Category Archives: Local
Iola Car Show seeks approval for new specialty Wisconsin license plate
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A popular Northeast Wisconsin car show submitted a new Wisconsin DMV license plate request. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) received...
Aug 19, 2025
Historic rectory from 1907 begins 3.5-mile move to new location in Luxemburg
LUXEMBURG, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The former St. Mary Parish rectory is on the move. After the parish added on to the school and built a new rectory, the former rectory wasn't needed, according to the Very ...
Aug 19, 2025 The former St. Mary Parish rectory is being moved to a new location in Luxemburg, August 19, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
TDS completes $80 million fiber network in Appleton
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Appleton is now home to some of the fastest internet speeds in the world. TDS Telecommunications LLC celebrated the end of major construction activities on its all-fiber in...
Aug 19, 2025 TDS Telecommunications completes its all-fiber internet network in Appleton, August 19, 2025. (Photo courtesy of TDS)
Body of woman found in water at Peninsula State Park
EPHRAIM, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The body of a 61-year-old woman was pulled from the water near the Nicolet Bay Campground in Peninsula State Park. Crews were called to the scene around 8:13 a.m. Tuesday. T...
Aug 19, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Mark Murphy excited for his new role helping UW-Green Bay Phoenix fundraise for athletics
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The retirement of former Green Bay Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy didn't last long. Murphy has traded in his green and gold for the University of Wisconsin-Green Ba...
Aug 19, 2025 Mark Murphy is UW-Green Bay's first Executive-in-Residence. In his voluntary role, he will work to help fundraise for the university's NCAA Division I athletic programs.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Portion of Main Street to close briefly as downtown Green Bay sewer project rolls on
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Main Street from North Monroe Avenue to North Jackson Street will be temporarily closed later this week. The closure is scheduled to be in effect from 7 a.m. Thursday to 1...
Aug 19, 2025
Manitowoc Common Council pays tribute to longtime alderman after his death in car crash
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A moment of silence was held at the Manitowoc Common Council meeting Monday evening in honor of a longtime alderman who died last week. James "Jim" Brey, 58, was killed Au...
Aug 19, 2025 A moment of silence was held at the Manitowoc Common Council meeting in honor of Alderman James "Jim" Brey, who died in a car crash last week, Aug. 18, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Court grants rare appeal in Brown County case; suspect held over a year without hearing
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The state Court of Appeals has granted a rare in-case appeal to James Grandberry - a suspect in a large-scale drug bust who hasn't had a preliminary hearing more than a yea...
Aug 19, 2025 Brown County drug trafficking suspect James Grandberry. (Photo source: Brown County Jail)
Two Rivers woman faces charges for leaving children in car during nail salon visit
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A Two Rivers woman faces child neglect charges after allegedly leaving three children she was caring for unattended in a vehicle for an hour while she got her nails done. H...
Aug 19, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online
Appleton parents speak out against truancy citations in self-organized listening session
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A group of Appleton parents spoke out against proposed truancy citations in a self-organized listening session Monday. "I know personally the issues some of these truant st...
Aug 19, 2025 AASD
