Category Archives: Local
League of Women Voters warns of democracy threats, urges voters to defend values
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Following in the footsteps of their national leaders, two local chapters of the League of Women Voters are now calling on lawmakers to, in their words, "defend democracy." "T...
Mar 25, 2025
Hamilton, Beauty and the Beast and Great Gatsby coming to Fox Cities PAC in 2025-26 season
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Timeless tales and coming-of-age dramas are among the Broadway musicals hitting the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center stage in its upcoming season. Officials revealed the 2...
Mar 25, 2025 The Performing Arts Center 2025-26 schedule reveal show. March 24, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Fire damages Guth's Landing and Resort in Weyauwega
WEYAUWEGA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A campground in Waupaca County was damaged by fire Monday night. Shortly after 10 p.m., authorities received a report of a fire at Guth's Landing and Resort, located on Gu...
Mar 25, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Public meet-and-greets scheduled with finalists for UW-Oshkosh chancellor position
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Community members are invited to attend a series of forums that will help decide the next chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Chancellor Andrew Leavitt, who h...
Mar 25, 2025 UW Oshkosh
Winnebago County executive candidates debate key issues one week before election
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Winnebago County voters have one week left to decide who they want to occupy the political post in their county. Their two options have very different backgrounds. On one si...
Mar 25, 2025 Jon Doemel and Gordon Hintz, the candidates for Winnebago County executive, participated in an hour-long forum in downtown Oshkosh, March 25, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Green Bay police arrest driver who fled traffic stop, threatened officers with knife
GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- Police arrested a knife-wielding suspect who fled a traffic stop in Green Bay and then threatened officers. The "dangerous situation" happened in the early hours of March 21 in the...
Mar 25, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Romance, jail and crypto ATMs: Manitowoc police warn of common scams
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Be skeptical of strangers who reach out over the internet or phone, Manitowoc police are warning. The department says it has seen a "dramatic increase" in scams in the pas...
Mar 25, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
State wants to see outcome of coal piles situation before deciding on $15 million grant
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - State officials are providing answers on where a $15 million grant stands that was to be put toward relocating Green Bay's coal piles to the former Pulliam Power Plant site...
Mar 25, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Great Lakes shipping season open: Winter fleet readies to leave Sturgeon Bay
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- With the arrival of spring, the season for shipping on the Great Lakes typically begins. The event coincides with the opening of the Soo Locks on Lake Superior in Michi...
Mar 25, 2025 Winter fleet at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, March 24, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Sheboygan County barn goes up in flames, killing 8 cats
TOWN OF PLYMOUTH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Eight cats died in a barn fire Monday in Sheboygan County. Just before 6:20 p.m., the county's Emergency Communications Center received a report of a barn fire on C...
Mar 25, 2025 (Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office)
