Category Archives: Local

Green Bay hopes new owner, remodel will help turn around issues at Monroe Plaza
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- New life could be coming to an affordable housing building in downtown Green Bay that police have deemed a nuisance property the past four years. It seems it's rare to hav...
Rachel Charniak Jun 20, 2025 The Monroe Plaza Apartments in Green Bay.
PC: Fox 11 Online

St. Vincent de Paul Oshkosh begs community to stop dumping trash at store, drop-off sites
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Staff members at the St. Vincent de Paul store in Oshkosh are begging community members to stop using their drop-off sites as garbage disposals. This week, a truck and trail...
Rachel Charniak Jun 20, 2025 A pile of trash sits in front of the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store in Oshkosh. (SVDP photo)

Green Bay couple faces charges after drug bust; 2 young kids found in fentanyl-laden home
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two Green Bay residents are facing child neglect and drug charges after police found two children, ages 5 months and 3 years old, in an east-side home with access to fenta...
Rachel Charniak Jun 20, 2025 Clarence Williams and Derika Young (Photos courtesy: Brown County Jail)

One juvenile dead after crash in Shawano County
TOWN OF SENECA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A person is dead and two others are injured after a crash in Shawano County. It happened shortly at 6 p.m. Thursday in the town of Seneca, which is in the western par...
Rachel Charniak Jun 20, 2025

No trial date set for Jesse Vang in death of three-year-old Elijah Vue
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - No trial date was set Friday for Jesse Vang, the man who reported Elijah Vue missing and is now charged with causing his death and hiding the three-year-old's body. Vang, 4...
Rachel Charniak Jun 20, 2025 Jesse Vang (Photo courtesy Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office)

Fond du Lac man dies after SUV crash and fire early Friday morning
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Fond du Lac man died after he crashed his SUV and it caught on fire. Around 3 a.m. Friday, crews were called to the intersection of S. National Avenue and Deneveau Cir...
Rachel Charniak Jun 20, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Man faces 8th OWI charge after allegedly found passed out in car in Allouez
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - David Greiten was charged with his 8th drunk driving offense after police found him passed out in a car, stopped in the middle of an Allouez street, with a blood alcohol le...
Rachel Charniak Jun 20, 2025 David Greiten appears before Brown County court, June 19, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Mary Beth Nienhaus Activity Center to host grand opening in Appleton this Friday
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Fox Valley is welcoming a brand new activity space for seniors. The Mary Beth Nienhaus Activity Center in Appleton is hosting their grand opening on Friday. What was on...
Rachel Charniak Jun 20, 2025 A look inside the new Mary Beth Nienhaus Activity Center in Appleton. May 28, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Jury sides with Appleton hospital in wrongful death suit filed by family of Grace Schara
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A jury sided with Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital in a wrongful death civil lawsuit filed by a Freedom family. Jurors heard closing arguments until about 2:30 p.m. Thursda...
Rachel Charniak Jun 19, 2025 A poster at a news conference hosted by the Schara family March 30, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Boat goes up in flames at Manitowoc Marina; operator escapes uninjured
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- No one was hurt when a boat caught fire Wednesday at the Manitowoc Marina. According to the Manitowoc Fire Rescue Department, the fire was reported around 6:30 p.m. Witnes...
Rachel Charniak Jun 19, 2025 A boat went up in flames at the Manitowoc Marina, June 18, 2025. (Photo courtesy: Manitowoc Fire Rescue Department)

