Category Archives: Local

Ho-Chunk Reissues Mask Mandate for Gaming Locations
WITTENBERG, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Ho-Chunk tribe has reissued an indoor mask mandate for all its gaming locations. This includes all Ho-Chunk hotel locations, all Whitetail Crossing locations and all ...
Casey Nelson Aug 10, 2021

ThedaCare Offering Vaccine at More Primary and Pediatric Clinics
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- ThedaCare is opening additional COVID-19 vaccination clinics to help curb the surge of recent cases. "Our most powerful defense against COVID-19 is the vaccine," said Dr. Mar...
Casey Nelson Aug 10, 2021 Alachua County

Allegiant Air Announces Plans for Base at Appleton International Airport
GREENVILLE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An airline is growing and it wants to do so in the Fox Valley. Allegiant Air says it plans to establish an aircraft and crew base at Appleton International Airport. The $...
Casey Nelson Aug 10, 2021 A plane pulls into Appleton International Airport. The airport prepares for holiday travel during the Covid-19 pandemic. (PHOTO: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)

Wetlands Restoration Taking Shape Near Two Rivers
TWO RIVERS, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A wetlands restoration project along the Lakeshore is starting to show signs of progress. The 80-acre site is just west of the City of Two Rivers. A donation from an area...
Rob Sussman Aug 10, 2021 The Henry Wetland Restoration Project near Two Rivers, August 9, 2021 (Fox 11 Online)

Ticket Demand On the Rise Ahead of Packers Preseason Opener
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - As the Packers prepare for their first preseason game this weekend, there may be no better time for fans to look into buying tickets for the games they hope to attend at Lambeau...
Casey Nelson Aug 10, 2021

Protests Planned Over Vaccine Mandates for Healthcare Workers
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- There are protests planned by area healthcare workers against vaccine mandates that have come down from a number of health systems, including Advocate Aurora and Prevea He...
Rob Sussman Aug 10, 2021 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Third Man Convicted in Death of Preble High School Student
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The third man involved in the 2019 killing of 18-year-old Preble High School Student Federico Abarca Jr. in Green Bay has been convicted. Gavin Rock, 20, pleaded no contes...
Rob Sussman Aug 10, 2021 Gavin Rock (BCSO)

UW-Oshkosh Requiring Masks on Campus
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- UW-Oshkosh has joined other Wisconsin universities and colleges requiring face masks amid a rise in new COVID-19 cases. The university says masks will be required on its cam...
Casey Nelson Aug 09, 2021 Jill Carlson (jillcarlson.org) / CC

Preliminary Ruling: EF-1 Tornado Hit Coloma
WAUSHARA COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A tornado touched down near Coloma on Sunday, the National Weather Service has preliminarily determined. NWS meteorologist Kurt Kotenberg said the estimated wind spe...
Casey Nelson Aug 09, 2021

Trails in Brown County Park Closed Due to Flooding, Damage
DENMARK, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The horse and hiking trails at Neshota Park in Brown County are closed due to flooding. The trails will be repairs and are scheduled to reopen by Monday, Aug. 16, however ma...
Casey Nelson Aug 09, 2021

