Category Archives: Local
After student feedback, GBAPS proposes block classes and uniform schedule for high schools
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Students in the Green Bay Area Public School District spoke, and the district listened. After years of studying the issue and getting feedback from students, GBAPS is look...
Oct 09, 2025 GBAPSD
Complaint: 18-year-old had been drinking, was driving more than 130 mph in Appleton crash
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The underage suspect in a fatal traffic crash allegedly had a blood alcohol level more than double the legal limit and was driving more than 130 mph, according to a crimina...
Oct 08, 2025 Carter Green (Photo courtesy Outagamie County Jail)
Wisconsin Veterans Museum honors Fond du Lac sailor Marc Nieto, killed in USS Cole bombing
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Fond du Lac sailor killed in a terrorist attack is being remembered at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Engineman 2nd Class Marc Nieto was aboard the USS Cole when it was bo...
Oct 08, 2025 Engineman 2nd Class Marc Nieto was killed in the Oct. 12, 2000 bombing of the USS Cole. Nieto was a 1994 graduate of Fond du Lac High School. (Service photo/courtesy Wisconsin Veterans Museum)
DNR highlights children's ATV safety
WISCONSIN (WTAQ) -- Following an incident last week in Brown County where a child died in an ATV accident, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is reminding the public of some safety tips. Ge...
Oct 08, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online
'A Wisconsin Christmas Pie' actors talk filming, experience in Door County
DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) -- A new Christmas movie features the small town charm of Door County, Wisconsin. A Wisconsin Christmas Pie is available for streaming on Great American PureFlix beginning Octob...
Oct 08, 2025 Cherries at Lautenbach's Orchard Country Winery & Market in Fish Creek, July 10, 2025.
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Schabusiness pleads guilty to Taycheedah Correctional Institution attack
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Convicted murderer Taylor Schabusiness was convicted Wednesday of attacking a staff member the Taycheedah Correctional Institution. Schabusiness is serving a life term wi...
Oct 08, 2025 Taylor Schabusiness appears in Brown County court Jan. 6, 2023.
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Appleton garage fire causes over $200,000 worth of damage
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An attached garage in Appleton sustained more than $200,000 in damage during a fire Tuesday. Firefighters responded to the 2100 block of East Esther Street shortly after 2 ...
Oct 08, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Driver dies in fiery single-vehicle rollover crash in Brown County
TOWN OF WRIGHTSTOWN, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The driver of a truck died after losing control in a Brown County rollover crash. Around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday on County Highway PP, south of School Road in the tow...
Oct 08, 2025 Brown County Sheriff's Office squad.
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New apartments in Algoma aim to provide affordable housing on the Lakeshore
ALGOMA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The need for affordable housing is being addressed in Algoma with the grand opening of a new apartment complex. A ribbon-cutting was held Tuesday to celebrate the occasion. A...
Oct 08, 2025 The need for affordable housing is being addressed in Algoma with the grand opening of a new apartment complex. A ribbon-cutting was held Tuesday to celebrate the occasion. Oct. 7, 2025.
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East River Water Trail project in Brown County advances to Phase 2 of improvement efforts
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Brown County is celebrating the completion of Phase 1 of the East River Water Trail project and looking ahead to what's up next. The county partnered with leaders from individual munici...
Oct 08, 2025 Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach introduces his 2026 budget proposal, Oct. 1, 2025.
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