Category Archives: Local

Brown County District Attorney's office reviewing Kou Lee residency issue
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Brown County District Attorney David Lasee says his office is looking into the residency issue involving former Green Bay school board member Kou Lee. Lee resigned May 8 af...
Rachel Charniak May 22, 2025 Kou Lee.
PC: Fox 11 Online

The Weidner and Brown County Civic Music Association announce new artistic partnership
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A new artistic partnership is bringing together The Weidner and the Brown County Civic Music Association. The collaboration was unveiled in a ceremony Thursday in the Gran...
Rachel Charniak May 22, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

UW-Green Bay Marinette campus fieldhouse may be sold to YMCA
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Marinette County may sell the fieldhouse at the UW-Green Bay Marinette campus to the YMCA for $1, according to next week's County Board agenda. UW-Green Bay closed most of...
Rachel Charniak May 22, 2025 UW-Green Bay Marinette Campus.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Duplex fire in Appleton displaces two families
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two families were displaced by a duplex fire in Appleton. It happened around 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the 300 block of E. Winnebago Street. The initial call indicated smoke co...
Rachel Charniak May 22, 2025 A fire caused about $60,000 worth of damage at a duplex on East Winnebago Street in Appleton, May 22, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Ribbon cutting celebrates expansion of Peshtigo fire station, EMS facility and library
PESHTIGO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wednesday marked the grand opening of Peshtigo's newly-expanded fire station, emergency medical services (EMS) facility and library. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers joined local ...
Rachel Charniak May 22, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online

Fond du Lac man accused of sex trafficking minor, online sex crimes
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Fond du Lac man has been indicted for alleged sex crimes involving minors. On Tuesday, a three-count federal indictment accused Ricardo Diaz, 26, of sex trafficking a minor on two occ...
Rachel Charniak May 22, 2025

Former Omro alderman indicted for distributing and receiving child pornography
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Former Omro alderman Jason Reeves was indicted Tuesday in a federal child pornography case. The three-count indictment alleges Reeves, 44, distributed child pornography in October 2024 ...
Rachel Charniak May 22, 2025 Jason Reeves (Brown Co. Jail)

WPS donates $150K to Green Bay Public Market project
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A campaign supporting the Green Bay Public Market build got a boost from Wisconsin Public Service. The Green Bay Public Market on Broadway is an indoor venue featuring up ...
Rachel Charniak May 22, 2025 Wisconsin Public Service presents On Broadway with $150,000 toward its Green Bay Public Market project, May 22, 2025. (Photo courtesy On Broadway)

Trial date for man charged in Allouez high-speed, double fatal crash set
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Kelton Snulligan's trial for allegedly causing a double-fatal, high-speed, drunk driving crash will start Sept. 29, a court ruled Thursday. Snulligan, 23, faces 16 charges,...
Rachel Charniak May 22, 2025 Kelton Snulligan appears in Brown County court, August 23, 2023.
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Man accused of filming underage girls through their windows in Suamico pleads not guilty
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Mitchell Hirt pleaded not guilty Thursday to allegations he peered into windows of Suamico homes, recording underage girls with his camera. No trial date was set. Also, a r...
Rachel Charniak May 22, 2025 Mitchell Hirt (Brown Co. Jail)

