Category Archives: Local
Over 700,000 people attended 2025 EAA AirVenture, breaking last year's record
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- EAA AirVenture is reporting record-breaking attendance at its 2025 event. Officials say approximately 704,000 guests descended on Oshkosh this year, soaring past the previou...
Jul 30, 2025 Crowds fill the walkways and line the runways the day before EAA AirVenture 2025 kicks off. July 20, 2025.
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Calumet County's Hickory Hills Country Meats awarded state grant for expansion
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Calumet County meat processor is getting a state grant to help grow its business. Hickory Hills Country Meats LLC in Chilton is among nine meat processors across Wisconsin to receive ...
Jul 30, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online
Police testify about suspect's phone calls, search history after Green Bay toddler's death
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man accused of aiding and abetting his son following the suspicious death of a 2-year-old child was bound over Tuesday for more court proceedings. David VanderLeest, 48,...
Jul 30, 2025 David VanderLeest appears virtually in Brown County court, June 30, 2025.
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Wisconsin DNR firefighter in Oconto Falls among group battling blazes out west, in Canada
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- We're past the peak of wildland fire season in Wisconsin, and now, the state's Department of Natural Resources is helping others. Nearly two dozen Wisconsin DNR staff members are fighti...
Jul 30, 2025 Wisconsin DNR forestry technician, Aidan Rettler (second from left) was part of a team from Wisconsin deployed to the western part of the U.S. to help fight wildfires. (Courtesy: Aidan Rettler)
Child porn charges filed 16 years after Sturgeon Bay man's admission in separate case
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Sturgeon Bay man has been charged with 10 counts of possessing child pornography for images police say he recently shared online. It comes 16 years after a separate i...
Jul 30, 2025 Scott Soucek. (Photo courtesy: Door County Sheriff's Department)
Stabbing suspect who invoked 'Santa Muerte' committed to mental facility
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A woman who invoked "Santa Muerte" -- the Saint of Death -- after being arrested for a stabbing in Manitowoc is not competent to assist in her defense, a judge has determi...
Jul 29, 2025 Blanca Perez-Hernandez appears before Manitowoc County court via Zoom, January 8, 2025. (Manitowoc County court/Zoom)
Historic bank vault transforms into new brewery and taproom in downtown Appleton
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A new brewery and taproom is getting ready to open in Appleton. Vault 202 Brewery was once part of First National Bank in the 1960s. Many of the original features of the bu...
Jul 29, 2025 The tasting room at Vault 202 Brewery in Appleton was once part of the vault at First National Bank in the 1960s, July 29, 2025.
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Fox River State Recreational Trail upgrades nearly complete in Brown County
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- With hundreds of thousands of people taking to the Fox River State Recreational Trail every year, the 21-mile stretch of pavement is a popular -- and now relatively smo...
Jul 29, 2025 The Fox River State Trail.
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Conviction upheld in East River Trail attack
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man's conviction for an attack on a Brown County recreational trail has been upheld. A state appeals court ruled police did not violate Miles Cruz's Fourth Amendment rights when they ...
Jul 29, 2025 Miles Cruz appears in court for his sentencing March 3, 2023.
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Allegiant introduces nonstop Appleton to Fort Myers route starting November 21
GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Allegiant is bringing a new route to Appleton's airport this fall. Allegiant will offer nonstop service between Appleton to Fort Myers, Florida via Southwest Florida Int...
Jul 29, 2025 An Allegiant airplane at the Appleton International Airport May 12, 2023.
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