Category Archives: Local
Retirement Wave Hits Green Bay Metro Fire; New Recruits to Fill the Gap
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Green Bay Metro Fire Department has some big shoes to fill. The department is losing hundreds of years of experience as a dozen firefighters retired at the end of 2024....
Jan 03, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Pembine Couple Sentenced to Prison for Years-Long Child Sexual Assaults, Incest
MARINETTE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man and a woman have been sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting a child and incest of a child. Ronald Novak, 56, and Danielle Novak, 45, of Pembine, were co...
Jan 03, 2025 Ronald Novak (Photo courtesy: Wisconsin Department of Corrections)
Father, Son's Deaths in Winnebago County Ruled Murder-Suicide
TOWN OF POYGAN, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The deaths of a father and son in Winnebago County have been ruled a murder-suicide. The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office says autopsy results showed Alexander Davis...
Jan 03, 2025
Fond du Lac County Man to Stand Trial for Alleged Possession of AI-Generated Child Porn
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A man facing charges for allegedly possessing computer-generated child pornography was ordered Friday to stand trial. Meillo Schneider, 20, faces seven counts of possessi...
Jan 03, 2025 Meillo Schneider (Fond du Lac Co. Jail)
Brown County Man Convicted of Shooting at Teens Egging his House, Injuring 1
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Jackson Rego was convicted Friday of firing at two teens, hitting one, because they were egging his house. Rego, 19, pleaded no contest to second-degree reckless injury by ...
Jan 03, 2025 Jackson Rego is accused of shooting at two teens, hitting one, who were egging his house. (Photo source: Brown County Jail)
U.P. Filmmakers Bring 'Green and Gold' to the Big Screen
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- U.P. Brothers Anders and Davin Lindwall are behind the upcoming film "Green and Gold." The brothers partnered with the Packers and Culver's' "Thank you Farmers Project" to bring the mov...
Jan 03, 2025 GB Packers
New Home for Sandi Paws Rescue in Fond du Lac
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) -- A new home for a Fond du Lac non-profit organization. Sandi Paws has helped place thousands of dogs and cats in forever homes since it began about 10 years ago. The foster-ba...
Jan 03, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online
Driver Sentenced to Five Years for Fatal Hit-and-Run on Marinette Bridge
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Alexis Clark was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for the crash which killed a bicyclist on the Interstate Bridge. Clark, 25, previously pleaded no contest to hit a...
Jan 03, 2025 Alexis N. Clark (Marinette Co. Jail)
Green Bay Creator in the Running for $1 Million Doritos Super Bowl ad prize
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Green Bay creator hopes to bag a $1 million in a Doritos Super Bowl commercial contest. Landon Jones was named a top 25 semifinalist in Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest where the ...
Jan 03, 2025 Landon Jones' Doritos Super Bowl commercial submission. (Image courtesy of Doritos Crash the Super Bowl Contest)
Trial Set for Woman Accused of Fatally Stabbing Boyfriend in Appleton
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A Sept. 3 trial date was set Friday for Samantha Krebs, who allegedly fatally stabbed her boyfriend, then told other friends who arrived at his apartment to tell the police ...
Jan 03, 2025 Samantha Krebs (Photo courtesy: Outagamie County Jail)
