Category Archives: Local
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...
Jan 20, 2025 A truck hauling vehicles blocks the southbound lanes of Interstate 41 in southern Fond du Lac County Feb. 16, 2023.
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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...
Jan 20, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online
Proposed Ashwaubenon baseball facility to feature 10 batting cages and pro shop
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A new indoor baseball training facility could be coming to Ashwaubenon under a proposal which will be reviewed Tuesday. A new, 14,464-square-foot building would be constr...
Jan 20, 2025 Rendering of a proposed indoor baseball training facility in Ashwaubenon. (Image courtesy of Boomerang Management)
Waupaca's vending machines offer lifesaving health items with anonymity and convenience
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Waupaca County is looking to create a stronger and healthier community. And now it's the latest county to make health and safety items more readily available -- for free. The...
Jan 19, 2025
Police: WI teen allegedly starts fire at U.S. Representative's office over TikTok ban
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A 19-year-old Menasha man was arrested suspected of starting a fire at an office space leased to U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman. Police say the man admitted to start...
Jan 19, 2025 Damage to space rented by Wisconsin U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman's office after police say a teen admitted to setting a fire over frustrations of a TikTok ban. (Courtesy: Office of Rep. Glenn Grothman).
Manitowoc sex offender sentenced to 25 years for receipt of child pornography
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Robert Nytes, a registered sex offender, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography. The ruling was announced by Senior United States District Judge Wi...
Jan 18, 2025
Cutting back on salt in the winter is key to keeping healthy environment
WISCONSIN (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Salt is one of the most crucial tools we have to make streets and sidewalks safer during the snowy season. But there's a good chance you're using too much of it -- and that sa...
Jan 18, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Experts advise layers and caution to prevent frostbite and hypothermia during cold snap
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Beginning Saturday night, temperatures in Northeast Wisconsin are expected to significantly fall. We'll be seeing single digits, and even dipping below zero at some points...
Jan 17, 2025
Teen convicted in Green Bay shooting
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Freddrick Love-Kennedy was convicted Friday for an east-side shooting which led to school lockdowns. Love-Kennedy, 16, was 15 years old at the time of the April 19 shootin...
Jan 17, 2025 Freddrick Love-Kennedy (Photo courtesy Brown County Jail)
Wisconsin politicians respond to SCOTUS ruling upholding TikTok ban
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Friday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal law that will effectively ban TikTok starting Sunday if it isn't sold by ByteDance, its Chinese owners. The effort has long bee...
Jan 17, 2025 TikTok on the Apple app store Jan. 10, 2023.
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