Category Archives: Local
Poor Internet Connection Dials Up Frustration for Virtual Learners, Parents
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Rising coronavirus numbers have forced many high school students in our area to learn from home. It means some are competing with their parents, who are working from home, ...
Oct 10, 2020
NEW Zoo Boo Sees Some Changes
SUAMICO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The NEW Zoo kicked off their 26th annual Zoo Boo Friday night. FOX 11 went to Suamico to see how the zoo is keeping the spirit of Halloween spooky -- and safe. The pandemic ...
Oct 10, 2020
Homeless Shelter Seeing Rise in Need Amid Pandemic
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - New Community Shelter says people who've lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic are just now starting to come in, after exhausting all other options. "This can hap...
Oct 10, 2020
Appleton Man Reunited With Colonial-Era Money Collection
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) -- John Hale last saw his collection of colonial era paper currency ten years ago, before putting it in a safety deposit box at a local bank. A few years later, when he went to ret...
Oct 09, 2020 A two-thirds of a dollar certificate from the colonial era (Wisconsin DOR)
Oshkosh Public Meetings Moving Remotely
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Public meetings in the City of Oshkosh will be held remotely going forward due to a recent rise in COVID-19 activity in Winnebago County. The city says in-person attendance ...
Oct 09, 2020
Bond Set for Ashwaubenon Hit and Run Suspect
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The suspect in a fatal hit & run crash made his initial court appearance Friday. John Parnon, 64, was arrested in Waukesha County, where he lives, on one count of hit &...
Oct 09, 2020
Aurora Baycare: 'We're Ready' for Ongoing COVID-19 Surge
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Area hospitals are bracing for more and more COVID-19 patients locally as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit new heights. Aurora Baycare Chief Medical Officer Dr. Brian ...
Oct 09, 2020 (Aurora Baycare)
Crews Prepare for Yearly Leo Frigo Bridge Inspections
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - The DOT will be conducting a routine inspection of the Leo Frigo bridge next week. "Most bridges we do every 2 years, so this one just being a bigger bridge, we do every year," ...
Oct 09, 2020 The Leo Frigo Bridge crossing the Fox River as seen from Green Bay Metro Boat Launch. (PHOTO/WTAQ News)
Green Bay Area Public School District Set to Present 2020-2021 Budget
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Area Public School District's 2020-2021 budget will be presented to the Board of Education on Monday. According to the district, here are the highlights: The...
Oct 09, 2020 Green Bay Area Public School District building. (IMAGE: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)
Wisconsin Connection To Whitmer Kidnapping Plot
CAMBRIA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The kidnapping case involving Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has some Wisconsin connections, including supposedly a weekend that was spent training in the central part of...
Oct 09, 2020
