Category Archives: Local

Suspect in Green Bay murder pleads not guilty
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - One of the suspects in an August drug deal-related murder pleaded not guilty Tuesday. Nigel White, 22, is charged with being party to first-degree intentional homicide and ...
Rachel Charniak Jan 21, 2025 L-R: Dion Richardson, Elijah White and Nigel White (Photos courtesy: Brown County Jail)

Man sentenced to one year in prison for role in fatal fentanyl overdose in Ripon
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Michael Manske was sentenced to one year in prison for his role in a fatal fentanyl overdose, in which the victim was found dead on a Ripon sidewalk. Manske, 23, was also...
Rachel Charniak Jan 21, 2025 From left: Michael Manske, Donavyn Mueller, Joseph Schmidt-Rehbein and Maison Springston.
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Wied, Grothman applaud Trump inauguration, executive orders; Baldwin wary of his policies
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Despite the freezing temperatures, President Donald Trump's inauguration drew tens of thousands of supporters to Washington, D.C. During one of his several addresses Monday, Trump highl...
Rachel Charniak Jan 21, 2025 Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Green Bay, April 2, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Kewaunee man arrested for 5th OWI offense
KEWAUNEE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man was arrested Sunday night for allegedly operating while intoxicated. Shortly after 8 p.m., a trooper with the Wisconsin State Patrol initiated a traffic stop near Cen...
Rachel Charniak Jan 21, 2025

Townsend bar considered a total loss after early-morning fire
TOWNSEND, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A bar in Townsend has been destroyed by a fire. At approximately 12:35 a.m. Sunday, crews were paged to the Long Branch Saloon on Highway 32 in Townsend. Upon arrival, fire...
Rachel Charniak Jan 21, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Man barricaded in crawl space of Ashwaubenon home taken into custody after police struggle
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Charges are pending against an "incoherent and delusional" man who allegedly barricaded himself inside the crawl space of an Ashwaubenon home before being arrested. The ...
Rachel Charniak Jan 21, 2025

Neenah resident and deputy rescue crash victims from fiery wreck in freezing cold
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Neenah resident and Winnebago County deputy rescued two people from fiery crash in subzero temperatures. Around 9:40 p.m. Monday, officers received a report of a single veh...
Rachel Charniak Jan 21, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online

Chuck Lane, former PR director for Packers, Lombardi dies at age of 82
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Chuck Lane, the former director of public relations for the Packers under Vince Lombardi, has died at the age of 82. The Green Bay Packers confirmed the death on Sunday. According to Cl...
Rachel Charniak Jan 20, 2025 Green Bay Packers

Highways 29, 41 named among 'most-feared' winter drives in US
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two highways that run through Northeast Wisconsin are named in a survey identifying the "most-feared road to drive in winter" in the U.S. According to the survey of 3,000 drivers by Flo...
Rachel Charniak Jan 20, 2025 A truck hauling vehicles blocks the southbound lanes of Interstate 41 in southern Fond du Lac County Feb. 16, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Learn more about this year's I-41 construction impacts at public meetings
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- How will road construction impact people traveling between the Fox Valley and Green Bay this year? Those living and traveling along Interstate 41 can learn more at a series of public me...
Rachel Charniak Jan 20, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online

