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Crowds gather in Green Bay for dazzling fireworks spectacle
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) -The ‘Fire Over the Fox’ is the largest fireworks display you’ll find in Northeast Wisconsin Thursday. It’s a festival that is always packed, rain or shine. Event guests had plenty of shows to watch before tonight’s fireworks. Many of the early visitors...
Central Wisconsin Braces for Potentially Severe Independence Day Storms
Green Bay, WI – Severe weather is expected to impact Independence Day celebrations in Green Bay and across central Wisconsin. Residents and visitors hoping for a dry holiday should prepare for potential storms. According to the US National Weather Service in Green Bay, rain and storm chances will arrive...
Fox Firecracker run/walk set for Thursday in Kaukauna
KAUKAUNA — The Fox Firecracker 5K Run/Walk and Kids Run returns to Kaukauna on Thursday, July 4, 2024. Festivities begin at 7:30 a.m. and several roads in the area will be closed. (See below) Kids Run participants will run/walk a ¼ mile route starting at 7:40 a.m. Each Kids...
Pool at Kaukauna's renovated aquatic center to open Wednesday
KAUKAUNA (WLUK) -- 'Tis the sea-sun for swimming, and come Wednesday, the Kaukauna community can finally do so at its newly-renovated aquatic center. According to a Facebook post Tuesday from the Kaukauna Recreation Department, the pool at the Kaukauna Aquatic Center will open to guests Wednesday. It comes a few days after the splash pad opened.
Stretch of Highway KK south of Kaukauna to close for bridge replacement
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY (WLUK) -- A section of Highway KK along the Outagamie-Calumet county line is closing for more than three months. Outagamie County highway officials say a new bridge will be built over Kankapot Creek, south of Kaukauna. Detour for the Highway KK closure in Outagamie County July-October 2024.Click here...
Green Bay imposes boating restrictions for July 4th fireworks and ski show
GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- For those planning to be out on the Fox River in Green Bay on the Fourth of July, there are a few orders boaters should keep in mind. Due to the fireworks display, Green Bay police are enforcing a no docking, mooring or operation of watercraft between the Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge (Dousman Street/Main Street) to the train trestle north of Leicht Park and into the East River east to the bridge on N Monroe Avenue. This enforcement will take place from 6 p.m. until the end of the fireworks. There will be temporary no docking signage posted in this area.
Preliminary plans for Thrivent's 600-acre Appleton campus show parks, trails and housing
Question: What is the plan for the development of the Thrivent property between Ballard Road and Mead Street in Appleton? I've been seeing survey crews on the property. If it is intended for residential development, what is the plan for traffic on Ballard? It's already extremely busy. Answer: Preliminary plan concepts unveiled by...
Northeast Wisconsin makes final rush for fireworks at local businesses before the Fourth of July
HOWARD, Wis. (WFRV) – The Fourth of July is near, and area residents are stopping by fireworks stores to make their purchases, including Uncle Sam Fireworks in Howard. “Every year, we stop here and stock up on fireworks,” said Jeremy Sodam. Some focus on the sound the fireworks...
Avoid 4th of July injuries
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - This is your reminder that fireworks can be dangerous if you’re not careful. Legal fireworks can be fun, but every year people are taken to emergency rooms in spite of laws intended to keep people safe. Across the country last year, about 9,700 emergency...
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