Category Archives: Local

Weather and Terrain Conditions Keeping Oconto County ATV/UTV Trails Closed
OCONTO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- ATV and UTV trails in Oconto County will remain closed until further notice due to spring weather conditions. Officials say Oconto County ATV clubs, sponsors, and oper...
Rachel Charniak May 02, 2023 PC: Fox 11 Online

Bay Beach Ready to Open
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Bay Beach Amusement Park is opening on May 6. The popular Green Bay attraction will be open on weekends only until May 23. Britney Burkart-Labar is the facilities supervisor; s...
Rachel Charniak May 02, 2023

Reports: Packers Agree on Love Contract Extension
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Packers will extend their new starting quarterback's contract, according to reports. NFL Network and ESPN are reporting the Packers and Jordan Love have agre...
Rachel Charniak May 02, 2023 Jordan Love meets the press.

Legislation Would Allow 14 Year Olds To Serve Booze
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A new Republican- introduced bill is looking to change requirements for who can serve alcohol in restaurants. Anyone as young as 14 years of age may someday be allowed to ser...
Robert Kennedy May 02, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Curative Connections Begins Construction on New Dementia Care Facility
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A new facility to help people with dementia had its groundbreaking ceremony today. Curative Connections in Green Bay is beginning construction on Yesteryear Village at the...
Rachel Charniak May 01, 2023 Curative Connections begins construction on Yesteryear Village.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Green Bay Officials Return From The NFL Draft, Prepared To Play Host
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Now that the 2023 draft is over, the Green Bay Packers can focus on the upcoming season. Meanwhile, Green Bay waits to hear if it will be selected as a draft city for the ...
Rachel Charniak May 01, 2023

Brown County Sheriff Looking at New Ways to Combat Fentanyl Crisis
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- In 2022, 60% of the fentanyl seized in Brown County came through the United States Postal Service. Representative Mike Gallagher says that currently, if a United States Postal ...
Rachel Charniak May 01, 2023 Representative Mike Gallagher and Brown County Sheriff, Todd Delain, work together to combat fentanyl in Brown County. May 1, 2023.

Potential Identity Developed for Human Remains Found in Fox Crossing
FOX CROSSING, WI (WTAQ) -- On April 27 around 9:20 p.m., the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office responded to Little Lake Butte des Morts in Fox Crossing, after it was reported that human remains were d...
Rachel Charniak May 01, 2023

No Trial Date Yet for Suspect in Green Bay Double Murder
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- No trial date has been set yet for a man accused of killing two women on the city's east side. Richard Sotka, 48, is charged with fatally stabbing Rhonda Cegelski, 58, of ...
Rachel Charniak May 01, 2023 Richard Sotka appears in Brown County court May 1, 2023, on charges he killed Rhonda Cegelski and Paula O'Connor in January in Green Bay.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Trial Date for Green Bay Man Accused of Killing Two of his Relatives
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A Dec. 4 trial date was scheduled Monday for a man accused of killing two of his relatives - more than three years after the murders, by that point. Oscar Lemus-Franco, 31,...
Rachel Charniak May 01, 2023 Oscar Lemus-Franco (PC: Fox 11 Online)

