Category Archives: Local

Cell phone companies upgrading infrastructure to help Green Bay handle NFL Draft crowds
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Construction of the NFL Draft stage and other structures in and around Lambeau Field and Titletown are still two weeks away, but plenty of infrastructural work behind the ...
Rachel Charniak Mar 16, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

ThedaCare's new hospital in Oshkosh remains on track to open in late 2025
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Construction is moving forward at the new ThedaCare health campus in Oshkosh. Officials broke ground on ThedaCare Medical Center-Oshkosh in March 2024. The hospital is locat...
Rachel Charniak Mar 15, 2025 ThedaCare

62-year-old Green Bay man arrested for 6th OWI
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Wisconsin State Patrol Fond du Lac Post says 62-year-old Josh Flowers was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 6th offense. A state trooper was ...
Rachel Charniak Mar 15, 2025

Northeast Wisconsin farms lose key contracts as USDA phases out pandemic-era initiatives
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Trump administration and the United States Department of Agriculture are pulling the plug on two programs meant to provide fresh farm produce and meat to food pantries...
Rachel Charniak Mar 15, 2025

OPD: Suspect at large after multiple shots fired in Oshkosh
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Oshkosh Police Department says a suspect is at large after officers were called to a weapons incident Friday night. Officers were called to the 1000 block of Jefferson S...
Rachel Charniak Mar 15, 2025

Vandenbroek Road I-41 overpass to be removed
LITTLE CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A bridge over Interstate 41 in the Fox Valley will be removed starting later this month. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says the Vandenbroek Road overpass w...
Rachel Charniak Mar 14, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online

Decision on Pulliam site, potential Green Bay coal piles move, set to be made next week
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - It appears a decision could come next week on which direction Brown County will go with land that was purchased with the intent to relocate the coal piles out of downtown G...
Rachel Charniak Mar 14, 2025 Coal piles along the Fox River in Green Bay, April 11, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Landlord severely injured in fight, Fond du Lac County man faces attempted homicide charge
TOWN OF AUBURN, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A landlord sustained life-threatening injuries in an altercation with a tenant, who is facing an attempted homicide charge. Just before 5 p.m. Tuesday, the Fond du La...
Rachel Charniak Mar 14, 2025

Steven Avery petitions Wisconsin Supreme Court, claims miscarriage of justice
(WTAQ-WLUK) - Steven Avery personally wrote the Wisconsin Supreme Court asking for a new trial, saying he is the "victim of a set up and it has to be fixed now." Avery, 62, is serving a life sentence ...
Rachel Charniak Mar 14, 2025 Steven Avery's June 2022 mug shot.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Man in hit-and-run crash that killed retired officer ruled not competent to stand trial
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Obilio Roblero is not competent Friday to stand trial for the hit-and-run crash which killed a retired police officer, a judge ruled Friday Roblero, 33, is charged with hit &a...
Rachel Charniak Mar 14, 2025 Obilio Thomas Sargento Robrelo. (Photo credit: Oconto County Sheriff's Office)

