Category Archives: Local

Lens Legends photography and film exhibit to open at Neville Public Museum in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- With decades of experience, and years of images to match, Brown County's Neville Public Museum is kicking off a new exhibit. "Lens Legends" celebrates history and the lega...
Rachel Charniak Feb 28, 2025 Otto Stiller photos at Neville Public Museum, February 28, 2025.
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Third-generation family business turns over land to Packers
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- It's the end of an era for a local family-owned business. Soap Products LLC -- which sells cleaning products and farm chemicals -- has moved from their home in the stadi...
Rachel Charniak Feb 28, 2025 John Heyn opened the Ashwaubenon location in 1966 before much of the land surrounding Lambeau Field was built up. Courtesy: Soap Products LLC

Restoration work begins after city of Manawa devastated by 2024 dam breach
MANAWA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Last summer, the city of Manawa, Wisconsin was dealt a serious blow after relentless rainfall overflowed the Mill Pond and caused a breach and ultimately a failure of the Man...
Rachel Charniak Feb 28, 2025 The water level at the Manawa Dam on July 12, 2024.
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Packers hike ticket prices for 2025 season; revoke accounts selling 100% of their tickets
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Packers will increase ticket prices between $7 and $21 per game, depending on location, for the 2025 season. Preseason ticket prices, which cost roughly half...
Rachel Charniak Feb 28, 2025

Appleton police arrest Menasha man linked to August 2022 overdose death
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Appleton police say they arrested a Menasha man accused of playing a role in an overdose death. Police say they are recommending first-degree reckless homicide charges agai...
Rachel Charniak Feb 28, 2025 Appleton Police Department patch. (PHOTO: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)

First of its kind village to support people with dementia coming to Sheboygan County
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) -- A first of its kind village in the United States to support people with dementia is coming to Sheboygan county. Livasu is designed to provide an environment where those ...
Rachel Charniak Feb 28, 2025

Taycheedah inmate faces July trial in cellmate's murder after insanity plea rejected
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - There is not evidence to support the so-called insanity plea by Taylor Sanchez - a Taycheedah Correctional Institution inmate charged with killing her cellmate. Sanchez, ...
Rachel Charniak Feb 28, 2025 Taylor Sanchez appears before Fond du Lac County court via Zoom, January 29, 2024.
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Waupaca County farmers honored as finalists for National Outstanding Young Farmer Award
WAUPACA COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- For many, farms are more than just a place to raise crops and animals. And in Waupaca County, the Hoewisch family is celebrating a special honor. They were recently n...
Rachel Charniak Feb 28, 2025 The Hoewisch family at their Waupaca County Farm, February 27, 2025.
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St. Norbert College responds to criticism over potential program cuts amid enrollment drop
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - In the wake of town hall meetings about expected faculty and program cuts, St. Norbert College issued a reply this week to questions raised at those sessions. The college has...
Rachel Charniak Feb 28, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of SNC

Ghost Ships Festival back for year 19 along the Lakeshore
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A popular, annual event centered around Wisconsin's rich, water history is back for year 19. Manitowoc's Ghost Ships Festival 2025 is taking place Friday & Saturday. Ac...
Rachel Charniak Feb 28, 2025 Inside the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, February 28, 2025.
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