Category Archives: Local

Arson Charges Pending In Manitowoc Fire
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - One man was arrested for allegedly setting fire to Manitowoc bar's garage early Monday morning. The fire at Van's Bar, 426 N. 9th Street, damaged the garage and the content...
Robert Kennedy Dec 15, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of Manitowoc County Jail

Police Standoff Ends Peacefully
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A man is in custody and shelter in place orders have been lifted, after a police standoff on Green Bay's west side Wednesday afternoon. The Green Bay Police Department says...
Robert Kennedy Dec 15, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Prep Work Ahead Of The Season's First Winter Storm
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The snow is here. And while there's been some unpredictability with what this first winter storm of the season might bring, you can always count on people making last mi...
Robert Kennedy Dec 15, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Drivers Should Prepare for Less Than Ideal Road Conditions This Week
(WTAQ) -- The National Weather Service is warning northeast Wisconsin about a storm that will see lasting effects until Friday. Meteorologist Roy Eckbert says the Green Bay and Appleton area could see...
Rachel Charniak Dec 14, 2022 (File Photo)

Manitowoc Educators Visit Ohio School to see Proposed Literacy Program in Action
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Principals and teachers from the Manitowoc Public School District recently returned from a trip to Ohio to check out a literacy program that district administrators hope c...
Rachel Charniak Dec 14, 2022 Manitowoc teachers who recently visited a school in Ohio talk about their experiences during a presentation on December 13, 2022.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Man Charged in Green Bay Homicide Remains Without an Attorney 6 Months After Shooting
GREEN BAY, WI (WLUK) - Nearly six months after he was charged in connection with a west-side murder, Jacob Ventura still does not have an attorney and a preliminary hearing has not been held -- someth...
Rachel Charniak Dec 14, 2022 Jacob Ventura
PC: Fox 11 Online

11 Shawano Area Non-Profit Organizations to Receive $18,500
SHAWANO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Eleven non-profit organizations will be receiving grant money from the Shawano Area Community Foundation. The foundation will be giving $18,500 to the organizations w...
Rachel Charniak Dec 14, 2022 PC: Fox 11 Online

Oconto Man Charged with Producing Child Porn Pleads Not Guilty
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A man charged with producing child pornography pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday. Rocky Sonkowsky, 32, appeared by video from the Oshkosh Correctional Instituti...
Rachel Charniak Dec 14, 2022 Rocky Sonkowsky
PC: Fox 11 Online

Appleton International Airport On Track for a Record Year
GREENVILLE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Appleton International Airport is now the third-busiest airport in the state, behind Milwaukee and Madison. The airport is on track to see more than 850,000 passengers th...
Rachel Charniak Dec 14, 2022 Appleton International Airport
PC: Fox 11 Online

Titletown Breaks Ground on Final Set of Townhomes
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The construction on the final set of townhomes in Titletown broke ground Wednesday. Six additional homes will be built on the north side of the townhome footprint, in th...
Rachel Charniak Dec 14, 2022 PC: Fox 11 Online

