Category Archives: Local

UW-Oshkosh building for sale fails to find buyers, future remains uncertain
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The listing of an empty building on the UW-Oshkosh campus drew no interest from parties interested in buying the site, the state says. The building which once housed the Camp...
Rachel Charniak Mar 25, 2025 The empty Campus Center for Equity and Diversity on the UW-Oshkosh campus, January 27, 2025.
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Wisconsin administration secretary tours newly-renovated Appleton Public Library
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A member of Gov. Tony Evers' administration made a stop in the Fox Valley on Monday to check out the new Appleton Public Library. Wisconsin Department of Administration Sec...
Rachel Charniak Mar 25, 2025 Wisconsin Department of Administration Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld toured the newly-renovated Appleton Public Library, March 24, 2025.
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New Fox Cities PAC season set to bring business to Downtown Appleton
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- With four different series -- including seven Broadway shows on the slate for the 2025-26 season -- President and CEO Maria Van Laanen said the Fox Cities Performing Arts C...
Rachel Charniak Mar 25, 2025 The Performing Arts Center 2025-26 schedule reveal show. March 24, 2025.
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Fond du Lac man sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in 2021 murder
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Eric Perry was sentenced Monday to 50 years in prison for his role in the 2021 shooting death of Benzel Rose, 26. Perry, 31, previously pleaded no contest to second-degr...
Rachel Charniak Mar 24, 2025 Eric L. Perry mugshot July 8, 2022.
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'Be a hero': Community asked to host medical patients' families during Green Bay NFL Draft
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The families of patients who come to Green Bay for medical reasons often stay in hotels, but for those needing a place to stay during the week of the NFL Draft, options ar...
Rachel Charniak Mar 24, 2025 Altrusa Hospitality House.
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Fox Valley Technical College expanding university transfer program for HS students
GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) is expanding its university transfer program. High school students can now earn up to 27 credits through the college as part of the U...
Rachel Charniak Mar 24, 2025 Fox Valley Technical College is launching a high school transfer program.
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Man sentenced for sexually assaulting children at Waupaca County campground
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Richard Klimek was sentenced Monday to 21 years in prison for multiple sexual assaults of several children at a Waupaca County campground, dating back to 2017. Klimek, 66, w...
Rachel Charniak Mar 24, 2025

Freedom mother sentenced in connection with drug overdose death of 2-year-old daughter
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Brooke Seal was sentenced to nine years in prison Monday in connection with the drug overdose death of her 2-year-old daughter. She was also placed on extended supervision f...
Rachel Charniak Mar 24, 2025 Brooke Seal is sentenced in Outagamie County court, March 24, 2025.
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Two dead after semi-truck collides with van at Grand Chute intersection
GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two people died after their vehicle was struck by a semi-truck in a Grand Chute intersection. At 10:45 a.m. Monday, emergency responders were called to the intersection ...
Rachel Charniak Mar 24, 2025

Green bay educational enforcement initiative seeks compliance from commercial motor vehicle operators
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The Green Bay Police Department is partnering with the Wisconsin State Patrol in an educational enforcement initiative involving commercial motor vehicle laws and heavy truck o...
Rachel Charniak Mar 24, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

