Category Archives: Local
Campers, volunteers flock to Oshkosh as preparations take flight for EAA AirVenture 2025
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- In less than a month, the sights and sounds of aircraft will take over the skies of Oshkosh. But some enthusiasts couldn't contain their excitement and were already staking ...
Jun 30, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Appleton firefighters equipped to give critical care before ambulance arrival
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Appleton Fire Department is rolling out its new Advanced Life Support (ALS) services to boost emergency care. The department's recent certification by the Wisconsin Dep...
Jun 30, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Community support helps Green Bay family cope with death of girl crushed by falling tree
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A 9-year-old Green Bay girl will be remembered today by her family and the community following her tragic death. Rose Hendricks was killed after a tree in the front yard o...
Jun 30, 2025 The family of Rose Hendricks, 9, had shirts with her picture made. The Green Bay girl died Monday, June 23, 2025 after a tree fell on her during a summer storm.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Two arrested in connection with death of Green Bay two-year-old
GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- Two Green Bay men are under arrest in connection to the suspicious death of a child in Green Bay. The 21-year-old man and a 48-year-old man were taken into custody, Friday night, i...
Jun 29, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Community support helps Green Bay family cope with death of girl crushed by falling tree
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A 9-year-old Green Bay girl will be remembered next week by her family and the community following her tragic death. Rose Hendricks was killed after a tree in the front ya...
Jun 28, 2025 Storm damage in Green Bay, June 23, 2025. (Fox 11 Online)
Man gets 18 months for fatal Freedom motorcycle crash, must perform annual service
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Stephan Reetz was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for a fatal traffic crash which killed a motorcyclist. Reetz, 43, previously pleaded no contest to homicide by negl...
Jun 27, 2025 Stephan Reetz (Outagamie Co. Jail)
Former Brown County Clerk Darlene Marcelle dies at 78
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Former Brown County Clerk Darlene Marcelle died Wednesday. Marcelle, 78, served as the Clerk from 1996-2013. She also served on the Green Bay City Council and Brown County ...
Jun 27, 2025 Former Brown County Clerk Darlene Marcelle.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Vogel sentenced to life without parole for hate crime murder of GBCI cellmate
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Jackson Vogel was sentenced Friday to life in prison with no chance of parole for the hate crime murder of his Green Bay Correctional Institution cellmate. A jury previousl...
Jun 27, 2025 Jackson Vogel leaves a Brown County courtroom June 27, 2025 after being sentenced for the hate crime homicide of his cellmate at Green Bay Correctional Institution, Micah Laureano.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Century-old collection of statues beautifies Oshkosh and keeps history alive
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- All across Oshkosh, you can find statues commemorating past presidents and important figures in the city's history. They're part of a collection of 23 statues donated by Col...
Jun 27, 2025 Sawyer, one of the two lions outside of the Oshkosh Public Library, and part of the Hicks Collection. June 26, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Bart Starr Memorial Bridge to close temporarily for equipment repairs
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A downtown Green Bay bridge will be temporarily closed next week. The Walnut Street Bridge, also known as the Bart Starr Memorial Bridge, is set to undergo signal equipmen...
Jun 27, 2025 The Walnut Street bridge in downtown Green Bay is seen July 27, 2021, just before it was renamed the Bart Starr Memorial Bridge.
PC: Fox 11 Online
