Category Archives: Local

TitletownTech Invests in Realta Fusion to Drive Clean Energy Solutions in Wisconsin
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- TitletownTech is investing in a Wisconsin-based clean energy company. Realta Fusion is a startup pioneering clean, scalable fusion energy solutions to power AI-driven in...
Rachel Charniak Dec 04, 2024 A view inside TitletownTech in Ashwaubenon April 23, 2019.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Fatal Fire In Door County Under Investigation
NASEWAUPEE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A person is dead after an early morning house fire in Door County. Officials say the fire broke out around 2 a.m. Wednesday in the town of Nasewaupee near Sturgeon Bay. Th...
Robert Kennedy Dec 04, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Search Continues For Missing Brown County Man
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Brown County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help in locating a missing/endangered man. Authorities say 37-year-old Benjamin Berendsen was last seen on Tue...
Robert Kennedy Dec 04, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of Brown County Sheriff's Office

Bracing For An NFL Draft Parking Jam
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Organizers of next year's NFL Draft in Green Bay are calling on the community to provide parking for the hundreds of thousands of people coming here for the three-day event...
Robert Kennedy Dec 04, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

UW Oshkosh May Outsource Bookstore, Students Don't Like It
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The bookstore at UW Oshkosh is one of three in the Universities of Wisconsin system that aren't outsourced to a third party. However, that may soon change, based on a recent ...
Robert Kennedy Dec 04, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

First Look Inside Appleton's Sandy Slope Elementary School
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Appleton Area School District's new elementary school is getting closer to completion, and now we're getting an inside look at the new building. Hoffman Planning, Design...
Rachel Charniak Dec 03, 2024 Inside look at Sandy Slope Elementary School in Appleton.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Police Confirm Jacob Baer's Death Was Accidental
TWO RIVERS, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Two Rivers Police say the death of 7-year old Jacob Baer was a tragic accident, as authorities offering more details about what happened late Saturday afternoon. It was ju...
Rachel Charniak Dec 03, 2024

Public Meeting to Discuss Changes to Highway 47/A Intersections in Outagamie County
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Drivers can learn more about planned road construction between Appleton and Black Creek at a virtual meeting next week. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says changes are comin...
Rachel Charniak Dec 03, 2024

Dead Man's Appeal for Wife's Cold Case Door County Murder Rejected by Judge
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A dead man's appeal to overturn his conviction for the 1975 murder of his wife was denied Tuesday. Richard Pierce was convicted in April 2022 for the death of Carol Jean...
Rachel Charniak Dec 03, 2024 Richard Pierce (Booking Photo)

Construction Advances at ThedaCare's $35M Health Campus in Fond du Lac
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Construction work is progressing at the new ThedaCare health campus in Fond du Lac. The project at 755 W. Johnson Street broke ground in February. ThedaCare Medical Cent...
Rachel Charniak Dec 03, 2024 Construction work is progressing at the new ThedaCare health campus in Fond du Lac, December 2024. (Photo courtesy of ThedaCare)

