Category Archives: Local

Ringleader of Chicago-to-Green Bay drug ring sentenced to 40 years in prison
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The ringleader of a Chicago-to-Green Bay drug ring was sentenced Monday to 40 years in prison. Felton Currie was previously convicted of 15 charges, including 10 of fentan...
Rachel Charniak Nov 10, 2025 Felton Currie appears in Brown County court, August 16, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Man convicted of torching Rep. Grothman's office in Fond du Lac
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Caiden Stachowicz was convicted Monday of setting fire to U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman's Fond du Lac office. Stachowicz, 20, pleaded no contest to arson. Two other counts we...
Rachel Charniak Nov 10, 2025 Caiden Stachowicz is convicted in Fond du Lac County court, Nov. 10, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Where the $20M of taxpayer funding will go toward improving Plamann Park
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Plamann Park will receive $20 million from Outagamie County taxpayers to finish upgrades -- the last major part of a plan that began seven years ago. The county will build ...
Rachel Charniak Nov 10, 2025 Photo of Plamann Park. Nov. 6, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Neenah Middle School auditorium renovation plans put on hold due to new budget priority
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Open since the 1970s, Pickard Auditorium at Neenah Middle School is in need of a facelift. "There's been kind of an exploratory phase to look at upgrading Pickard into more m...
Rachel Charniak Nov 10, 2025 A look inside the Pickard Auditorium inside Neenah Middle School. November 7, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Green Bay police department welcomes seven new officers in swearing-in ceremony
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Police Department added seven new patrol officers. A swearing-in ceremony was held on Monday. "Each individual brings a strong commitment to public service a...
Rachel Charniak Nov 10, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Former Packer Letroy Guion pleads not guilty to charges from family altercation incident
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Former Green Bay Packer Letroy Guion pleaded not guilty Monday to charges for allegedly getting into argument with the mother of his children and her family -- including al...
Rachel Charniak Nov 10, 2025 Letroy Guion (BCSO)

Amid SNAP benefit delays, Oshkosh Community Pantry opens extra days
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Oshkosh Area Community Pantry is hoping to help those in need as the government shutdown delays SNAP benefits for about 17,000 people in Winnebago County. Saturday, the ...
Rachel Charniak Nov 10, 2025

Two dead, one injured in Shawano County rollover crash
GREEN VALLEY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two people died and another person was injured in a rollover crash in Shawano County. Around 11:55 p.m. Saturday, dispatch received a report of a single vehicle crash o...
Rachel Charniak Nov 10, 2025

Appleton police investigate former board member for theft at historic house museum
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Appleton police say a former board member of the Hearthstone Historic House is facing theft charges. Last week the department received a tip about money being misappropriat...
Rachel Charniak Nov 10, 2025 The Hearthstone Historic House Museum in Appleton, August 9, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Quick-thinking bus driver praised for safely handling downed wire incident in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A group of Green Bay students are okay after the bus they were riding on drove over a downed wire. It happened Monday morning at Baird Street and St. Clair. The bus driver...
Rachel Charniak Nov 10, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

