Category Archives: Local

Brewster's Dog Park groundbreaking in Outagamie County
GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Outagamie County leaders are one step closer to having a new place for pooches to play. Officials broke ground Thursday morning on Brewster's Dog Park. Biscuits were bur...
Rachel Charniak Jul 18, 2025 Dogs participate in Brewster's Dog Park groundbreaking ceremony in Outagamie County, July 17, 2025.
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Fans encouraged to connect with local nonprofits during Packers training camp
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Packers are aiming to connect fans with local nonprofits throughout this year's training camp. It's part of a community outreach initiative called "Nonprofit of the Da...
Rachel Charniak Jul 18, 2025 The first day of Packers Training Camp, July 22, 2024.
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Stormwater pond, community garden, splash pad among upgrades to Seymour Park in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A park near downtown Green Bay is showing off its new look. Officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday to celebrate major improvements at Seymour Park, located at 3...
Rachel Charniak Jul 18, 2025 Green Bay officials cut the ribbon on upgrades to Seymour Park, July 17, 2025.
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Take a step back in time with new historical map highlighting key sites in Suamico history
SUAMICO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A new landmark is shining a spotlight on more than two dozen historically-significant sites throughout the village of Suamico. On Thursday, the village unveiled their "Histo...
Rachel Charniak Jul 18, 2025 Suamico unveiled their "Historical Map" which commemorates 28 spots important to the village's rich past, July 17, 2025.
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Packers Hall of Fame unveils Sterling Sharpe exhibit ahead of his Hall of Fame induction
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- One of Titletown's all-time great wide receivers is the subject of a new exhibit at the Packers Hall of Fame. The museum hosted a premiere Thursday for a display titled "C...
Rachel Charniak Jul 18, 2025 The Packers Hall of Fame unveiled a special Sterling Sharpe exhibit ahead of his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, July 17, 2025.
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Wisconsin Humane Society launches new initiatives to boost adult cat adoptions
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Wisconsin Humane Society says now is the purrfect time to adopt a feline friend or two. Due to rising cat intakes, the humane society is launching two new initiatives ...
Rachel Charniak Jul 18, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online

Woman in Fond du Lac chase pleads not guilty to 25 charges, including OWI causing injury
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The suspect in a high-speed chase which ended in downtown Fond du Lac pleaded not guilty Friday. Kaitlynn Ray, 19, also waived her preliminary hearing on 25 counts, inclu...
Rachel Charniak Jul 18, 2025 Kaitlynn Ray (Fond du Lac Co. Jail)

NFL Draft data being put to work to boost Green Bay tourism in the future
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The highly-anticipated release of the economic impact study for the 2025 NFL Draft puts a bow on the biggest event our area has ever hosted. Green Bay and the surrounding ...
Rachel Charniak Jul 18, 2025 People travel through the 2025 NFL Draft campus on the event's final day on April 26, 2025.
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Opening statements begin in Tony Haase's 1992 Waupaca County double murder trial
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Opening statements began Thursday in the trial for a decades-old Waupaca County double homicide. Tony Haase faces two counts of first-degree murder for the 1992 slayings of ...
Rachel Charniak Jul 18, 2025 Tony Haase appears in Waupaca County court for his trial. July 17, 2025.
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Experts address sextortion threats at joint conference with Green Bay authorities
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Emplify Health by Bellin is partnering with the Green Bay Police Department and Green Bay Area Public School District to raise awareness of an online scam known as sextortion. ...
Rachel Charniak Jul 17, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

