Category Archives: Local

Move-in day at St. Norbert College sees families and students bring new energy to campus
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- St. Norbert College is welcoming the class of 2029 to campus. Thursday is move-in day. Cars, truck, SUVs and even some trailers pulled up to the De Pere campus first thing T...
Rachel Charniak Aug 21, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of SNC

$29 million sewer project in downtown Green Bay replaces nearly century-old infrastructure
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A construction project to replace nearly 100-year-old sewer lines in downtown Green Bay and a small portion of Allouez gets underway Thursday. The project will cause some ...
Rachel Charniak Aug 21, 2025 A construction project to replace nearly 100-year-old sewer lines in downtown Green Bay and a small portion of Allouez gets underway Thursday. Aug. 20, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Motorcyclist from Freedom dies in collision with vehicle in Outagamie County
TOWN OF CENTER, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Outagamie County Wednesday afternoon. It happened near the intersection of Meade Street and Mackville Road in the town of C...
Rachel Charniak Aug 21, 2025 (Fox 11 Online)

How a corpse found at High Cliff State Park may spur change in statute of limitation laws
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A corpse found at High Cliff State Park in 2021 and the subsequent charges, which were eventually dropped, may lead to a change in Wisconsin law. The body of Starkie Swenson was found i...
Rachel Charniak Aug 21, 2025 Starkie Swenson. (Photo credit: WLUK)

Wisconsin legislators propose back-to-school sales tax holiday to ease financial burden
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsin families could soon get relief when hitting the stores for back-to-school shopping. "I am very happy to introduce legislation that would provide a three-day sale...
Rachel Charniak Aug 21, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Bat found in Outagamie County tests positive for rabies
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Health officials are urging people to protect their pets -- and themselves -- after a bat found in Outagamie County tested positive for rabies. Rabies is a fatal bu...
Rachel Charniak Aug 21, 2025

Woman and baby safe after man armed with box cutter is arrested in Fond du Lac standoff
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A 32-year-old Fond du Lac man was arrested following a police standoff Wednesday that spanned nearly four hours and stemmed from a domestic violence incident. At approxi...
Rachel Charniak Aug 21, 2025 Police incident in Fond du Lac, Aug. 20, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Traffic stop in Winneconne leads to woman's arrest, seizure of crack cocaine
WINNECONNE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An Oshkosh woman was arrested Tuesday after a traffic stop in Winneconne uncovered crack cocaine. It happened shortly before 2 p.m. near West Main Street, when a Winnecon...
Rachel Charniak Aug 20, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online

Authorities ID woman found dead at Peninsula State Park
DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Authorities have released the name of the woman whose body was pulled from the water of Green Bay at Peninsula State Park. The Door County Sheriff's Office identified th...
Rachel Charniak Aug 20, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Brewers fans line up for free George Webb hamburgers
PESHTIGO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Milwaukee Brewers fever ran high in Marinette County Wednesday, as Northeast Wisconsin's only George Webb location handed out free hamburgers in honor of the Brewers' recen...
Rachel Charniak Aug 20, 2025 Patrons line up outside the George Webb Restaurant in Peshtigo Aug. 20, 2025, to collect free hamburgers in honor of the Milwaukee Brewers' recent winning streak.
PC: Fox 11 Online

