Category Archives: Local

Wisconsin DPI to update school report card 'cut scores' for first time in over a decade
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- For the first time in more than a decade, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is making changes to its school report card system. It's part of the state's accou...
Rachel Charniak Jun 01, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Cellcom adjusting customers' bills to compensate for service outage
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Cellcom customers will be paying less on their bills in July. The company announced Friday it is adjusting users' invoices to compensate for the recent service outage that spanned appro...
Rachel Charniak May 30, 2025 A service outage has left Cellcom customers unable to make calls or send text messages. May 15, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online

NEW Zoo 'honors the desires' of escaped otter
SUAMICO, WI (WTAQ) -- After escaping his enclosure at the NEW Zoo and Adventure Park in Suamico in March with his buddy Ophelia; Louie the otter is still on the loose. Carmen Murach, Curator of Animal...
Rachel Charniak May 30, 2025

Packers set date of shareholders meeting
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Ed Policy will formally take over as president and CEO of the Green Bay Packers at this year's shareholders meeting. The team announced that the shareholders meeting is sc...
Rachel Charniak May 30, 2025 Green Bay Packers

Green Bay woman to stand trial for role in partner's fatal rehab center overdose
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A woman charged with reckless homicide for allegedly delivering a fatal overdose of pills to her partner at a medical rehabilitation facility was ordered Friday to stand tr...
Rachel Charniak May 30, 2025 Joelle Blaser (Photo source: Brown County Jail)

Kimberly considers cutting ties with Fox Valley Metro Police over financial concerns
KIMBERLY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Village of Kimberly may discontinue its working relationship with the Fox Valley Metro Police Department. The police chief confirms Kimberly is exploring other law enfor...
Rachel Charniak May 30, 2025 The Fox Valley Metro Police Department covers Kimberly and Little Chute.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Crash in Grand Chute leaves one person dead, utility pole damaged
TOWN OF GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- One person was killed in a crash Thursday in the town of Grand Chute. At approximately 4:25 p.m., Grand Chute's police and fire departments responded to the inte...
Rachel Charniak May 30, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Sections of Fox River Trail in Green Bay, Allouez and De Pere to close next week
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Repaving work will close two sections of the Fox River Trail next week. The Brown County Parks Department says this phase of construction covers the areas from Porlier ...
Rachel Charniak May 30, 2025 The Fox River State Trail.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Weis Earth Science Museum set to close as UW-Oshkosh ends Menasha campus operations
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Saturday will be the last day the Weis Earth Science Museum will be open in its current form, due to UW-Oshkosh ending operations at the Menasha campus and subsequent deals o...
Rachel Charniak May 30, 2025 Inside the Weis Earth Science Museum in Menasha, October 3, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

'Ski Green Bay' mural surfaces as key coal pile deadline looms
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A new, humorous art installation is depicting the complicated relationship between the city and people of Green Bay and the coal piles which have sat along the Fox River d...
Rachel Charniak May 30, 2025 Local artist Beau Thomas re-created the infamous 'Ski Green Bay' poster photo at 305 S. Broadway Street.
PC: Fox 11 Online

