Category Archives: Local

3.5 mile vehicle pursuit in Fond du Lac County leads to arrest of Milwaukee man
FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office says a 45-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested after a 3.5 mile vehicle pursuit. Deputies say it happened Friday night. A d...
Rachel Charniak Apr 07, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office warns about jury duty scam
FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about a "Jury Duty Scam" that several citizens have reported since Friday. The Sheriff's Office Commu...
Rachel Charniak Apr 07, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Person seriously injured in crash after attempting to flee from police
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - One person is being treated for serious injuries after they attempted to flee from police following their group being stopped for riding motorized bicycles recklessly. Accor...
Rachel Charniak Apr 07, 2025 Appleton Police Department patch. (PHOTO: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)

Recent weather conditions cause small fire outbreak in Peshtigo Wildlife Area
MARINETTE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- DNR firefighters responded to reports of a grass and brush fire along Harbor Road in the Peshtigo Harbor Wildlife area on Sunday. Responders arrived to the scene ar...
Rachel Charniak Apr 07, 2025 PC: Town of Peshtigo Fire Department

One person flown to hospital after crash in Fond du Lac
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- One person was injured in a rollover crash in Fond du Lac. It happened around 3 a.m. Monday in the Club Car Wash parking lot on Pioneer Road. The only person in the vehi...
Rachel Charniak Apr 07, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Green Bay, Ashwaubenon preps sewer systems for massive NFL Draft crowd
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- It's something most people don't think about on a daily basis, but area municipalities are preparing their sanitary sewers ahead of the NFL Draft. Typically, when Green Ba...
Rachel Charniak Apr 07, 2025 Area municipalities are preparing their sanitary sewers ahead of the NFL Draft, April 2, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Anti-Trump Protestors gather in Green Bay, Appleton
(WTAQ-REUTERS) -- Hundreds gathered in Green Bay and Appleton Saturday to take part in a nationwide protest effort by left-leaning political groups, labor unions, and civil rights organizations agains...
Rob Sussman Apr 05, 2025 Throngs gather in Appleton on April 5th, 2025 as part of the Hands Off! demonstration against President Donald Trump. (Jeff Johnson, WTAQ)

Oshkosh residents hopeful as $300,000 grant aims to tackle persistent flooding issues
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Residents in Oshkosh like Kathleen Bavry are no strangers to flooding. "Over by 5th Street and Ohio, roughly, there's been quite a bit of it, I know they were tearing up the...
Rachel Charniak Apr 04, 2025 Storms flooded 9th Avenue in Oshkosh, July 15, 2021.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed in Sheboygan County
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) -- The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has identified a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5N1) in a commercial pou...
Rachel Charniak Apr 04, 2025 DATCP

Stuart Street in Green Bay to close Monday for sewer repairs
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Green Bay street will be closed for one day next week. Stuart Street, between S. Washington and S. Adams Streets, is set to close temporarily Monday for work on the sewe...
Rachel Charniak Apr 04, 2025 Road work.
PC: Fox 11 Online

