Category Archives: Local
Longtime Employee Gets Special Recognition
FOX CROSSING, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Pierce Manufacturing is honoring its first employee to reach 50 years of service. Dan Genske has held several different positions since he first began at Pierce as an 18...
Apr 12, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
2 Dead After Crivitz House Fire
CRITIVITZ, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two people are dead following a house fire in Crivitz Tuesday afternoon. Crews responded to the 400 block of Hattie Street in Crivitz just before 2 p.m. Tuesday. As firefi...
Apr 11, 2023 Fire Truck (PC: Fox 11 Online)
APD Highlights Importance of Protective Factors this Child Abuse Prevention Month
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) -- April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and the Appleton Police Department is continually working towards ensuring the safety of youth in the community. Law enforcement is encour...
Apr 11, 2023 Appleton Police Department patch. (PHOTO: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)
ThedaCare to Merge with Milwaukee-Based Froedtert Health
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- ThedaCare and Froedtert Health are coming together as one. Appleton-based ThedaCare and Milwaukee-based Froedtert have signed a letter of intent to start a process to combi...
Apr 11, 2023 The new ThedaCare Medical Center-Orthopedic, Spine and Pain July 21, 2022.
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Port of Green Bay Development Continues at Fox River Mouth Site
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Work continues on a much-anticipated long-term project for the Port of Green Bay. The venture would develop the site of the former Pulliam Power Plant at the mouth of the ...
Apr 11, 2023 Old Pulliam Power Plant site in Green Bay, April 11, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Fox Valley Man Accused of Producing, Distributing Child Pornography
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Fox Valley man is facing charges for allegedly producing and distributing child pornography. A federal grand jury indicted John Schaefer, 34, on Tuesday. The indictment ...
Apr 11, 2023 PC: Fox 11 Online
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Case Against Man Convicted of 1983 Murder
CHILTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A misdemeanor charge against John Andrews will stand for allegedly lying to police regarding the whereabouts of Starkie Swenson's body -- whose remains were found at High Cl...
Apr 11, 2023 John C. Andrews
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State Upholds Manitowoc County Teen's Conviction in 7-year-old Relative's Death
MANITOWOC COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Damian Hauschultz's conviction for the April 2018 death of his 7-year-old cousin, Ethan, should stand, the state argued in a brief filed Tuesday. Hauschultz, now 19,...
Apr 11, 2023 Damian Hauschultz appears via video conference in Manitowoc County court June 25, 2021.
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Berlin Man Faces 12th OWI Charge after Hardee's Employee Calls Police
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An alleged drunk driver detected by a fast food drive-through worker now faces his 12th OWI charge. Scott Hein, 52, Berlin, was charged with operating a vehicle with a prohi...
Apr 11, 2023 Scott Hein
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Packers, Businesses, Fans Oppose Thursday NFL Flex Scheduling
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The NFL's consideration of a plan to move previously scheduled Sunday games to Thursdays on late notice isn't sitting well with some businesses in the Green Bay area. Unde...
Apr 11, 2023 PC: Fox 11 Online
