Category Archives: Local
Shawano County Board rejects $20 wheel tax
SHAWANO COUNTY (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Shawano County Board unanimously rejected a proposal for a $20 wheel tax Wednesday, after extensive opposition to the fee was voiced. The tax, collected along with th...
Feb 26, 2025 A truck is parked on a Shawano road on January 22, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Trial date delayed for Appleton food truck murder suspect as new attorneys review evidence
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - With the recently-appointed attorneys still reviewing evidence in the case, no trial date has been set, and the suspect in a food truck line murder in Appleton on Christmas ...
Feb 26, 2025 Elliot Campbell was booked into the Outagamie County Jail on January 13, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Search underway for Shawano teenager missing for over a week
SHAWANO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Police are searching for a teenage girl from Shawano who has been missing for more than one week. Ayianna Mendez, 16, was last seen Feb. 16. Anyone with information on Mende...
Feb 26, 2025 Ayianna Mendez (Photo courtesy: Shawano Police Department)
Ashwaubenon provides updated presentation on 2025 NFL Draft plans
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- From new renderings of the 2025 NFL Draft layout, to road closures and resident impacts, Ashwaubenon Village Manager Joel Gregozeski hit a wide variety of topics in a 30...
Feb 26, 2025 A display promoting the 2025 NFL Draft is shown at Lambeau Field May 24, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Little Chute school counselors receive state award for exemplary programs
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two Little Chute school counselors are being recognized by the state for their exemplary programs. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction named counselors from Little Chute and ...
Feb 26, 2025 L-R, Lisa Gretz, Michelle Mokrzycki (Photo courtesy of Little Chute Area School District)
Mother sues prison officials after son's murder at GBCI, citing 'deliberate indifference'
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The mother of a Green Bay Correctional Institution inmate who was murdered, allegedly by his cellmate, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday blaming prison official...
Feb 26, 2025 Micah Laureano died Aug. 27, 2024 as a result of an incident with a cellmate at Green Bay Correctional Institution. (Photo source: Wisconsin Department of Corrections)
No charges for Oshkosh officer in shooting of armed suspect during stabbing incident
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- No criminal charges will be filed against an Oshkosh police officer who shot and killed an armed suspect at the scene of a stabbing. Winnebago County Assistant District Atto...
Feb 26, 2025 The scene of an officer-involved shooting in the 400 block of W. 10th Avenue in Oshkosh, December 11, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Details about Gov. Evers' proposal to audit healthcare insurance companies in Wisconsin
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- During his state budget address earlier this month, Wisconsin's Democratic Governor Tony Evers proposed making Wisconsin the first state in the country to begin auditing healthcare insu...
Feb 26, 2025
Green Bay school board reluctantly alters DEI roles to avoid losing $40M in federal funds
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- New federal directives to end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies are trickling down to the local level. The Green Bay Area Public School District (GBAPS) saw i...
Feb 25, 2025 Green Bay Area Public School District building. (IMAGE: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)
'Rock the Block' volunteer effort to revitalize neighborhood on Green Bay's west side
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Rock the Block is back for its second year, and it's heading to a west-side Green Bay neighborhood this fall. At a news conference Tuesday, officials announced homes in Fi...
Feb 25, 2025 Volunteers help revitalize a De Pere neighborhood as part of the "Rock the Block" program, Sept. 12, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online
