Category Archives: Local

Duplex damaged in New London garage fire
NEW LONDON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A duplex in New London may be a total loss following a garage fire. The fire broke out around 3:00 p.m. Monday in the 600 block of Pine Street. Firefighters received a re...
Rachel Charniak Nov 04, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Court upholds DNR decision denying 147-foot dock permit in Door County
DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A state appeals court Tuesday upheld a decision denying a permit for a 147-foot long dock into Green Bay waters on Juddville Bay. The Jessica McCarthy Trust sought to bui...
Rachel Charniak Nov 04, 2025

Trial date set for ex-Appleton teacher over alleged student sexual assault
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A June 23 trial date was set Tuesday for Rebecca Ryan, a former Appleton West High School teacher who allegedly had an ongoing sexual relationship with a student. Ryan, 43, ...
Rachel Charniak Nov 04, 2025 Rebecca Ryan (Photo courtesy Outagamie County Sheriff's Office)

Community groups push for reopening of Communication Arts Center on UWO-Fox Cities campus
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Communication Arts Center on the UW-Oshkosh Fox Cities campus still sits empty. Community groups like the Fox Valley Concert Band are eager for it to reopen. "The county...
Rachel Charniak Nov 04, 2025 The Communication Arts Center at the UW-Oshkosh Fox Cities campus. August 9, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Appleton event highlights how rising costs, staffing shortages burden child care providers
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Helping solve the child care crisis was the goal of a roundtable discussion in Appleton Monday, as providers across Northeast Wisconsin shared the struggles they're facing....
Rachel Charniak Nov 04, 2025 Childcare.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Packers confirm star tight end Tucker Kraft tore ACL and will miss remainder of season
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Tucker Kraft's breakout season has come to a heartbreaking end. On Monday afternoon, Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur confirmed during a media briefing that his s...
Rachel Charniak Nov 03, 2025 GB Packers

Report error delays sentencing for convicted ringleader of Green Bay drug operation
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Sentencing for the ringleader of a large-scale drug operation -- one of more than 45 people charged -- was delayed Monday due to an error in the presentence report. The ne...
Rachel Charniak Nov 03, 2025 Brown County drug trafficking suspect Felton Currie. (Photo source: Brown County Jail)

Employee at Oshkosh McDonald's charged with shooting his manager during work dispute
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A criminal complaint is offering new details about what led up to a workplace shooting in Oshkosh last week. Adam Samida, 24, was charged Monday with misdemeanor disorderly ...
Rachel Charniak Nov 03, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online

Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame to induct Tramon Williams and Earl Dotson
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two former Green Bay Packers players will be inducted into the team's Hall of Fame. The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Inc. will induct Tramon Williams and Earl Dotson at ...
Rachel Charniak Nov 03, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online

Kaukauna police enact new guidelines for handling animals after incident with missing cat
KAUKAUNA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Kaukauna Police Department is making changes to the way it handles animals after an incident involving an officer and a missing cat stirred community outrage. Last week...
Rachel Charniak Nov 03, 2025 Kaukauna Police (WLUK)

