Category Archives: Local
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos not seeking reelection
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- After 22 years in office, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos calls it a career. The Republican leader made the announcement on the Assembly floor Thursday that he will not seek re-el...
Feb 19, 2026 Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester). (IMAGE: Fox 11 WLUK)
Officials reveal what caused sewer leaks in downtown Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Crews have determined what led to a half dozen sanitary sewer leaks in downtown Green Bay. Last Thursday, an estimated 8,560 gallons of wastewater were released. Of that, ...
Feb 19, 2026 Crews work to stop sanitary sewer leakage in Green Bay Feb. 13, 2026.
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Edison Middle School students stage second walkout in two days
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Students at Edison Middle School in Green Bay staged another anti-ICE walkout Thursday, one day after a walkout ended in damage to several area businesses. In a statement ...
Feb 19, 2026 Students stage an anti-ICE walkout two days in a row at Edison Middle School. Feb. 19, 2026
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Suspect in Manitowoc teen's kidnapping ordered to stand trial
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- One of the suspects charged with kidnapping a Manitowoc girl was ordered Thursday to stand trial. After testimony by a detective at a preliminary hearing, Alexcer Solis Go...
Feb 19, 2026 Alexcer Solis Gomez and Pedro Giron Perez (Carbon County Jail)
Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for Oconto shooting
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Cody Krueger was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for shooting a man in Oconto in 2021. Krueger, 28, was convicted of aggravated battery-intending great bodily harm. ...
Feb 19, 2026 Cody J Krueger
New London kindergarten teacher admits to snorting cocaine in school bathrooms: Complaint
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- New London kindergarten teacher Laurie Laubenstein admitted she snorted cocaine in a school bathroom, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday. Laubenstein, 58, was ...
Feb 19, 2026 PC: Fox 11 Online
Stevens Point cancer survivor named 28th member of Packers FAN Hall of Fame
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A cancer survivor who turned his basement into a Green and Gold shrine is the 28th member of the Packers FAN Hall of Fame. After a nationwide search for this year's greate...
Feb 19, 2026 Patrick Suplicki of Stevens Point was selected the 28th member of the Green Bay Packers FAN Hall of Fame during a ceremony inside the Lambeau Field atrium, February 19, 2026.
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Suspect arrested after Manitowoc shooting near bar
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A suspect was arrested after a shooting near a Manitowoc bar. Around 2:14 a.m. Thursday, officers responded to the area of Replay Bar at 1502 Madison Street, for a report ...
Feb 19, 2026 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
DNR says Lake Winnebago system sturgeon population is healthy
LAKE WINNEBAGO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- As sturgeon spearing season rolls on, many people are finding success. But what is the health of the prehistoric fish? "The sturgeon population still seems to be hove...
Feb 19, 2026 Sturgeon speared on Lake Winnebago near Pipe, February 14, 2023 .
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De Pere Common Council votes not to use taxpayer money to fund renovations at ice arena
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- De Pere will continue operations of its ice arena, but the parks department and its tenants will need to look for private funds and additional revenue sources to make renova...
Feb 19, 2026 De Pere is pursuing renovations on its ice arena, which was built in 1974. Feb. 18, 2026.
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