Category Archives: Local
Oshkosh's Kwik Pantry sells $100k winning lottery ticket
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A $100,000 winning lottery ticket was sold in Oshkosh. A winning $100,000 All or Nothing ticket was sold at the Oshkosh Kwik Pantry on 403 N. Sawyer for the Friday, July 25 ...
Jul 28, 2025 Wisconsin Lottery
Marinette school district lifts deed restriction on shuttered school building
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Marinette's school board has decided to lift restrictions that would have prevented one of its old buildings from being used as a school again. It comes after there was a ...
Jul 28, 2025 Garfield Elementary School in Marinette on August 20, 2019.
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Lakeshore College receives federal grant to help disadvantaged students
CLEVELAND, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Lakeshore College received a federal grant to help students stay in school and graduate. The U.S. Department of Education awarded the technical college $1.36 million. Scho...
Jul 28, 2025 The campus of Lakeshore Technical College is seen May 24, 2022, in the Manitowoc County village of Cleveland.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Alcohol and speed suspected in fatal Manitowoc County motorcycle crash
FRANKLIN, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Alcohol and speed appear to be factors in a Manitowoc County crash that killed a motorcyclist and injured another. First responders were called to the two-motorcycle crash ...
Jul 28, 2025 (Fox 11 Online)
Manitowoc just weeks away from changes to the former Mirro site
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- No one loves living next to a site that's surrounded by fencing and filled with concrete and a jungle of weeds. For years, that's been the reality for residents and busine...
Jul 28, 2025 The former Mirro site in Manitowoc will be cleaned up starting on Sept. 8, 2025 ahead of housing being built on the land in 2026.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Menasha police seek public's help locating dog after child bitten in weekend incident
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Menasha police are looking for a dog after it bit a child over the weekend. On Saturday, police learned of a young child that was bit by a dog in the 500 block of De Pere St...
Jul 28, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online
Woman sentenced to life for cellmate's murder at Taycheedah Correctional Institution
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A woman convicted of killing her cellmate at the Taycheedah Correctional Institution was sentenced to life in prison without eligibility for release. Taylor Sanchez, 29,...
Jul 28, 2025 Taylor Sanchez (Wisconsin DOC)
One dead after an ATV crash in Marinette County
MARINETTE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- One person is dead following an ATV rollover in the Town of Athelstane. Marinette County Dispatch received a report at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday of a rolled over ATV on...
Jul 28, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Brown County to conduct tornado siren tests; residents may hear short siren tones
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Brown County residents may hear the sound of siren testing Monday and Tuesday. Crews will be doing their annual maintenance on tornado sirens both days at sites in Suamico, Hobart, Gree...
Jul 28, 2025
Suspect in Shawano and Marathon county thefts captured after week-long search
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man wanted in connection with a series of burglaries and vehicle thefts in Shawano and Marathon counties is in custody. Michael Thorson, 37, was arrested Sunday in Shawano County, acc...
Jul 28, 2025 Michael Thorson (Shawano Co. Jail, Shawano County Sheriff's Office)
