Category Archives: Local

Suamico family displaced after fire causes $1.3 million in damage
SUAMICO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two adults and three children are displaced after a fire caused about $1.3 million worth of damage at a Suamico home. Just before 6 p.m. Sunday, crews were called to a fully...
Rachel Charniak Feb 10, 2025 The scene of a house fire in the 3900 block of Sunset Beach Lane in Suamico, February 9, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Suamico Fire Department)

Steven Avery appeals to Wisconsin Supreme Court after repeated denial of new trial
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Steven Avery is appealing the latest denial of a new hearing or trial to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Avery, 62, is serving a life sentence for the 2005 murder of Teresa Ha...
Rachel Charniak Feb 10, 2025 Steven Avery's June 2022 mug shot.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Sterling Sharpe's Hall of Fame induction delights Packers fans Super Bowl weekend
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Sterling Sharpe's induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame gives Packers fans something to celebrate. Former Packers wide receiver Sterling Sharpe left his mark on Gree...
Rachel Charniak Feb 10, 2025 A Sterling Sharpe game worn jersey hangs in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. The NFL veteran was selected as a member of the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Anti-Deportation protestors march in downtown Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WLUK) -- Dozens of protestors marched around Hagemesiter Park in Downtown Green Bay on Saturday morning, yielding anti-ICE and pro-immigrant signs. "[We're] against ICE and all the depo...
Rob Sussman Feb 09, 2025 Protestors march in downtown Green Bay Saturday, February 8th, 2025 (Fox 11 Online)

Officials warning sturgeon spearers of major ice crack on Lake Winnebago
CALUMET COUNTY (WLUK) -- A new warning for anglers heading to Lake Winnebago on Sunday for sturgeon spearing as officials say a major crack in the ice has developed, causing 'multiple vehicles' to fal...
Rob Sussman Feb 09, 2025 A sturgeon (file photo)

Snowstorm dumps 6"-10" on Northeast Wisconsin
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- A Saturday Winter Storm brought significant snowfall across Northeast Wisconsin. Snowfall totals varied wildly across the area, with Appleton recording about 6" of snow, Green ...
Rob Sussman Feb 09, 2025

Woman sentenced for selling fentanyl pills near daycare center
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Tatiana Quinones was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for selling fentanyl pills at an east-side daycare center. Quinones, 22, previously pleaded no contest to del...
Rachel Charniak Feb 07, 2025 Tatiana Quinones has been charged with selling fentanyl from a day care in Green Bay. (Photo source: Brown County Jail)

Fourth man sentenced in fatal OD where victim was found on Ripon sidewalk
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Donavyn Mueller was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for his role in a fatal fentanyl overdose, in which the victim was found dead on a Ripon sidewalk. It's the lo...
Rachel Charniak Feb 07, 2025 From left: Michael Manske, Donavyn Mueller, Joseph Schmidt-Rehbein and Maison Springston.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Manitowoc Public School District Board seeks input on next superintendent
MANITOWOC COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Manitowoc Public School District Board of Education is seeking input from parents, staff and the community, as the search begins for the next MPSD superintenden...
Rachel Charniak Feb 07, 2025

Oshkosh middle and high schools now equipped with overdose aid kits
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) -- The middle and high schools in the Oshkosh Area School District are now equipped with overdose aid kits; or OAK boxes. The kits contain Narcan; a lifesaving nasal medication that...
Rachel Charniak Feb 07, 2025 (Fox 11 Online)

