Category Archives: Local
Winter Trails Day offers unique experience at Potawatomi State Park in Door County
DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- In Door County, Potawatomi State Park is getting ready for Saturday's Winter Trails Day. "It's anywhere from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. We have a guided hike. That's going to be ...
Feb 14, 2025 Multi-use trail at Potawatomi State Park in Door County, February 13, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Light poles on College Avenue Bridge to be replaced for $90,000 due to premature rusting
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- 16 decorative light poles were added to the College Avenue Bridge when it was constructed in 2009, but now, they're starting to show their age. "Unfortunately, we've notice...
Feb 14, 2025 Rust has begun to form on the 16 decorative light poles lining the College Avenue Bridge in Appleton. February 13, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
C. Reiss provides new offer to buy or lease Pulliam site to relocate Green Bay coal piles
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - C. Reiss Company has submitted a new proposal to Brown County to move its coal piles from downtown Green Bay to the former Pulliam Power Plant site at the mouth of the Fox ...
Feb 13, 2025 The WPS Pulliam Power Plant Site (Fox 11 Online)
Brown County announces initiative to improve community health
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Brown County officials are laying the groundwork to improve community health. They've identified three areas of focus and are asking the community to get involved too. Foll...
Feb 13, 2025 The Sophie Beaumont building in downtown Green Bay is home the Brown County Department of Health and Human Services. (WTAQ/Casey Nelson)
Sturgeon spearing remains slow going on 6th day of 2025 season
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- It was another slow day of sturgeon spearing. Spearers took a total of 31 fish from the Winnebago system, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports. Of those, 20 were speare...
Feb 13, 2025 Sturgeon speared on Lake Winnebago, February 18, 2021.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Video captures dramatic moment pickup truck collides into school bus in Waupaca County
ROYALTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A video of a truck crashing into the back of a school bus in Waupaca County shows how important it is for drivers to pay attention. The video shows a pickup truck hauling a...
Feb 13, 2025 The aftermath after a truck crashed into the back of a school bus in the town of Royalton, February 11, 2025. (Video courtesy of Waupaca County Sheriff's Office)
Go behind-the-scenes of local government with Appleton Engaged - Resident Leadership Academy
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) -- Appleton residents are being offered the opportunity to learn more about their city. Applications are now being accepted for the Appleton Engaged - Resident Leadership Academy. ...
Feb 13, 2025
Snowmobile trails in Brown, Kewaunee counties to open Friday; expect varying conditions
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- An influx of early February snow is welcome news for snowmobilers in parts of Northeast Wisconsin. All snowmobile trails in Kewaunee County will open at 6 a.m. Friday. Trails are report...
Feb 13, 2025
New chapter set to begin at Appleton Public Library
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Eighteen months after renovations at the Appleton Public Library got underway, a grand re-opening is planned for this weekend. The stories behind renovations could easily fi...
Feb 13, 2025 The renovated Appleton Public Library is seen Feb. 11, 2025, four days before its grand reopening.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Man convicted of stealing from vehicles in northern Calumet County
CHILTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Tristan Backus was convicted of stealing from multiple vehicles in northern Calumet County, and will be sentenced April 2. Backus, 18, pleaded no contest Wednesday to eight ...
Feb 13, 2025 Tristan Backus. (Calumet Co. Sheriff's photo)
