Category Archives: Local

Inside the new luxury NOVA Apartments complex opening soon in downtown Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A new luxury apartment complex is opening soon in downtown Green Bay. After just over a year of construction work, the NOVA Apartments located on N. Adams Street are neari...
Rachel Charniak Apr 21, 2026 After just over a year of construction work, the NOVA Apartments located on North Adams Street are nearing completion. April 16, 2026.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Additional $3.1M deficit for 2026-27 may force Oshkosh school district to make more cuts
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Three months after cutting 66 jobs, the Oshkosh Area School District is projecting a roughly $3.1 million deficit. The board voted 4-3 in January to eliminate about 44 staff...
Rachel Charniak Apr 21, 2026 (Fox 11 Online)

Flooded Shiocton residents cleared to return home Thursday after evacuation
SHIOCTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Evacuated residents in the flooded village of Shiocton will be able to return to their homes Thursday, officials say. This comes more than a week after residents were order...
Rachel Charniak Apr 21, 2026 Flood waters recede in Shiocton, April 20, 2026.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Sturgeon Bay man pleads not guilty to firing dozens of shots at law enforcement
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Manuel Ponce pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he tried to kill five law enforcement officers in a hail of gunfire. Ponce, 35, faces 14 counts, including five attemp...
Rachel Charniak Apr 21, 2026 Manuel Ponce (Door Co. Jail)

Man charged in Elijah Vue's death wants different trial location or jury from other county
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Prosecutors do not plan to use cadaver dog evidence at trials for the death of three-year-old Elijah Vue, according to a court filing Monday, but oppose one of the suspect...
Rachel Charniak Apr 21, 2026 Jesse Vang (Photo courtesy Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office)

Sturgeon Bay DMV relocating to Cherry Point Mall site on Egg Harbor Road
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Sturgeon Bay DMV is moving. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Sturgeon Bay Customer Service Center is moving down...
Rachel Charniak Apr 21, 2026 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Crews use thermal imaging cameras to locate fire at Sherwood business
VILLAGE OF SHERWOOD, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A business in the village of Sherwood caught fire Monday, but no one was injured. Harrison Fire-Rescue was dispatched shortly after 10 a.m. to a business on Robi...
Rachel Charniak Apr 21, 2026 Harrison Fire Rescue truck.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Thousands of dollars in damage caused at Pioneer Park; neighbors asked to check cameras
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Residents in the area of Pioneer Park are urged to check their home surveillance footage after significant damage was caused over the weekend. According to officials, al...
Rachel Charniak Apr 21, 2026 Pioneer Park was damaged, April 20, 2026. (Photo courtesy: Ashwaubenon Softball)

Bankruptcy court approves Newcap employee pay plan
(WTAQ-WLUK) - A federal bankruptcy court Tuesday approved Newcap's plan to pay its employees, according to court documents. Newcap, which provided a variety of social services to clients, filed for ba...
Rachel Charniak Apr 21, 2026 A Newcap sign outside of its Green Bay office.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Machinery slides into hole, ruptures gas line and forces two-block evacuation in Kewaunee
KEWAUNEE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A number of residents were evacuated from their Kewaunee homes after a piece of machinery slid into a hole and ruptured a gas line. It happened before midnight Monday at Do...
Rachel Charniak Apr 21, 2026 A piece of machinery slipped into a hole and ruptured a gas line in the area ofDodge and Rose Street in Kewaunee, April 20, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Kewaunee Police Department)

