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Report: Packers finalizing deal to send Rashan Gary to Cowboys for 2027 late-round pick
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Packers are finalizing a deal that would send defensive end Rashan Gary to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a late-round 2027 draft pick, per ESPN sources. Last week, Ga...
Rachel Charniak Mar 09, 2026 Green Bay Packers

WisDOT outlines US 45 and WIS 54 construction plans at public info session
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- The WisDOT is hosting a construction informational meeting on a pair of projects in Waupaca and Outagamie counties. The projects will be on US 45 between Givens Road and Church Road and...
Rachel Charniak Mar 09, 2026 The Ray Nitschke Bridge downtown Green Bay is closed to traffic while crews work to repair it, January 3, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online

GO Transit to expand 'micro-transit' service between Oshkosh and Neenah
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A new bus route is coming to Oshkosh. People will soon be able to hop on a bus in Oshkosh and ride to north Oshkosh or Neenah, where they can connect with Valley Transit. Th...
Rachel Charniak Mar 09, 2026 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Parents: New London district leaders 'dropped the ball' on teacher's cocaine use at school
NEW LONDON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- School District of New London parents are speaking out after a now-fired kindergarten teacher admitted to snorting cocaine in school bathrooms. Laurie Laubenstein, 55, wa...
Rachel Charniak Mar 09, 2026 Laurie Laubenstein (Waupaca Co. Jail)

Life-sized statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe visits National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion
CHAMPION, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A life-sized statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe is making a stop in Northeast Wisconsin on its international tour. The statue, which is based at the Basilica of Our Lady of Gu...
Rachel Charniak Mar 09, 2026 A life-sized statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe is making a stop at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion on its international tour, March 6, 2026.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Board president addresses resignation calls amid Hearthstone museum embezzlement scandal
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Hearthstone Historic House Museum board president Antoinette Powell is addressing calls for her resignation after a six-year embezzlement scandal by its treasurer was uncov...
Rachel Charniak Mar 09, 2026 The Hearthstone Historic House Museum in Appleton, August 9, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Bob Harlan remembered as visionary who helped make Packers, Lambeau Field what it is today
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Tributes to Bob Harlan, the retired Green Bay Packers president/CEO who died Thursday at the age of 89, continue to pour in. Even billboards in the area are honoring his l...
Rachel Charniak Mar 08, 2026 Former Green Bay Packers president Bob Harlan.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Meet the next superintendent of the Green Bay Area Public School District
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Area Public School District has chosen its next superintendent. In a special meeting Friday, the Board of Education voted to offer the position to Michael He...
Rachel Charniak Mar 08, 2026 Green Bay Area Public School District building. (IMAGE: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)

No injuries in Green Bay scrap metal fire Saturday
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A large pile of mixed scrap metal started on fire Saturday night in Green Bay, producing significant amounts of smoke and flames, according to the Green Bay Metro Fire Depa...
Rachel Charniak Mar 08, 2026 Green Bay Metro Fire Department

Jury convicts Oconto Falls man for drunken driving crash that killed motorcyclist
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A jury convicted an Oconto Falls man Friday for a fatal drunken driving crash in 2022. Thomas Wolf, 59, was found guilty of three counts, including homicide by intoxicated us...
Rachel Charniak Mar 06, 2026
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