Category Archives: Local
Reminder from Wisconsin DNR: Purchase your sturgeon spearing license by Oct. 31
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- If you want to go sturgeon spearing during the 2026 season, now's the time to purchase your license. All spearers interested in heading out to harvest a lake sturgeon from Lake Winnebag...
Oct 17, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of Wisconsin DNR
Norbertine Order boosts St. Norbert College endowment with $15M for future growth
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Norbertine Order has made an additional $15 million commitment to its endowment for St. Norbert College. The addition to the endowment will help support the college's an...
Oct 17, 2025 St. Norbert College
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Southern Door County schools dismiss students early due to unexpected water outage
BRUSSELS, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Students in the Southern Door County School District were sent home early Friday due to the district not having water. The students were dismissed at 10 a.m. School officia...
Oct 17, 2025 Southern Door County School District, August 16, 2022.
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Winnebago County authorities apprehend suspect in Kwik Trip armed robbery
VINLAND, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man with a history of robbery convictions is accused of robbing a Winnebago County Kwik Trip with a handgun. The incident happened Monday around 12:30 a.m. at the Kwik Tri...
Oct 17, 2025
Wisconsin DHS seeks $69M to sustain FoodShare program amid federal funding cuts
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A program which provides food assistance to 700,000 Wisconsinites is in need of more funding. The state Department of Health Services hopes to secure $69 million to keep SNAP benefits, ...
Oct 17, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online
Broken Spoke Bike Studio closing downtown location as WaterMark building remains for sale
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A longtime downtown Green Bay business announced it will close at the end of the week. It's one of four businesses in the mostly vacant WaterMark building, which Foxconn p...
Oct 17, 2025 The Broken Spoke Bike Studio in downtown Green Bay's WaterMark building.
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Wisconsin board awards $25,000 to brothers exonerated after 20 years for 1987 murder
(WTAQ-WLUK) - The Wisconsin Claims Board is awarding $25,000 each to two brothers who spent more than 20 years in prison before their murder convictions were overturned. However, they could get more i...
Oct 16, 2025 David, left, and Robert Bintz (Photos source: Wisconsin Department of Corrections)
Appleton's largest park renamed to honor veterans, celebrating community's gratitude
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Appleton's largest park is being renamed to honor veterans. The former Memorial Park was officially renamed Veterans Memorial Park during a ceremony Thursday morning. "Vete...
Oct 16, 2025 The city of Appleton is renaming Memorial Park to Veterans Memorial Park, October 15, 2025.
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Denmark celebrates start of construction on new community center and library
DENMARK, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Denmark is celebrating the start of construction on a new library and community center. The more than $6 million project will also include a gym and fitness center, food pan...
Oct 16, 2025 A groundbreaking ceremony is held on October 15, 2025 for the Denmark Community Center & Library. (Photo credit: WLUK)
Appleton schools get $6K donation toward free student lunch debt; total still sits at $70K
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Hundreds of students in the Appleton Area School District rely on a free lunch during the school day. But when the schools provide these meals, a "lunch debt" builds up. In...
Oct 16, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online
