Category Archives: Local

Pizza delivery driver accused in fatal Oshkosh hit-and-run ruled competent to stand trial
OSHKOSH (WTAQ-WLUK) - A pizza delivery driver accused of striking a pedestrian, killing him and leaving the scene, is competent to stand trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Mark Radley, 60, faces one coun...
Rachel Charniak Feb 12, 2025 Mark Radley appears in Winnebago County court, Jan. 12, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Nitschke Bridge to close for 3 days
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- One of downtown Green Bay's bridges is closing for three days next week. Public works officials say the Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge, which connects Dousman and Main stree...
Rachel Charniak Feb 12, 2025 The Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge in Green Bay.

Six weeks of 2025 NFL Draft road closures tentatively scheduled to start March 28
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- We are about ten weeks from the start of the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, but we're only about six weeks away from the first road closure related to the draft. That's acco...
Rachel Charniak Feb 12, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Valentine's Day shoppers urged to verify online sellers to avoid scams
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- With Valentine's Day just a few days away, some people may wait until the last minute to buy their loved ones a gift online. The Better Business Bureau is warning consumer...
Rachel Charniak Feb 12, 2025 Chocolate box for Valentine's Day.
PC: Fox 11 Online

No injuries reported when truck crashes into school bus
TOWN OF ROYALTON (WLUK) -- A truck pulling a trailer struck the rear end of a school bus on Highway 54 and Pine Street. According to a post on the Waupaca County Sheriff's Office's Facebook page, the ...
Rachel Charniak Feb 12, 2025 A Waupaca County Sheriff's Office squad vehicle (IMAGE: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)

Court grants U.S. Cellular permit for tower in Fond du Lac after town's legal misstep
TOWN OF FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - U.S. Cellular will be allowed to build a cell phone tower in the town of Fond du Lac because the town failed to follow the law when attempting to deny a permit fo...
Rachel Charniak Feb 12, 2025

Trial date remains unset for mother charged in tragic death of 3-year-old Elijah Vue
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - No trial date was set Wednesday for Katrina Baur, the mother of Elijah Vue, the 3-year-old boy who was reported missing and later found dead last year. Baur, 32, faces four...
Rachel Charniak Feb 12, 2025 Katrina Baur (Photo courtesy Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office)

Superintendent assures zero dollar impact to debt levy amid new Oshkosh school referendum
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Oshkosh Area School District's consolidation plan is moving forward with a $197 million referendum. This comes just as residents finish paying off the last referendum th...
Rachel Charniak Feb 12, 2025 (Fox 11 Online)

Green Bay, C. Reiss agree to future plan for coal piles site if relocation deal is reached
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The coal piles saga continues in Green Bay as the city looks to move forward with plans for potential redevelopment of the site the piles currently sit on. But those plans...
Rachel Charniak Feb 12, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

53 sturgeon speared throughout Lake Winnebago system on Day 4
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Sturgeon spearing continued to be slow Tuesday, with a little more than four dozen sturgeon speared on Lake Winnebago and the upriver lakes. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource...
Rachel Charniak Feb 11, 2025 Jon Verhagen poses with the160.6-pound, 81.2-inch sturgeon he speared Feb. 11, 2025 on Lake Winnebago. (Photo courtesy: Wisconsin DNR)

