Category Archives: Local
Sturgeon Spearing Season On Lake Winnebago Is Winding Down
LAKE WINNEBAGO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Nearly three dozen sturgeon were speared on Day 13 of the 2022 season. The state Department of Natural Resources says 35 sturgeon were harvested Thursday, 14 more than...
Feb 25, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 'the Biggest Event in World Politics Since 9/11'
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) -- A UW-Oshkosh professor says we now live in a different world following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces. "I think it's the biggest event in world politics since...
Feb 24, 2022 Rescuers work at the crash site of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Antonov aircraft, which, according to the State Emergency Service, was shot down in Kyiv region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released February 24, 2022. (Press service of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service)
Second Body Recovered from Sturgeon Bay Fire Scene
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Crews have recovered the body of a second person following Tuesday's fire at Butch's Bar in Sturgeon Bay. Police say the body of a male was recovered from the scene Thu...
Feb 24, 2022
Suring Parents Keeping Pressure on School Administration Over Alleged Strip Searches
SURING, WI (WTAQ) - Parents in the Suring School District are planning to make their voices heard at a school board meeting next week, as the fight continues over students allegedly being strip-search...
Feb 24, 2022 Suring School District (Fox 11 Online)
Local Pastor Arrested on Child Sex Crime Charges
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) -- A local church pastor has been arrested on child sex crime charges. Rick Haberland, the pastor for the Oneida United Methodist Church, was arrested by Outagamie County Sheriff's...
Feb 24, 2022 Rick Haberland (OCSO)
Man Steals Skid Steer, Leads Police on Low-Speed Pursuit
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - A 37-year-old Appleton area man is facing charges from two jurisdictions for attempting to flee police in a stolen skid steer. "Definitely an unusual morning, that's for sure!" s...
Feb 24, 2022
Give Big Green Bay Raises $2.4 Million for Area Non-Profits
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ) -- Give Big Green Bay is over, and the annual fundraiser put on by the Green Bay Packers and the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation raised over $2.4 million for 45 area non-...
Feb 24, 2022
One Body Recovered, Search Continues for Possible Second Victim of Sturgeon Bay Fire
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Crews are working on plans to safely enter the remains of Butch's Bar in Sturgeon Bay to search for a potential second victim. The city's police department also says th...
Feb 24, 2022
Woman Pleads Guilty in Drug Overdose Deaths
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- April Hardegen was convicted Thursday of providing the drugs in two fatal drug overdoses, as well as other charges. Hardegen, 31, pleaded guilty two counts of first-degree r...
Feb 24, 2022
Child Killed In Oconto County Crash
TOWN OF ABRAMS, WI (WTAQ) - An eight-year-old child was killed and another child was injured in an Oconto County crash. The Oconto County Sheriff's Office put out the statement below: On Thursday, Feb...
Feb 24, 2022 Photo: Courtesy of WLUK
