Category Archives: Local
Trail-goers, advocates discuss potential upgrades for Brown County's Fox River Trail
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Even on a windy day in January, you can find people walking, running, and biking the nearly 14 mile long Fox River Trail. "We'll go over and use the trail and just go d...
Jan 27, 2025 The Fox River State Trail.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Oneida Nation addresses citizens' concerns about Trump's executive orders, new policies
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Oneida Nation is affirming its nonpartisan stance while also addressing tribal members' concerns about newly enacted policies from the White House. A statement written by Chairman T...
Jan 27, 2025 Oneida Nation Reservation sign.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Woman dead after crashing into tree in Marinette County
WAUSAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A 48-year-old woman died Friday evening after crashing her car into a tree in the town of Wausaukee. According to a release from the Marinette County Sheriff's Office, San...
Jan 27, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Crews battle Fond du Lac duplex fire with unique layout
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two people are without a home after a fire in Fond du Lac. The fire broke out at a duplex on South Bell Street around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. One of the residents suffered bur...
Jan 27, 2025 Duplex fire in Fond du Lac 1-26-25 (COURTESY: Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue)
Appleton ranks as Midwest's 4th-best city to move to for affordability and economy
GREENVILLE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A new report declares Appleton among one of the best Midwest cities to move to this year. ConsumerAffairs compared 100 of the most populous cities in the Midwest region a...
Jan 27, 2025
Winnebago County sirens mistakenly activate, prompting quick fix by emergency management
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Winnebago County sirens are fixed after emergency management says they were incorrectly activated over the weekend. Emergency management says residents may have noticed a different type...
Jan 27, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online
UW-Oshkosh lists former equity and diversity center building for sale
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - UW-Oshkosh has listed for sale the building which used to house the Campus Center for Equity and Diversity. According to the listing on the Universities of Wisconsin real est...
Jan 27, 2025 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Sept. 19, 2019.
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High-speed chase across Wisconsin counties ends with three arrests and cocaine seizure
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A high-speed pursuit across three Northeast Wisconsin counties yielded the arrest of three people from out of state and the seizure of cocaine. Just before 5 p.m. Sunday, the Fond du La...
Jan 27, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Waupaca protestors demonstrate against Thedacare maternity ward closure
WAUPACA, WI (WLUK) -- Protestors gathered Friday in a push to save ThedaCare Medical Center-Waupaca's maternity care services, but the hospital still appears ready to proceed with the closure. There's...
Jan 25, 2025 Picketers hold signs outside ThedaCare's corporate offices in Neenah Jan. 24, 2025, protesting the health care system's decision to end labor and delivery services at its Waupaca hospital. (Fox 11 Online)
Coast Guard to close southern Green Bay for the season
GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- The shipping season has come to a close on Green Bay. The U.S. Coast Guard says the southern bay will close to commercial vessel traffic beginning on Saturday. The closure covers a...
Jan 24, 2025 U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay enters Fox River in Green Bay, January 3, 2018.
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