Category Archives: Local
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
Community in shock after fire destroys Tigerton apartment building and beloved former bar
TIGERTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Tigerton apartment building and former bar is a total loss after a massive five-alarm fire over the weekend. The village of Tigerton Fire Department and many neighboring ...
Aug 19, 2025 An apartment building in Tigerton is a total loss after a fire on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Judge rejects man's request to withdraw plea in parents' murders
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A judge Monday denied Erik Metzig's request to withdraw his no contest pleas for killing his parents. Metzig, 28, was convicted last year for the March 18, 2023 deaths of Da...
Aug 18, 2025 Erik Metzig
PC: Fox 11 Online
Man gets prison time for hit-and-run crash that injured bicyclist
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Alic Riedel was sentenced Monday to two years in prison for striking a bicyclist with his vehicle, then leaving the scene. The victim suffered life-altering injuries. Riede...
Aug 18, 2025 Alic Riedel appears before Outagamie County court, May 8, 2025. (Outagamie Co. court/Zoom)
Despite not guilty verdict, victim's family sues defendant over cold case murder
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The family of murder victim Tanna Togstad filed a civil wrongful death lawsuit against Tony Haase, the man acquitted of killing Togstad and Timothy Mumbrue in 1992 -- seekin...
Aug 18, 2025 Tony Haase leaves the courtroom after being found not guilty of murder on August 11th, 2025. (Fox 11 Online)
$750,000 bond set for suspect in Ashwaubenon highway murder
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A $750,000 bond was set Monday for Jigwemko Layton, the suspect in a homicide on a highway on-ramp in Ashwaubenon. Formal charges have not been filed. Layton, 18, was the ...
Aug 18, 2025 Jigwemko Layton in court, Aug. 18, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Love returns to practice on Monday
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love made his return to Packers Training Camp after missing two practices last week to have thumb surgery on his non-throwing hand. L...
Aug 18, 2025 Jordan Love practices in his return from thumb surgery.
PC: Fox 11 Online
City of Oshkosh launches parks amenities portal
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) -- The Oshkosh Parks Department has created a new online resource to navigate the city's parks. The online Parks Amenities Portal offers residents and visitors an accessible and org...
Aug 18, 2025 Menominee Park in Oshkosh, seen May 20, 2020.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Man sentenced to 30 years for deadly Green Bay stabbing that stemmed from drug dispute
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Joseph Poore was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison for his role in the drug-deal-related murder of Robert Marshall. Poore, 40, previously pleaded no contest to first-...
Aug 18, 2025 Aaron Walton and Joseph Poore appear in Brown County court, June 6, 2024. (Photo courtesy: Brown County court/Zoom)
Tigerton apartment complex a total loss after massive 5-alarm fire
TIGERTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Officials in Tigerton say the cause of a blaze that burned an apartment complex to the ground on Saturday evening is still under investigation. Officials say they were call...
Aug 18, 2025 An apartment building in Tigerton is a total loss after a fire on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
