Category Archives: Local
Security changes coming to Little Chute's CheeseFest following off-site brawl in 2024
LITTLE CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The summer festival season is underway, and after an incident at CheeseFest in Little Chute last year, police are making some changes ahead of this year's event. In Jun...
Jun 02, 2025 Additional security will be on hand for CheeseFest in Doyle Park, in Little Chute, to help deter any issues inside the festival grounds and in the surrounding neighborhoods.
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Trial begins in wrongful death suit against Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A wrongful death civil trial started Monday in the case of a family suing Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital. The family of Grace Schara sued, claiming the doctors and nurses ...
Jun 02, 2025 Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Campus in Appleton.
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Brown County hearing for 'Uncle Fester' postponed after Waupaca County arrest
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A pre-trial hearing set for Monday for Stephen Preisler on drug manufacture and delivery charges was postponed because Preisler was arrested Sunday in Waupaca County. Prei...
Jun 02, 2025 Stephen Preisler.
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Trial begins for Jackson Vogel, accused of killing cellmate in GBCI prison hate crime
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The trial started Monday for Jackson Vogel, the inmate who allegedly killed his Green Bay Correctional Institution cellmate. Vogel, 25, faces one count of first-degree inte...
Jun 02, 2025 Jackson Vogel appears in Brown County court, May 21, 2025.
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Convicted Fox River Mall shooter drops request to withdraw plea
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Dezman Ellis will no longer pursue withdrawing his plea for the fatal shooting of Jovanni Frausto at the Fox River Mall in January 2021, according to his attorney. Ellis wa...
Jun 02, 2025 Photo: Outagamie County Jail
DHS removes sanctuary list amid backlash; Shawano County officials dispute inclusion
SHAWANO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- After causing some confusion in Shawano County, the Trump administration has removed its online list of 'sanctuary jurisdictions.' A list of more than 500 "sanctuary jurisdi...
Jun 02, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online
State grants brief extension as deal is close for relocating Green Bay coal piles
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The deadline to finalize an agreement to move the downtown Green Bay coal piles has been extended. Friday was the day the state provided to get a deal done or it would res...
Jun 01, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Shawano County crash leads to vehicle fire, no one seriously injured
WAUKECHON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - No one was injured in a crash near Waukechon, in Shawano County, after a car ended up in the median and became fully engulfed in flames Friday night. The crash happened jus...
Jun 01, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online
High-speed chase in Fond du Lac leads to multi-car crash, one person in custody
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A 19-year-old woman from Green Bay was arrested on charges of Operating While Intoxicated Causing Injury, First Degree Reckless Endangering Safety, Fleeing and Eluding an...
Jun 01, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Motorcycle training course helps Green Bay-area law enforcement boost safety skills
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Green Bay-area law enforcement members are brushing up on their motorcycle safety skills. It's all part of the Green Bay Police Department's yearly Motorcycle Operator Tra...
Jun 01, 2025 The Green Bay Police Department hosts its annual Motorcycle Operator Training and Recertification Course to help area law enforcement members brush up on their motorcycle safety skills, May 30, 2025.
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