Green Bay WI

The Bart Starr Memorial Bridge will close for months during planned rehabilitation work, and neighbors can learn more at a virtual public meeting next Wednesday.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A Green Bay man faces multiple charges tied to a fatal fentanyl overdose. Brown County prosecutors say Shae Lester Reese, 26, sold fentanyl to a person with the initials DMH in August 2025, who later died. Investigators say the victim was a 26-year-old man who had recently been released from jail.

A Wrightstown man who fled from Manitowoc Police has been sentenced. 20-year-old James B. Mortensen pleaded guilty to two counts of Fleeing or Eluding an Officer and one count of Operating Without a Valid License, and was ordered by Judge Mark Rohrer to spend one year in prison followed by two years on extended supervision to go along with a $280 fine...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Michelle Clemens, a former Action 2 News reporter, has written a book about surviving a ruptured brain aneurysm that doctors said gave her only a 1% chance of survival. Clemens suffered the ruptured brain aneurysm on May 11, 2017, when she was 25 years old....

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – Officials with the Green Bay Botanical Garden say the largest display of spring flowers in Wisconsin are coming into their peak just in time for Mother’s Day. From sweeping drifts of daffodils and fragrant hyacinths to magnolias, over 350,000 spring blooms are bringing vibrant seasonal color to the Botanical Garden’s […]

(WFRV) – A Green Bay man was officially charged with homicide in relation to a 2025 overdose death. According to a criminal complaint obtained by WFRV, 26-year-old Shae Reese is facing five charges, including homicide, following a 2025 death. Back in August 2025, officers were investigating a suspect overdose death in Green Bay. The victim […]

APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The Appleton Police Department said its officer acted properly in using force during an incident over the weekend. Their statement is in response to a video that was posted to social media Thursday. The video’s caption says it depicts an incident early Sunday morning outside a downtown bar.

SUAMICO, Wis. (WFRV) – Authorities in Brown County are looking for any witnesses to a road rage incident in Suamico where shots were allegedly fired at a vehicle. According to the Brown County Sheriff’s Office, deputies are investigating a road rage incident between two vehicles that happened on the evening of May 5 between 6 […]

Some Wisconsinites have come across an unlikely and puzzling sight this week: a giant bird native to Africa, with an 8-to-10-foot wingspan. Online, birders and wildlife enthusiasts have identified the bird as a marabou stork, which naturally lives in sub-Saharan Africa and grows to nearly 5 feet tall, according to SeaWorld's website . People have reported seeing the bird in Fond...

DE PERE, Wis. (WFRV) – Before there was Cure Lawn Care, there was Owen Obey. He was the kind of child who filled every room and every backyard with energy. He loved costumes, climbing rocks at the park and spending time with his two younger brothers. But in December 2024, after battling childhood cancer, Owen […]