue and Holmgren Way around 5 p.m. Friday and collided with a vehicle making a left-hand turn.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Stephen Preisler, the author known as Uncle Fester, was sentenced Friday to a year in prison after having his probation revoked due to failed drug tests. Preisler, 67, gained renown under the name “Uncle Fester” for his books on how to make ricin, methamphetamine...