Category Archives: Local
Cell phone and AI use a challenge in schools; see Northeast Wisconsin high school policies
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Cell phones, and now AI, are integrated into daily life, an issue schools are tackling - where excessive use can stunt social development and learning. "I've seen students get distracte...
Sep 02, 2025 School lockers, generic school.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Ray Nitschke Bridge to close for maintenance Monday
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A downtown Green Bay bridge will be closed to vehicles and some boats on Monday. The city's public works department says the Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge, which carries Do...
Sep 02, 2025 The Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge in Green Bay.
1 woman dead in traffic incident, GBPD investigating
UPDATE: Police identified the woman as 35-year-old Klair Koenig of Green Bay. Green Bay Police would like to remind everyone that the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free and confidential 2...
Sep 02, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Scheuring Road closed at railroad tracks all week
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A stretch of Scheuring Road will be closed all week for railroad track maintenance. The city of De Pere says the road will close at the tracks between Suburban Drive and Los...
Sep 02, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Green Bay man charged with choking girlfriend
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Green Bay man has been charged with trying to kill his girlfriend. Floyd Simmons, 62, faces six counts, including attempted first-degree intentional homicide and strangu...
Sep 02, 2025 Floyd Simmons (Photo source: Brown County Jail)
Advice from young students ahead of the start of a new school year
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Labor Day marks the end of summer in Northeast Wisconsin, and the start to a brand new school year for thousands of kids and teens. The prospect of heading back to school ...
Sep 02, 2025 GBAPSD
Door County businesses seeing younger visitors give tourism a boost
DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- With the arrival of Labor Day weekend, the end of the summer season is quickly approaching for Door County businesses. July and August are typically the peak months for ...
Sep 02, 2025 Line of cars in Sister Bay, Aug. 31, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Three Outagamie county men arrested in Sheboygan grocery store shooting
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WTAQ) -- Three Outagamie county men are under arrest after a 22-year-old Sheboygan man was shot multiple times Friday at a grocery store, including one shot to the chest. The victim was...
Aug 31, 2025 Sheboygan PD (Fox 11 Online)
More measles cases confirmed in Oconto County
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- There are more confirmed measles cases in Oconto County. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services' dashboard showed 23 total cases as of Friday's update. That was up from 14 the prev...
Aug 29, 2025 Wisconsin DHS Logo
Marinette woman sentenced in 3-year-old's death
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Marinette woman is going to prison for causing the death of her boyfriend's 3-year-old son. Samantha Wishman, 34, was sentenced Friday afternoon to 11 years in prison an...
Aug 29, 2025 Samantha J. Wishman (Marinette Co. Jail)
