Category Archives: Local

Habitat Homestead project in Green Bay nears its end, as Women Build celebrates 15 years
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The end of construction is near for the biggest project the Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity has ever undertaken. It will help to house more than a dozen local famil...
Rachel Charniak Jun 26, 2025 A view from SkyFox of Habitat Homestead. The 13-home development is the largest project Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity has ever undertaken. Home buyers are expected to be in their new homes by the end of the year.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Winnebago County residents make suggestions for future use of UW-Oshkosh Fox Cities campus
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Winnebago County residents chimed in with their input on the future redevelopment of the UW-Oshkosh Fox Cities campus at a public forum Wednesday. The latest with the UW-Osh...
Rachel Charniak Jun 26, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Former Green Bay bank executive pleads guilty to $412K fraud scheme
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A former high-ranking bank official in Green Bay has pleaded guilty in federal court to three fraud charges. Court documents say Amy Jo Reid was a senior vice president and the director...
Rachel Charniak Jun 26, 2025

Wisconsin DOJ launches investigation into death in Marinette County
TOWN OF GROVER, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A death investigation is underway in Marinette County. Sheriff Randy Miller says the incident occurred around midnight Wednesday morning, when a deputy initiated a tr...
Rachel Charniak Jun 26, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Woman pleads not guilty to death of dog in abandoned apartment
WARNING: Some readers may find the details of this story disturbing. MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Elizabeth Rahmlow pleaded not guilty Thursday for allegedly abandoning a dog, which was found dead loc...
Rachel Charniak Jun 26, 2025 Elizabeth Rahmlow (Manitowoc Co. Jail)

Fond du Lac police use stop sticks and PIT maneuver to halt wrong-way driver
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Milwaukee man suspected of driving drunk the wrong way on a Fond du Lac street was arrested after a pursuit. It all started just before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday when a Ripo...
Rachel Charniak Jun 26, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Oshkosh Northwestern building to become hotel with Italian restaurant, stores, coffee shop
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Newspapers and their elegant homes are quickly becoming a relic of a former time, in need of new life. The Oshkosh Northwestern erected its building at 224 State Street in 1...
Rachel Charniak Jun 26, 2025 The Oshkosh Northwestern sign with cobwebs dangling. June 12, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Oshkosh man arrested, over 1.5 pounds of meth seized after months-long drug investigation
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An intensive drug investigation yielded one arrest and the seizure of more than 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine. The months-long investigation was worked by the Oshkosh Police...
Rachel Charniak Jun 25, 2025 1.57 pounds of meth was seized in a drug investigation in Oshkosh, June 23, 2025. (Photo courtesy: Oshkosh Police Department)

Person on mobility scooter taken to hospital after crash in Manitowoc
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A person riding a mobility scooter was taken to the hospital after a crash Wednesday in Manitowoc. Police say the crash happened just before 11 a.m. on Custer Street at S....
Rachel Charniak Jun 25, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

City of Green Bay looking to sell home of 'Uncle Fester'
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Green Bay is moving forward with plans to sell the home belonging to the man known as "Uncle Fester," who faces a litany of drug charges. Stephen Preisler, 67, gained reno...
Rachel Charniak Jun 25, 2025 The 800 block of S. Baird Street is closed while police served a search warrant at a home in Green Bay, July 14, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

