Category Archives: Local
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, With Restrictions
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Santa Claus will still visit Bay Park Square to take Christmas wish lists this year, but the tradition of sitting on his lap won't continue during the coronavirus pandemi...
Nov 03, 2020 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
National Guard to Provide Assistance for Outagamie County
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Speeding up that counting process is one reason 400 National Guard members will be helping the Wisconsin Elections Commission and clerks across the state. You may not recogn...
Nov 02, 2020 Polls (File Photo)
Local Clerks Prepare for Election Day
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Clerks across the state are preparing for one of the biggest Election Days in history. FOX 11 reached out to nearly 10 clerks Monday. Understandably, most were eithe...
Nov 02, 2020 RachelH_ / CC
Heavy Smoke from Marsh Fire Appears on Weather Radar
TOWN OF WINCHESTER, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A fire burned in a marsh in Winnebago County Monday -- and the smoke was so heavy it was caught on weather radar. As of 3:15 p.m., dispatchers with the sheriff's ...
Nov 02, 2020
Green Bay Metro Transit Providing Free Polling Place Rides
GREEN BAY, WI (METRO) -- Green Bay Metro buses are providing free transportation to the city's 16 polling places on Election Day. Voters can get free bus rides all day and are being asked to take safe...
Nov 02, 2020
'Election Hero Day' Aims to Thank Municipal Clerks, Poll Workers
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - The League of Women Voters and several other organizations teamed up to label Monday as Election Hero Day. They're calling it a version of a thank your poll workers day. Appleton...
Nov 02, 2020
Green Bay Police Ready for Potential Election Day Issues
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Come whatever may, and whoever comes away with the win on Election Day, Green Bay Police Commander Kevin Warych says they're ready for anything that might happen before, during...
Nov 02, 2020 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Over 54% of Registered Voters in Green Bay have Already Voted
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The city of Green Bay is ready for the election. Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich spoke alongside Packers Public Affairs Director Aaron Popkey at City Hall on Monday, and tipped th...
Nov 02, 2020 Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich talks about absentee ballot drop boxes outside of City Hall. (WTAQ/Casey Nelson)
Woman Connected to Disappearance Case Dies Before Sentencing
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Kathryn Friday, who was scheduled to be sentenced Monday for lying to a John Doe hearing about a murder investigation, recently died, a prosecutor said Monday. Friday, 68, ...
Nov 02, 2020
Waupaca Homicide Suspect Remains Held Without Bond
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- William Zelenski will continue to be held without bond for allegedly killing a teen he believed was responsible for the theft of exotic reptiles. Zelenski, 44, is charged wi...
Nov 02, 2020
