Category Archives: Local
As EAA AirVenture 2025 comes to a close, campers and visitors share highlights
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Sunday marked the final day of EAA AirVenture, the week-long air show at Oshkosh's Wittmann Regional Airport. "Exciting, hot, it just never stops. Everything is just always ...
Jul 28, 2025 Crowds fill the walkways and line the runways the day before EAA AirVenture 2025 kicks off. July 20, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
One dead after house fire in Winnebago County
TOWN OF CLAYTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A morning housefire at a home in the Town of Clayton in Winnebago County left one man dead, according to the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office. Deputies and fire cre...
Jul 27, 2025 DNR Fire sign on Forestry truck, May 15, 2019.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Attic fire leaves two displaced in Grand Chute
GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) --- Firefighters were dispatched to the 2000 block of Hiawatha Dr. around 7 p.m. Friday night for a fire. Callers reported seeing heavy smoke and flames coming from the roo...
Jul 26, 2025 Grand Chute fire department, Feb. 20, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Fans reflect on longtime Green Bay Packers president/CEO's legacy
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- After 18 years at the helm of the Green Bay Packers, Mark Murphy has officially retired. The organization's longtime president/CEO handed off the reigns to his successor, ...
Jul 26, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Brown County launches community survey to identify site-specific road safety concerns
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Brown County is seeking public input in a community-wide survey focused on improving road safety. In partnership with 24 municipalities, the county was awarded a $200,000 grant from the...
Jul 26, 2025
One dead and several injured after a crash in Door Co. involving a Tesla truck
DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- One person is dead and several others injured after a crash in Door County around 10 p.m. Friday. Officials say it happened on State Highway 42 and County Road P, north ...
Jul 26, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Dept. of Justice investigating officer involved death in De Pere
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Wisconsin Department of Justice is conducting an investigation regarding an officer-related death this morning in De Pere. According to a release from the DOJ Communicat...
Jul 26, 2025 MWC
Man sentenced for role in Grand Chute robbery involving wrench assault, female disguise
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Michael Thorpe was sentenced Friday to 16 years in prison for his role in the robbery of a Grand Chute coin store by a man disguised in a wig and dress. Thorpe, 40, was conv...
Jul 25, 2025 Michael Thorpe is sentenced, July 25, 2025. (Outagamie County court/Zoom)
Deadline looms for 2026 Upriver Lakes sturgeon spearing tag applications
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The deadline to apply for an Upriver Lakes spearing tag for the 2026 sturgeon spearing season is fast approaching. Due to the higher harvest rate associated with the Upriver...
Jul 25, 2025 A sturgeon (file photo)
Preliminary autopsy finds no criminal conduct in Hortonville graduate's death in La Crosse
LA CROSSE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Preliminary autopsy results show no foul play in the death of a Hortonville High School graduate, La Crosse police say. On Friday, the police department say they do not be...
Jul 25, 2025 Eliotte Heinz (Photo source: La Crosse Police Department)
