Category Archives: Local

NFL Draft Prep Includes Awareness Of Human Trafficking
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Previous NFL Drafts have shown visitors aren't just traveling to take in the football event, as arrests have been made of people trying to engage in illegal sexual activity...
Robert Kennedy Jan 08, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Public Ice Rinks Are Starting To Open
NE WISCONSIN (WTAQ-WLUK) - Cold weather to start 2025 means some public outdoor ice rinks are starting to open up in Northeast Wisconsin. The city of Kaukauna posted on Facebook Monday that the outdoo...
Robert Kennedy Jan 08, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Traffic Sign Vandalism Prompts Warning
GREEN LAKE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Vandalism to traffic signs in the Green Lake County area is prompting a warning from officials. There has been "a significant amount" of sign vandalism incidents, a...
Robert Kennedy Jan 08, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Vandalism Defaces High Cliff State Park
SHERWOOD, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A natural wonder, millions of years in the making in Wisconsin, has been struck by vandalism. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is now asking for the public's h...
Rachel Charniak Jan 07, 2025 Vandalism found at High Cliff State Park, authorities are asking the public to come forward with tips to locate suspects.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Trial Delayed in Green Bay Correctional Institution Cellmate Murder
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Jackson Vogel's Jan. 27 trial for allegedly killing his cellmate at Green Bay Correctional Institution was postponed Tuesday to allow the defense time to get an expert on ...
Rachel Charniak Jan 07, 2025 Jackson Vogel leaves a Brown County courtroom Oct. 15, 2024, after entering an "insanity plea" to charges he killed his cellmate Micah Laureano at Green Bay Correctional Institution.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Person Involved in Appleton Standoff has Died
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The person involved in an hours-long standoff on Appleton's northeast side Friday has died of a self-inflicted injury sustained during the incident. Police were called to t...
Rachel Charniak Jan 07, 2025 Appleton Police Department patch. (PHOTO: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)

Van Goes Through Ice During Food Delivery on Shawano Lake; Driver Hospitalized, Arrested
TOWN OF WESCOTT, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A van went through the ice on Shawano Lake and after receiving medical attention, the driver was taken into custody. Just after 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, dispatch received ...
Rachel Charniak Jan 07, 2025 A small van went through the ice on the north shore of Shawano Lake in the town of Wescott, January 7, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Shawano County Sheriff's Office)

Illnesses Such as Norovirus, Flu, COVID-19, RSV Circulating in Brown County
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Add norovirus to the list of illnesses circulating in Brown County. The Brown County, De Pere and Oneida Nation health departments said Tuesday that norovirus, COVID-19...
Rachel Charniak Jan 07, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Packers Pro Shop Website Hit by Data Breach
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - There was a data security breach of the Packers Pro Shop website, leading the team to offer credit monitoring and identity theft services. The data breach did not extend to...
Rachel Charniak Jan 07, 2025 Inside Packers Pro Shop, November 24, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Former Oshkosh City Manager takes Job with Neenah Company
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Oshkosh's former city manager has taken a job in the private sector. Mark Rohloff will serve as a manager in the public safety and municipal management division at McMahon, the company ...
Rachel Charniak Jan 07, 2025 Oshkosh City Manger Mark Rohloff explains the new proposed transportation fee. July 9, 2019.
PC: Fox 11 Online

