Category Archives: Local

Popular Sturgeon Watching Spot Remains Underwater
SHAWANO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Observers from around Northeast Wisconsin enjoy visiting Sturgeon Park in Shawano. It's a very popular spot for catching sturgeon spawning. Unfortunately... Eddie Sheppard sa...
Robert Kennedy Apr 19, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Green Bay Cop Facing Charges For Traffic Stop Incident
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Green Bay police officer is expected to be charged in connection with his actions during a traffic stop in 2021. The police department says Officer Matthew Knutson, a 13...
Rachel Charniak Apr 18, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Mercury Marine Ships out First Group of Electric Outboards
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Mercury Marine is celebrating a milestone shipment. The company announced the first group of Avator 7.5e electric outboards has shipped to global customers. The 7.5e is ...
Rachel Charniak Apr 18, 2023 Mercury Marine employees in Fond du Lac celebrate the first shipment of Avator 7.5e electric outboards.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Bassett Mechanical Announces Office Expansion
KAUKAUNA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Kaukauna business is expanding. Bassett Mechanical is adding 16,200 square feet of additional office space to its facility on Hyland Avenue. It will include a new trainin...
Rachel Charniak Apr 18, 2023 A rendering of the lobby for Bassett Mechanical's expansion in Kaukauna.
PC: Fox 11 Online

St. Norbert College Professor Hopes to Keep Jeopardy! Winning Streak Alive
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A professor from St. Norbert College is hoping to keep his Jeopardy! win streak alive. Ben Chan is going for his fourth win. Professor Chan joined Good Day Wisconsin to talk...
Rachel Charniak Apr 18, 2023 Assistant professor of philosophy at St. Norbert College, Ben Chan, appears on Jeopardy!
PC: Fox 11 Online

Green Bay Police Arrest Armed Suspect Involved in Reported Disturbance
Green Bay, WI (WTAQ) -- The Green Bay Police Department has arrested 29 year old Tanisha Washington of Ashwaubenon, who was suspected of a reported disturbance involving a handgun on April 17, 2023. O...
Rachel Charniak Apr 18, 2023 Tanisha Washington

Two Found Dead in Oneida County Forest
TOWN OF ENTERPRISE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The bodies of two people were found in a northern Wisconsin forest. Oneida County authorities did not release the names of those found deceased in the town of Ent...
Rachel Charniak Apr 18, 2023 Two bodies were found in an Oneida County forest in the town of Enterprise, April 17, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Kaukauna Police Seeking Identity of Hit and Run Suspect
KAUKAUNA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Kaukauna police released a surveillance photo of a hit and run suspect. Police are asking the public if they recognize the man who is being sought for questioning. Official...
Rachel Charniak Apr 18, 2023 PC: Fox 11 Online

Cold Weather Cools off Sturgeon Spawning run on Wolf River
SHIOCTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A recent cold spell is sending chills into the sturgeon spawning season. Department of Natural Resources experts say activity at places along the Wolf River is down. Those ...
Rachel Charniak Apr 18, 2023 Sturgeon splash during spawning in the Wolf River at Bamboo Bend in Shiocton April 26, 2022. (PHOTO: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)

CWD Confirmed in Winnebago County
WINNEBAGO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in another county. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reported Monday that a wild, 3-year-old doe in southweste...
Rachel Charniak Apr 18, 2023

