Category Archives: Local

DNR Reports Five Snowmobiling Fatalities This Month
WISCONSIN (WTAQ-WRN) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources urges safe snowmobiling. The DNR reports five snowmobile fatalities so far this month and urges all snowmobile operators to make s...
Rachel Charniak Jan 27, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Recent Point-In-Time Count Shows Increase in People Experiencing Homelessness
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) -- On Wednesday night and Thursday morning, volunteers went out all throughout the Fox Cities for the biennial point-in-time count; which seeks to assess how many people are experi...
Rachel Charniak Jan 27, 2023

Man Sentenced in Brown County Bowling Alley Burglary
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A second suspect in a bowling alley burglary was sentenced Friday to five years in prison. Jeremy Wondrachek, 45, was previously convicted of burglary. Before the sentence...
Rachel Charniak Jan 27, 2023 Jeremy Wondrachek appears in Brown County court via Zoom, January 27, 2023.
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UW-Oshkosh Foundation Launches 1871 Society
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- There's a new fundraising push on the UW-Oshkosh campus to provide more funding for student scholarships. The UW-Oshkosh Foundation launched the 1871 Society giving campaign...
Rachel Charniak Jan 27, 2023 UW-Oshkosh 1871 Society logo
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Judge will Hold Preliminary Hearing for Teen Charged in Fentanyl Overdose Death
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A preliminary hearing for a 15-year-old charged with delivering a fatal dose of drugs will be held in front of a judge instead of a court commissioner, as is the usual pra...
Rachel Charniak Jan 27, 2023 Maylia Julieanna Paige Sotelo appears before Brown County court via Zoom, January 27, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Manitowoc County Woman Fined for Election Fraud
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Lisa Campion was fined $500 Friday for illegally voting in the November 2020 presidential election, even though she was ineligible to do so because she was still on probati...
Rachel Charniak Jan 27, 2023 Lisa Campion
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Appleton Police Continue to Investigate January 22 Briarcliff Shooting
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) -- The Appleton Police Department is actively working on the shooting incident that occurred on January 22 in the 1200 Block of N. Briarcliff Drive. The incident is now being inves...
Rachel Charniak Jan 27, 2023 Appleton Police Department patch. (PHOTO: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)

Green Bay Police Arrest Stabbing Suspect on City's Southwest Side
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A homeless man was arrested after allegedly stabbing another homeless man in Green Bay. Joseph Roberts, 55, was charged Friday with second-degree recklessly endangering sa...
Rachel Charniak Jan 27, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Green Bay Police Investigate Residential Burglaries on City's Southwest Side
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The Green Bay Police Department is investigating six reported residential burglaries in the Colburn, Marquette Park, and Olde Norwood neighborhoods on the City's southwest side...
Rachel Charniak Jan 27, 2023 (File Photo)

Man Convicted 36 years After Green Bay Murder
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - More than 36 years after Lisa Holstead's body was found partially submerged in a swamp in an area now known as the Ken Euers Nature Area, Lou Griffin was convicted for her ...
Rachel Charniak Jan 27, 2023 Lou Archie Griffin
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