MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - College applications are up dramatically nationwide – but not at the UW, where the total number of applicants for this fall is 2 percent less than a year ago. Just over 82,000 students have asked to be admitted to Wisconsin’s public universities. Applications are down at ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s local governments have asked state lawmakers to help them look for ways to consolidate services and save money. The Local Government Institute – made up of groups that represent counties and municipalities – put out a report on the subject Tuesday. It said legislative committees should be ...More
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (WTAQ) - An arrest has been made by Grand Chute police in the alleged sexual assault of a teen outside the Fox River Mall last week. Detectives got a tip and interviewed a 36-year-old Minnesota man Tuesday, and local authorities arrested the man . Detective Mike Veile with the ...More
The Dance Begins
The UW Green Bay Phoenix Men are the first to play in a post-season college tournament, taking on the Akron Zips in Ohio tonight in the opening round of the College Basketball Insider tourney. It's the second straight appearance in the CBI for Green Bay, they ...More
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Authorities say the Golden Shell in Ashwaubenon was robbed overnight. It happened around 1 a.m. Wednesday at 2770 South Oneida Street. Public Safety says a black male, between 6'2" and 6'4", weighing between 250 and 260 pounds walked into the conveinence store with a ...More
LAKE WINNEBAGO, Wis. (WTAQ) - Authorities are calling it another scare on Lake Winnebago. Officials say 2 snowmobilers were trying to skim across the water near buoy 100 in Menasha around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. An Appleton man went into open water and needed to be pulled out. He was ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - 3 state lawmakers have asked Governor Jim Doyle to make bureaucrats follow the law, and reveal their contracts with private suppliers. The Legislature passed a law in 2006 to have state agencies list their contracts online if they’re over $10,000. But there’s no penalty ...More
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - It's a he said-he said in the Green Bay City Council. Alderman Chris Wery says e-mails attacking him from a group called "Tax Payers for Smart Government" were actually authored by Alderman Guy Zima.
"It's my strong suspicion and belief that it's coming ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin hunters could see more deer in the woods, because of what the state Natural Resources Board did Tuesday. The panel increased deer population goals in 43 management zones. That was after hunters complained last November that the DNR’s strategies to control the deer herd had ...More
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - After years of talk...a major reconstruction project breaks ground in Green Bay. The $12 million project will be a facelift of Military Avenue between Biemeret and Dousman Streets. Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt felt the time is now. It's the beginning of a revitalization ...More
