Category Archives: Local

History Museum at the Castle prepares to receive Weis Earth Science Museum collection
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A massive space at the History Museum at the Castle in Appleton sits empty, awaiting the final step for the Weis Earth Science Museum collection to be brought into its owne...
Rachel Charniak May 15, 2025 The History Museum at the Castle in Appleton. September 11, 2024.
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Packers' Mark Murphy and fans optimistic after 2025-26 schedule release
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The 2025-26 Green Bay Packers schedule is out and that means fans are busy planning their social and work calendars for the back half of the year. Much of the excitement o...
Rachel Charniak May 15, 2025 Green Bay Packers

Historic grain elevator in Sturgeon Bay reopens as unique event space and museum
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- After years of moving, debate and refurbishment, a historic structure in Door County is celebrating its seasonal opening. The Door County Granary in Sturgeon Bay Plaza ...
Rachel Charniak May 14, 2025 A ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the Door County Granary in Sturgeon Bay, May 14, 2025.
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3 residents displaced after cooking fire on Green Bay's west side
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A kitchen fire at an apartment on Green Bay's west side left three people without a home. Around 5:10 p.m. Tuesday, Green Bay Metro firefighters were dispatched to a two-s...
Rachel Charniak May 14, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Attorney for convicted murderer Taylor Schabusiness seeks withdrawal from her appeals case
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- The attorney for convicted murderer Taylor Schabusiness has filed a motion to withdraw from her appeals case. Schabusiness is serving a life term with no chance at parole, plus another ...
Rachel Charniak May 14, 2025 Taylor Schabusiness (Photo source: Wisconsin Department of Corrections)

Outagamie, Winnebago counties approve transfer of UW-Oshkosh Fox Cities campus
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Finding a suitor for a 43-acre college campus is no small task, especially when multiple counties own the site. Outagamie and Winnebago counties can now look for a new use ...
Rachel Charniak May 14, 2025 Inside the Weis Earth Science Museum in Menasha, October 3, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

New renderings show the vision for Green Bay's fire station/apartment complex project
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The city of Green Bay's vision for a fire station/apartment complex combo on the corner of South Broadway and Arndt Street in the Shipyard District has its first rendering...
Rachel Charniak May 14, 2025 A rendering of the fire station/apartment complex project at the corner of S. Broadway and Arndt Street in Green Bay. (Photo courtesy: City of Green Bay)

Family of fallen Appleton firefighter Mitch Lundgaard honors him with lifesaving donation
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Nearly six years after Appleton firefighter Mitch Lundgaard was shot and killed in the line of duty, his family continues to give back to the community that supported them ...
Rachel Charniak May 14, 2025 Members of the Lungaard Love Foundation pose with Appleton school officials following the donation of 25 Bleeding Control Kit Cabinets to the district. One cabinet holds six bleeding control kits that can be used to stop life threatening blood loss before first responders arrive to a scene.
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Green Bay school board member believes his colleague's abrupt resignation was warranted
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Most members of the Green Bay Area Public School District's school board are staying quiet about the resignation of former trustee Kou Lee, but one member is speaking out....
Rachel Charniak May 14, 2025 Kou Lee.
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Sheriff, victim's family release statements after man charged in 2016 Shawano County death
SHAWANO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Shawano County Sheriff's Office is explaining why it took nine years to bring charges against a man accused of killing his wife. In a news release Tuesday, Sheriff Georg...
Rachel Charniak May 13, 2025 James Radford (Shawano Co. Jail)

