Category Archives: Local
Demolition begins as Children's Museum of Green Bay kicks off expansion project
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Phase one of the Children's Museum of Green Bay's long-awaited expansion project is officially underway. It marks a major milestone in the museum's Reaching New Heights ca...
Oct 21, 2025 Demolition has begun, meaning phase one of the Children's Museum of Green Bay's long-awaited expansion project is officially underway, Oct. 20, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
$659K grant to help UWGB fund research projects, train next generation of water scientists
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding will help UW-Green Bay address Wisconsin's biggest water challenges. On Monday, the university announced it has received a gran...
Oct 21, 2025 Erin Wilcox takes water sample on Bay Guardian research vessel, September 21, 2016.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Fond du Lac County DA Toney running for Wisconsin attorney general
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney is running for Wisconsin attorney general. Toney, a Republican, announced his candidacy Tuesday. The election will be in November 2026. "...
Oct 21, 2025 PHOTO: Facebook
Appleton police work with U.S. Marshals to arrest 3 for sex-related offenses
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Local police and U.S. Marshals arrested three people for sex-related offenses in the past week. Appleton police say and Michael L. Walls, 51, a 33-year-old man and a wanted...
Oct 21, 2025 Appleton Police Department patch. (PHOTO: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)
Public invited to welcome home Vietnam-era veterans from honor flight
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Members of the public are invited to come out and welcome home veterans who take part in an honor flight next month. The Stars & Stripes Flight of Champions is expec...
Oct 21, 2025 Details of a Stars & Stripes Flight of Champions Honor Flight are announced Oct. 21, 2025, at Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport.
PC: Fox 11 Online
UW-Oshkosh announces new women's flag football program, new head coach
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Women's flag football is skyrocketing in popularity, and starting in spring, it will come to the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh campus. "The excitement goes through the roo...
Oct 21, 2025 A mockup of new jerseys for the UWO Women's Flag Football team. October 20, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Upgrades at Brown County Fairground to enhance camping and trail access
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Plans are in the works to expand a trail along the west side of the Fox River. It's part of improvements at the Brown County Fairgrounds included in the 2026 Brown Coun...
Oct 21, 2025 Plans are in the works to expand a trail along the west side of the Fox River. It's part of improvements at the Brown County Fairgrounds. Oct. 20, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Judge won't shorten prison term for Freedom mother convicted in daughter's fatal overdose
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A judge rejected Brooke Seal's request to reduce her nine-year prison term, which was issued in connection with the drug overdose death of Seal's 2-year-old daughter. Rosal...
Oct 20, 2025 Brooke Seal is sentenced in Outagamie County court, March 24, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Sale of Festival Foods, Hometown Grocers is complete
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Festival Foods is officially under new ownership. 1939 Group, parent company of Schnuck Markets, on Monday announced the closure of its purchase of Festival Foods and Hometown Grocers. ...
Oct 20, 2025 (Festival Foods)
Ashwaubenon police officers seeing success with peer support and mental health program
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Police departments are finding new ways to support their officers, who are facing rising rates of stress and burnout. When you hear that police siren and see those flash...
Oct 20, 2025
