Category Archives: Local
Voting open: 5 finalists compete to have photo featured at Lambeau Field for Packers game
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Packers are asking for your help in selecting the winner of the Packers Everywhere Fan Favorite Contest. Thousands of photos were submitted, then whittled do...
Apr 15, 2026 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Man shot wrong person during fight at Oshkosh pub crawl, prosecutors say
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The suspect in a shooting Saturday night in Oshkosh opened fire after being punched in the face, but shot someone else in the confusion, according to a criminal complaint fi...
Apr 15, 2026 A police presence near Scott Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh campus on April 11, 2026 following a shooting off campus. (Fox 11 Online)
Parts of Weyauwega, Fremont, New London evacuated
WEYAUWEGA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Parts of the Weyauwega, Fremont and New London areas are being evacuated because of potential flooding. In Weyauwega, Wednesday's notice affects the same people who were e...
Apr 15, 2026 Weyauwega water tower, December 18, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Village of Shiocton evacuated for flooding; schools to stay closed for remainder of week
SHIOCTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- All residents in the village of Shiocton were ordered to evacuate Wednesday as the waters of the Wolf River continue to rise to record levels. "I've never seen it like that...
Apr 15, 2026 Highway 76 is flooded near Highway 54 in Shiocton April 15, 2026. (Photo courtesy Wisconsin DOT)
Obituary remembers 3-year-old New London boy found in Wolf River
NEW LONDON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An obituary identifies the 3-year-old boy who died on Monday. Tysen French "was the happiest kid you could ever meet and he loved nothing more than being outside," the ob...
Apr 15, 2026 Tysen French was found dead in the Wolf River in New London after a two-hour search April 13, 2026. (Photo courtesy New London Police Dept.)
Oshkosh promotes assistant city attorney to chief legal counsel
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Oshkosh announced its new city attorney Tuesday, and hers is a face already familiar to the position. Amy Vanden Hogen has spent more than eight years serving as Oshkosh's a...
Apr 15, 2026 Amy Vanden Hogen
Green Bay to upgrade traffic signals at some intersections on W. Mason Street
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Green Bay Public Works announced Tuesday the reconstruction of traffic signals at several intersections on W. Mason Street. The department provided the following informati...
Apr 15, 2026 Traffic light at W. Mason Street in Green Bay April 20, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Water crested Balsam Row Road Dam; no evacuations yet, operators monitoring
SHAWANO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Flooding has resulted in the Balsam Row Road Dam just north of Shawano to be at risk of failure. Around 9 a.m. Wednesday, the Shawano County Sheriffs Office posted to Facebo...
Apr 15, 2026 Flooding puts the Balsam Row Rd. Dam north of Shawano at risk of failure, April 15, 2026.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Navy gives $30M to start work on new ships at Fincantieri Marinette Marine
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The U.S. Navy awarded Fincantieri Marinette Marine a $30 million contract to begin work on what's expected to be a deal to build at least four new ships. The new "Landing ...
Apr 15, 2026 The new "Landing Ship Medium" which will be built for the U.S. Navy. (Image courtesy U.S. Navy)
Communities along Wolf River prepare for potential 'major flooding stage' this weekend
SHIOCTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- After two rounds of severe storms and more rain in the forecast, community members in Shiocton are preparing for the worst. Justin Malueg lives in Weyauwega, but is a part-...
Apr 15, 2026 Volunteers filling sandbags in Shiocton, Apr. 14, 2026.
PC: Fox 11 Online
