Category Archives: Local

Green Bay Police Identify Driver Recovered from Fox River
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Green Bay police released the name of the woman who crashed her vehicle into the Fox River and died last month. The driver has been identified as Randi Van Lanen, 39, of G...
Rachel Charniak Jun 01, 2023 The Green Bay Police Department is responding to a report of a vehicle in the Fox River on May 6, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Ripon to Launch its First Engineering Program as it Expands Science Building
RIPON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Ripon College is launching its first engineering program. It comes as crews are working on the $24.5 million expansion on the Franzen Science Center. It's scheduled to open in...
Rachel Charniak Jun 01, 2023 Ripon College, April 21, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Victim Identified in Suspicious Death Investigation in Fond du Lac
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Police have identified the body that was found behind a Fond du Lac home last week. A person doing yard work found the body of Tristan Phillips, 41, in the 500 block of ...
Rachel Charniak Jun 01, 2023 Police tape marks the scene after a body was found in a wooded area behind a Fond du Lac home May 23, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Green Bay Airport Offering Convenient and Cost-Effective Options for AirVenture
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Although AirVenture takes place in Oshkosh, Green Bay's Austin Straubel Airport (GRB) says it's ready to welcome aviation enthusiasts, too. During EAA's AirVenture, Witt...
Rachel Charniak Jun 01, 2023

WIS 15 Expansion Project to Close Intersection to Build Roundabout
HORTONVILLE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- To make way for a roundabout, a portion of WIS 15 in Outagamie County will be closed to traffic for about two months. The road project is part of the ongoing WIS 15 expa...
Rachel Charniak Jun 01, 2023

Breakfast On The Farm Gives A Taste of Local Agriculture
GREENLEAF, WI (WTAQ) -- June is Dairy month; and Brown County's Breakfast on the Farm is back for another year. This year, the meal is put on by Collins Dairy in Greenleaf. The breakfast includes panc...
Rachel Charniak Jun 01, 2023 Collins Dairy Farm

Oshkosh School District Names New Diversity Leader
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Oshkosh Area School District has officially found its newest diversity leader. Wednesday night's approval comes just weeks after a local racial equity advocacy organizati...
Robert Kennedy Jun 01, 2023 PHOTO: Oshkosh Area School District

UWO Childcare Center Closing, YMCA To The Rescue
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Fifty-two years after opening its doors, UW-Oshkosh's Children's Learning and Care Center was seemingly headed toward a permanent end. But thanks to a partnership with the Os...
Robert Kennedy Jun 01, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

'We All Rise' Unveils Remodeled African American Resource Center in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Green Bay's We All Rise unveiled its remodeled African American resource center on Wednesday. The organization's $70,000 remodeling project was spearheaded by a group in L...
Rachel Charniak May 31, 2023 We All Rise Executive Director Robin Scott cuts the ribbon of the newly renovated African American Resource Center May 31, 2023.
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Milwaukee Dancing Grannies to Join Appleton Flag Day Parade
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The grannies will be dancing again; this time in the Appleton Flag Day Parade. The Milwaukee Dancing Grannies will be joining the Green Bay Professional Football Cheerleade...
Rachel Charniak May 31, 2023

