Category Archives: Local
Appleton plans interactive selfie sculpture for Houdini Plaza ahead of NFL Draft
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Houdini Plaza could get a "selfie sculpture" to encourage people to post photos about the area on social media. Appleton Downtown Inc. would install the piece, which would 1...
Mar 10, 2025 A rendering of a selfie sculpture to be installed in Houdini Plaza in Appleton. (Photo courtesy of Appleton)
Pulaski WWII veteran surprised with visit to reconnect with his past in the U.S. Army
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A 100-year-old World War II veteran from Pulaski received a special surprise at the Military Veterans Museum in Oshkosh Sunday. Cpl. Jack Kraszewski's family arranged a visi...
Mar 10, 2025 U.S. Army Cpl. Jack Kraszewski, a World War II Veteran, stands next to a 50 caliber machine gun similar to the one he used during the war in Europe.
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Daylight Savings Time has arrived, set those clocks forward!
EVERYWHERE (WTAQ) -- The less fun of the two time changes occurred Sunday morning, sending clocks forward an hour to mark the beginning of Daylight Savings Time. 2:00 am more or less did not occur thi...
Mar 09, 2025 The clock of a restored bell tower in Sturgeon Bay is seen Nov. 27, 2018.
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Man killed in Fond du Lac officer-involved shooting identified
FOND DU LAC COUNTY (WLUK) -- The man killed by a Fond du Lac County sheriff's deputy in an officer-involved shooting in February has been identified. The Wisconsin Department of Justice also released ...
Mar 08, 2025 Law enforcement is on scene of an officer-involved shooting death in the 6300 block of Cherrywood Drive in the town of Fond du Lac, February 25, 2025. (Fox 11 Online)
Man convicted of taking video of nude child in locker room
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man arrested after he was discovered taking video of a nude child in a YMCA locker room was convicted Friday. Michael Winfree, 48, pleaded guilty to seven counts, includ...
Mar 07, 2025 Michael Winfree.
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Judge rules lawsuit challenging Sister Bay's rental limit will proceed
SISTER BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A judge denied Sister Bay's motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its four-bedroom use limit on rental properties, meaning the lawsuit will continue. Sister Bay's regula...
Mar 07, 2025 Four Door County property owners have filed a law suit against the Village of Sister Bay after it changed an ordinance limiting the number of bedrooms that can be used in short term rental property.
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Menasha school district in talks to use UWO Fox Cities campus for child care
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Menasha school district is in discussions to open child care facilities on the current University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Fox Cities campus. In a news release Friday, distr...
Mar 07, 2025 The Barlow Planetarium in Menasha.
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Brown County first responders keep public safe through new Premise Information Form
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) -- First responders in Brown County are introducing a proactive new safety measure. The Brown County Public Safety Premise Information Form was created after a series of public...
Mar 07, 2025
Police seek more victims in Suamico voyeurism case involving recorded videos from windows
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Charges were filed Friday against a man who admitted to peering into windows at two Suamico homes - saying the voyeuristic activity was sexual in nature - and that he has b...
Mar 07, 2025 Mitchell Hirt (Brown Co. Jail)
UW-Oshkosh sees bump in student retention thanks to new outreach, support program
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Retention rates at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh have been a bit of a rollercoaster, dropping as low as 68% during the pandemic. But according to a letter sent to stud...
Mar 07, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
