Category Archives: Local
Fox Valley educators team up to voice concerns over school funding in state budget
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- With the recent deficits weighing on school districts in the Fox Valley, area superintendents are less than pleased with Wisconsin's GOP-led Joint Finance Committee. The committee, whic...
Jun 25, 2025 Appleton, Hortonville, Kimberly, and Menasha district superintendents were among the roundtable discussing concerns over funding for special education programs from the state legislature. June 24, 2025.
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Winnebago County is looking to the future as it readies to take over UWO-Fox Cities campus
WINNEBAGO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Next week, Winnebago County officially takes ownership of the former UW-Oshkosh Fox Cities campus. While some aspects of the campus will remain the same, it's unkno...
Jun 25, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
18-year-old motorcyclist killed in collision with pickup truck in Fond du Lac County
TOWN OF AUBURN, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An 18-year-old motorcyclist died Tuesday in a crash in Fond du Lac County. Around 3:50 p.m., the sheriff's office received several 911 calls regarding a collision inv...
Jun 25, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Netherlands orders 150 Oshkosh vehicles for its Marine Corps
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Netherlands has ordered 150 military vehicles from Oshkosh Defense. In an agreement announced Wednesday, the Netherlands Ministry of Defense signed a deal to buy Dutch Expeditionary...
Jun 25, 2025 Dutch Expeditionary Patrol Vehicle, otherwise known as the"Kaaiman." (Photo courtesy Oshkosh Defense)
Two seriously injured in Outagamie County crash
TOWN OF MAPLE CREEK, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two people were hospitalized after a crash in Outagamie County. It happened around 5 p.m. Tuesday on County Trunk D near County Trunk K in the town of Maple Cree...
Jun 25, 2025 (Fox 11 Online)
Man charged with attempted homicide in Fond du Lac axe attack on ex-girlfriend
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Hayden Daffinson was charged Wednesday with attempted homicide for allegedly attacking his ex-girlfriend with an axe more than 25 times on Sunday. Daffinson, 34, is also ...
Jun 25, 2025 Hayden Daffinson (Fond du Lac Co. Jail)
Kid mayors take over City Hall to kick off Green Bay Kids' Day
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wednesday belongs to the kids in Green Bay. The city kicked off its annual Kids' Day celebration with kid mayors arriving at City Hall to join Mayor Genrich and his staff....
Jun 25, 2025 Brothers Ivan and Rhyatt are co-mayors for Green Bay Kids' Day, June 25, 2025.
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Northeast Wisconsin advocates react to 988 crisis line ending specialized LGBTQ+ services
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The portion of the 988 National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline that's dedicated to helping LGBTQ+ youth is seeing cuts by the Trump administration. Services for the subsecti...
Jun 25, 2025 The city of Green Bay raised the Progress Pride flag at city hall in recognition of June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month, June 7, 2022.
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Presidential Profanity: Trump drops F-bomb speaking about conflict between Israel and Iran
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) -- President Donald Trump may have become the first U.S. president to deliberately drop the F-bomb on live TV on Tuesday morning. Israel and Iran are pointing fingers at each other...
Jun 24, 2025
Green Bay police search for convicted Brown County sex offender who cut off GPS monitor
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Authorities are searching for a convicted sex offender who allegedly cut off his GPS monitoring device. In a Facebook post Tuesday, the Green Bay Police Department said it is assisting ...
Jun 24, 2025 Andy Stewart (Photo courtesy: Wisconsin Department of Corrections)
