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Preseason top two high school football teams fall to highlight area top 10 results from Week 1
The first week of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association high school football season saw two of our preseason top five area teams lose. Here is how our area top 10 teams' season openers played out. 1. Marquette (0-1) ...
Seymour football team gives back to community before big win
SEYMOUR, Wis. (WFRV) – One local high school team celebrated week one of the football season by giving back to their community. The Seymour High School football team hosted their second annual community heroes picnic, a chance for them to say thank you to local police officers, firefighters, EMT’s, and veterans.
Metro Detroit bartenders and servers concerned about law that would end tipping
On Friday, bartenders and servers from across metro Detroit came together here at Townhouse Birmingham to voice their concerns about a new state law that would get rid of the tipping system.
Manitowoc superintendent speaks on differences with board after resignation
Feil says that it was time to handoff the position to someone new and that the district is in a good place. He cited a few differences he had with the board such as CEP and a new curriculum.
More Central Wisconsin towns experiencing problems with missing mail
SAXEVILLE, Wis. (WBAY) - We’re learning new details about missing mail residents from our viewing area are experiencing, causing them to receive late payment notices when they say they paid their bills on time. Since our story aired earlier this month, more people have reached out to Action 2...
‘A shoot can be legal. That doesn’t mean it was necessary.’ Fatal police encounters rise in Wisconsin
Deadly police encounters in Wisconsin were up last year and are on track this year to exceed the modern record of 26 deaths set in 2017. The increase comes after Wisconsin Watch and The Badger Project reported two years ago that Wisconsin’s rate of police killings ranked among the lowest in the nation over the past decade. In the past two years the rate has risen, particularly compared with neighboring states.
Pro-Trump live-streamer arrested, charged with using giant 'Trump 2020' sign against officers
WASHINGTON — A live-streamer who was a frequent presence at the "Freedom Corner" protests in support of Jan. 6 defendants has been arrested on Capitol attack charges, nearly two years after he was publicly identified by online "sedition hunters" who have aided in hundreds of Jan. 6 arrests. David...
Man convicted in armed robbery of Green Bay restaurant
GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- Reinaldo Fuentes-Nietzsche was convicted Friday of the armed robbery at the restaurant where his girlfriend worked, during which the owner estimated $20,000 was stolen. Fuentes-Nietzsche, 26, pleaded no contest to armed robbery with a threat of force for the Feb. 17 incident at El Ranchito on...
Green Bay woman convicted of multiple felony fraud and forgery charges
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A Green Bay woman who was charged with 84 counts related to fraud and forgery was sentenced to several years in prison on Friday. Samantha Johnson, now 36, was found guilty on several of her 84 charges, according to online records. She pled no contest at a plea hearing on Monday.
Sod stolen from ball diamonds in Waupun
WAUPUN (WLUK) -- A thief in Waupun didn't take their ball and go home -- they took some grass and went home. Waupun police said in a social media post Friday that patches of sod had been stolen from two ball diamonds at Medema Fields, 728 W. Lincoln St. Photos...
Sign moratorium extended until mid October
MENOMINEE — The Menominee City Council Monday approved a sign moratorium that will run until Oct. 14. The moratorium prohibits businesses and organizations from placing or altering signs in any way. The vote was 5 to 3. Director of prevention services at Menominee County Intermediate School District Karianne Lesperance said she supported the moratorium. “I’m...
DNR and MSU Release 500 Baby Sturgeon in Michigan River
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan State University recently released 500 sturgeon fingerlings in another river. Lake sturgeon are native fish in the Great Lakes they look prehistoric and can grow to 6 feet long and weigh 100 pounds. Now that's what I call a whopper!. Lake Sturgeon...
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