Category Archives: Local

Police Investigating Shots Fired in Fond du Lac
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) - Fond du Lac Police are investigating reports of gunshots in the area of 5th Street, between Main and Marr Streets. Police received multiple calls at approximately 11:07 a.m. F...
Casey Nelson Dec 11, 2020 Fond du Lac Police Department patch on uniform. (PHOTO: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)

UW System to Require More COVID-19 Testing
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The UW-System announced residential undergraduate students will be tested for COVID-19 at least once per week during the 2021 spring semester. In addition, all non-residenti...
Casey Nelson Dec 11, 2020

Judge Grants Speedy Trial Request for Green Bay Homicide Suspect
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A homicide suspect was granted a speedy trial request Friday, even though his attorney and the judge expressed doubts the attorney can adequately prepare for trial in time....
Casey Nelson Dec 11, 2020

Holiday Season Brings Out Porch Thieves
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The holiday season is bringing with it plenty of opportunities for package thieves hoping to ruin Christmas. Green Bay police commander Kevin Warych says it always gets bad thi...
Rob Sussman Dec 11, 2020 Tonya Stinson / CC

Oshkosh Police Investigating Shots Fired Following Fight Outside Campus-Area Bar
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) - Shots outside of an Oshkosh bar...and not the alcoholic kind. It appears nobody was hurt after shots were fired in the parking lot of the French Quarter along High Avenue around 1...
Casey Nelson Dec 11, 2020

Parents to Rally in Front of Green Bay School District Offices on Saturday
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- What could be hundreds of Green Bay Area School District parents will gather in front of the school district's offices in hopes of bringing their children back into the classro...
Rob Sussman Dec 11, 2020 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Oshkosh Parents Vent Before School Officials
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Some parents in Oshkosh want their kids back in the classroom. The Oshkosh Area School Distract hosted a meeting Thursday night with families. It's a rare site during the pan...
Robert Kennedy Dec 11, 2020 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Donation Aims To Help The Hungry
LITTLE CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - An area transportation company is helping those experiencing food insecurity. Schneider is donating a 53-foot refrigerated trailer to Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin. ...
Robert Kennedy Dec 11, 2020 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Hearing Set for Suspect in 1986 Murder
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A preliminary hearing will be held Dec. 16 for the suspect arrested in October for the 1986 murder of Lisa Holstead. Lou Griffin, 65, is charged with first-degree intention...
Casey Nelson Dec 10, 2020

More Mental Health Treatment Ordered for Man Accused of Stabbing Police K9 Officer
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The man who allegedly stabbed a police dog says he is competent to stand trial - but after a psychiatrist testified Thursday he is not - additional mental health treatment ...
Casey Nelson Dec 10, 2020

