Category Archives: Local

Oshkosh superintendent addresses plan to cut about 70 jobs; dozens speak out in opposition
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Oshkosh Area School District is recommending about 70 positions be eliminated to close a $6 million annual budget deficit. Superintendent Bryan Davis addressed the propo...
Rachel Charniak Dec 11, 2025 (Fox 11 Online)

Ashwaubenon trustee still pushing for camping ban, despite worry about impact on homeless
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wednesday's meeting gave the Ashwaubenon Village Board an opportunity to learn new information about housing insecurity in Brown County. In October, the board voted to d...
Rachel Charniak Dec 11, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Man's appeal questions trial fairness, evidence in 2022 hit-and-run Fox River boat crash
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Jason Lindemann appealed his conviction for a 2022 boat crash on the Fox River Tuesday, claiming he drove his boat like "every boater does " and that the evidence doesn't sup...
Rachel Charniak Dec 11, 2025 Jason Lindemann
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2nd person charged with reckless homicide in connection to Marinette teen's drowning
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A second person has been charged in connection with the drowning death of Jakob Bowerman, 13. Peyton Carnot, 16, was charged with second-degree reckless homicide for the A...
Rachel Charniak Dec 11, 2025 Jakob Bowerman, left, died Aug. 23, 2025. (Photo courtesy Taylor Singer)

Mandela Barnes makes first stop in Northeast Wisconsin as part of race for Governor's seat
ALLOUEZ (WLUK) -- A candidate in the Wisconsin governor's race stumped in the Green Bay area for the first time Wednesday. Following the launch of his gubernatorial campaign, former Lt. Gov. Mandela B...
Rob Sussman Dec 11, 2025 Wisconsin governor candidate Mandela Barnes campaigns in Allouez, Dec. 10, 2025. (Fox 11 Online)

Green Bay man charged with sexually assaulting, filming young girls
GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- A Green Bay man faces sexual assault, child enticement and child pornography possession charges after video he posted of a nude seven-year-old girl was discovered online. Police ar...
Rob Sussman Dec 11, 2025 Dennis Derbique (BCSO)

Oshkosh Area School District recommends job cuts
OSHKOSH (WLUK) -- The Oshkosh Area School District is recommending about 70 positions be eliminated to close a $6 million annual budget deficit. Superintendent Bryan Davis addressed the proposed cuts ...
Rob Sussman Dec 11, 2025 (Fox 11 Online)

Morgan Geyser back in custody at Winnebago Mental Health Institute
OSHKOSH (WLUK) -- Slender Man stabber Morgan Geyser is back in custody at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute in Oshkosh. It comes two and a half weeks after she escaped from a group home in Madison...
Rob Sussman Dec 11, 2025 Morgan Geyser arrested in Illinois after fleeing Madison group home (Photo courtesy: Cook County Sheriff's Office)

$100k winning Powerball ticket sold in Neenah
NEENAH, WI (WLUK) -- A winning Powerball ticket worth $100,000 was sold at a Neenah convenience store. The ticket was sold at the Pride of Neenah on 670 N. Green Bay Road for the Saturday, Dec. 6 draw...
Rob Sussman Dec 10, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Wisconsin introduces new yellow, black license plate designs
MADISON, WI (WLUK) -- Wisconsin drivers wanting dark license plates or a throwback flair on their vehicles will soon get their chance. The state Department of Transportation unveiled "blackout" and "r...
Rob Sussman Dec 10, 2025 Governor Tony Evers unveils two new license plate designs for Wisconsin drivers on December 9th, 2025. (Fox 11 Online)

