Category Archives: Local
First Amendment 101: How free speech protects you from prison, but not from unemployment
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Charlie Kirk's assassination caused many Americans to post their reactions and comments on social media. Two area teachers have received backlash for recent posts they made related to K...
Sep 16, 2025
Green Bay school district hosts community roundtable for ideas to improve student safety
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Following last week's incident at Preble High School, where a loaded handgun was found in a student's backpack, the Green Bay Area Public School District turned to the pub...
Sep 16, 2025 Green Bay Area Public School District building. (IMAGE: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)
Festival Foods acquired by Missouri-based grocer
ST. LOUIS, MO (WTAQ) -- Wisconsin's Festival Foods has been acquired by a Missouri-based grocery company. The 1939 Group, a newly-formed holding company, will own both Festival Foods and Schnucks Mark...
Sep 16, 2025 (Festival Foods)
Neenah police board up home amid ongoing drug-related issues, neighborhood disturbances
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Officials have boarded up a Neenah home after it was declared a public nuisance. On Friday, the city and its police department took abatement action on a property in the 400 ...
Sep 15, 2025 Officials have boarded up a Neenah home after it was declared a public nuisance. (Photo courtesy: Neenah Police Department)
Inmate at Sheboygan County Detention Center found dead in shower
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An inmate at the Sheboygan County Detention Center was found dead Sunday. According to the sheriff's office, a correctional officer was conducting a security check when th...
Sep 15, 2025 (Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office)
Packers legend Donald Driver visits Appleton for fun-filled back-to-school event
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Holy Spirit Catholic School had a special guest in attendance at its assembly Monday. Green Bay Packers legend and Super Bowl champion Donald Driver stopped by to spend tim...
Sep 15, 2025 Green Bay Packers legend Donald Driver visitsHoly Spirit Catholic School in Appleton, Sept. 15, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Former Ripon basketball coach convicted of having sexual contact with teen
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A former Ripon High School boys basketball coach was convicted Monday for having improper sexual contact with a student in the school parking lot. Mihai Schnell-Harrison...
Sep 15, 2025 Mihai Schnell-Harrison (Fond du Lac Co. Jail)
Man upset with 'devil music' at heavy metal fest suspected of speeding toward concertgoers
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An "extremely religious" man upset with the "devil music" being played at a bar appeared in court Monday for allegedly driving his vehicle on a sidewalk towards people nea...
Sep 15, 2025 Matthew Korth appears in court via video conference from the Manitowoc County Jail Sept. 15, 2025. (Image courtesy Manitowoc County courts/Zoom)
Student suspected of bringing gun to Green Bay high school could be moved to adult court
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Prosecutors want the juvenile who allegedly brought a gun to Preble High School waived into adult court. A 16-year-old was arrested after the incident last week, Police Ch...
Sep 15, 2025 A juvenile student was arrested after a pair of lunch hour disturbances at Preble High School led to the recovery of a handgun with ammunition, Sept. 9, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Jury convicts man of attempted homicide in Fond du Lac shooting
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A jury convicted Miguel West of attempted homicide for a shooting a year ago. Sentencing is Nov. 10. The jury returned the verdict Friday. West, 40, was also convicted of...
Sep 15, 2025 Miguel West (Fond du Lac Co. Jail)
