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Packers sign wide receivers Rory Starkey and Jalen Wayne, waive Alex McGough
The Packers announced a handful of moves at wide receiver on Friday. They have signed Rory Starkey and Jalen Wayne to their 90-man roster. Alex McGough was waived with an injury designation in a corresponding move. Starkey was undrafted out of Samford and tried out for the Packers at their...
New opportunities and restrictions ahead of gun deer season
(WJFW)- During the gun deer season last fall hunters killed roughly 14% fewer bucks and 27% fewer does in northern Wisconsin compared to the last 5 year average. The natural resources board met in Green Bay and unanimously approved certain recommendations for the 2024 deer season. Certain counties will have new restrictions and new opportunities.
Late rally continues winning streak for Rockers
The Green Bay Rockers answer every challenge from the Lakeshore Chinooks late to salvage a 5-4 win Thursday night. A RBI groundout and two-run homer from Sam Miller made it 3-0 only to have the Chinooks tie it up in the top of the second inning. It would stay that way until the seventh inning when Jake Bold singled in Lukas Torres to make it 4-3. Once again, the Chinooks would tie the game in the top of the next inning when a double brought home the son of Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell Brady Counsell to make it 4-4. An RBI groundout in the bottom of the eighth would give the Rockers their third straight win.
No Jail Time in Sheboygan Embezzlement Case
A Sheboygan Woman convicted of embezzlement will not be going to jail. 43-year-old Krisi Kaiser, who previously was found guilty due to a no-contest plea on a charge of Theft in a Business Setting over $100,000, was ordered by Judge Natasha Torry to spend seven years on probation. A charge...
Brown County Democrats respond to Republican presidential and vice-presidential nominations
GREEN BAY - Brown County Democrats voiced concerns over the official Republican party presidential and vice-presidential nominations, and the Project 2025 agenda during a news conference Wednesday at the Democratic Party headquarters here. The news conference was held in response to the Republican National Convention being held this week in Milwaukee, where former...
EF-0 tornado in southern WI from July 16 storms: National Weather Service
SULLIVAN, Wis. - The National Weather Service (NWS) in Sullivan identified on Friday, July 19 another tornado rated EF-0 from the storms that passed through southern Wisconsin on Tuesday, July 16. Officials say the tornado passed through the southwest side of Evansville – a little more than 20 miles south...
Global technology outage hits Northeast Wisconsin
APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - The global technology outage affecting airports, airlines, banks, hospitals, and other industries is being felt here in Northeast Wisconsin. Aurora BayCare is the only one reporting computer issues, but a dispatcher with the hospital tells us they don’t believe the issues are impacting patient care. Bellin Green Bay, HSHS Saint Vincent’s, and ThedaCare in Neenah all told us they are unaware of any issues currently.
Henry Winkler Stops At Wisconsin Café For Breakfast
What a guy! Henry Winkler was in Wisconsin with “Happy Days” co-stars Anson Williams and Donny Most last week and made a stop for breakfast at a local café. This isn't the first time Henry Winkler has come to the Illinois and Wisconsin regions. A while back, he was in Illinois for a Conference he was speaking at, grabbed a drink at a local coffee shop, then went to a Children's Museum before heading home.
Two people displaced after house fire in Kaukauna
KAUKAUNA, Wis. (WBAY) - A basement fire damaged a Kaukauna home on Friday, but firefighters credit working smoke alarms for preventing the fire from getting worse. Firefighters responded around 11:02 a.m. Friday to a structure fire at 905 Wilson Street where a single-family residential was reported to have smoke and flames coming from the home.
Scammers will likely take advantage of technology outage
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - The technology outage was worldwide, affecting air travel, health care, communications and other industries. Scammers are assuredly going to use this event to try and trick you out of your passwords, information or money. We need to be hypervigilant of incoming texts, emails, phone calls...
Interview with Jerry Burke, author and former WBAY Fox Valley bureau chief
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Jerry Burke was a longtime reporter for us at WBAY, which means he practically lived on the EAA grounds during AirVenture. But he has also been a volunteer for EAA and was even named 2022 Volunteer of the Year. He’s written a book, “On the Grounds and Up,” which is all about the legion of volunteers that make AirVenture what it is.
Green Bay Police Invite Community to Meet-and-Compete Event with SWAT Team
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — An event next month is giving the Green Bay community a chance to get up close and personal with the city’s SWAT team. The Green Bay Police Department (GBPD) is hosting a family-friendly event for the public to learn more about what it’s like to be part of the Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) unit.
28-year anniversary of Illinois’s biggest rainfall in recorded history
A swath of heavy rainfall occurred across portions of south central Wisconsin, northeast Illinois, and northwest Indiana on July 17-18, 1996. From the National Weather Service: The heaviest rainfall was observed near Aurora, Illinois, with a maximum point rainfall of 16.94 inches in a 24-hour period. The 24-hour rainfall measured near Aurora remains the statewide record (as […]
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