Category Archives: Local
Students to decide whether to approve new Turning Point USA chapter at Lawrence University
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A potential Turning Point USA chapter at Lawrence University in Appleton is getting some pushback. "We applied for recognition in November and faced immediate backlash from...
Feb 24, 2026
Man gets 5 years in prison for drive-by shooting in Green Bay
GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- Vance Degeneffe was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for a drive-by shooting in Green Bay. Degeneffe, 19, was convicted of first-degree recklessly endangering safety for th...
Feb 23, 2026 Vance Degeneffe appears in Brown County court Dec. 16, 2025, to enter a plea to charges stemming from a drive-by shooting in Green Bay.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Northeast Wisconsin travel group stuck in Mexico amid cartel violence
PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A travel group of 44 people from Northeast Wisconsin are stuck near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico after the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was killed. The...
Feb 23, 2026 A TSA security checkpoint at Appleton International Airport in Greenville is seen June 16, 2021.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearing ends early Monday, first early close since 2015
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Lake Winnebago's sturgeon spearing season came to a close at 1 p.m. Monday afternoon. It is the first time the season closed early since 2015. Waverly Beach in Menasha's reg...
Feb 23, 2026 Waverly Beach registration station for final day of sturgeon spearing on Lake Winnebago, February 23, 2026.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Retired Appleton police lieutenant dies in house fire
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A former Appleton police lieutenant died in a house fire. Ronnie C. McIntire, 86, passed away at the hospital after he was removed from his North Meade Street home during a...
Feb 23, 2026 The home of a fatal house fire in the 3100 block of North Meade Street in Appleton, February 23, 2026.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Northeast Wisconsin maple syrup season kicks off as temperature swings signal tapping time
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- If you've been thinking about fresh maple syrup to go along with your pancakes, you're in luck, because the season is getting underway in much of Northeast Wisconsin. Jon Ba...
Feb 23, 2026 A record-warm winter of 2023-24 has maple sap running earlier than many producers can remember it ever starting up.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Sturgeon spearing season to end after adult female cap reached Sunday
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Sunday, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports that 36 sturgeon were harvested on the 9th day of the season, hitting the cap for adult female lake sturgeon. The 36 harves...
Feb 23, 2026 Sunday's biggest catch was a 138.1-pound, 80.3-inch female harvested by Trevor Theyerl. (Wisconsin DNR)
Suspect turns himself in after Avenue of Ice sculpture vandalism
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An organization is heartbroken after its sponsored Avenue of Ice sculpture was vandalized over the weekend. Appleton police say the person who allegedly picked up The Cente...
Feb 23, 2026 L-R, Surveillance image of a suspect believed to have vandalized an ice sculpture as part of Avenue of Ice along College Avenue in Appleton, a picture of the destroyed ice sculpture, February 22, 2026. (Photos courtesy of Appleton Police Department andThe Center for Suicide Awareness)
Northeast Wisconsin small business reacts to Supreme Court striking down Trump's tariffs
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- In a 6-3 decision Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs are illegal. Some small businesses in Northeast Wisconsin that have ...
Feb 23, 2026 The GameBoard in Sheboygan. (Photo courtesy: Lynn Potyen)
Green Bay police create 'soft room' to aid trauma-informed care for victims and witnesses
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The role and response of law enforcement is always evolving, and now more than ever, they're involved with trauma-informed care. It's not always easy for victims of or wit...
Feb 23, 2026 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
