Category Archives: Local
Patrick Mahomes' mom to host QB Challenge, share sports parenting advice at NFL Draft week
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The mother of a Super Bowl-winning quarterback is making a couple guest appearances during NFL Draft week in Green Bay. Randi Mahomes, the mother of Kansas City Chiefs qua...
Apr 11, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
$25 million Valley Transit Center expansion on hold as federal grant undergoes review
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Nearly a year after being awarded a $25 million federal grant from the Department of Transportation, the project to expand the Valley Transit Center in Appleton is in a hol...
Apr 11, 2025 The current Valley Transit Center in Appleton. April 8, 2025.
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Temporary furloughs and permanent cuts for Air Wisconsin workers in Appleton
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Air Wisconsin plans to layoff more than 100 workers, in addition to the previously-announced job cuts due to the loss of its contract with American Airlines. In January, the...
Apr 11, 2025 DWD website.
Weis Earth Science collection may move to Appleton museum, but not everyone is on board
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A resolution from Winnebago County is calling for the sale of the UW-Oshkosh Fox Cities campus. Outagamie County would sell its half of ownership to Winnebago County for $1....
Apr 11, 2025 Inside the Weis Earth Science Museum in Menasha, October 3, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Suspect in Appleton warehouse burglary arrested
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The suspect in an overnight Appleton warehouse burglary was caught with the help of drone and K-9 teams. Just after 1 a.m. Friday, officers responded to a burglary in progr...
Apr 11, 2025 Appleton Police Department patch. (PHOTO: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)
Rosie O'Donnell urges privacy for daughter as she completes probation in Wisconsin
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Comedian Rosie O'Donnell penned a heartfelt message regarding her adopted daughter's drug conviction cases in Northeast Wisconsin. Chelsea O'Donnell, 27, was sentenced to two years prob...
Apr 11, 2025 Chelsea O'Donnell (Photo courtesy Marinette County Sheriff's Office)
Late-night disturbance in Omro leaves two injured, one arrested
OMRO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two people were injured and one person was taken into custody following a disturbance call in Omro. Police responded to the 400 block of Jackson Avenue around 11:54 p.m. Thursd...
Apr 11, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online
Man accused of abducting pregnant Wisconsin teen waived extradition from Nebraska
PAPILLION, NE (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man accused of abducting a pregnant teenager from Beaver Dam has waived extradition to Wisconsin. Gary Day, 40, appeared in court in Nebraska Thursday. He was arrested l...
Apr 10, 2025 Gary F. Day(Courtesy: Beaver Dam Police Department)
Appleton man charged in son's 2010 co-sleeping death pleads not guilty, trial date set
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man charged with reckless homicide for allegedly causing the co-sleeping death of his one-month-old son after a night of drinking in 2010 pleaded not guilty Thursday. A S...
Apr 10, 2025 Michael Donnelly (Photo courtesy: Brown County Jail)
Two Rivers native Devin Remiker launches campaign for chair of Wisconsin Democratic Party
(WTAQ - WLUK) -- After the current Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, Ben Wikler, announced Thursday afternoon that he will not seek a third term, a Two Rivers native is looking to fill his s...
Apr 10, 2025 Wisconsin state capital in Madison.
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