Category Archives: Local
Appleton's Challenger Accessible Field to See Improvements, Thanks to NFL Foundation Grant
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Fox Valley Pop Warner Football, Inc. is one of just 15 organizations nationwide to receive a grant from the NFL Foundation, officials announced Tuesday. In total, $3.15 mil...
Nov 20, 2024 The Current Pop Warner Challengers field at Plamann Park. June 28, 2024.
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The Oneida Nation Moves To Preserve Its Culture
HOBART, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - On Tuesday, the tribe held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction on the new Oneida Nation Museum. Officials say the project has been a long time com...
Nov 20, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Appleton Wants Input On Future Projects
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The City of Appleton wants to hear from its residents on the future of their community -- specifically, what residents would like the city to focus on improving. On Tuesday ...
Nov 20, 2024
Juvenile Arrested For Packing Facsimile Firearm
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Officials say criminal charges are being referred against a juvenile who was allegedly walking around Oshkosh with a facsimile firearm, prompting a police response. Around 3:...
Nov 20, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Letters to Judge Pour In Ahead of Sentencing for Weyauwega Crash that Killed 4 Siblings
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- It was 11 months ago that four Waupaca County siblings were killed in a wrong-way drunken driving crash, and later this week, the man convicted in their deaths will learn hi...
Nov 19, 2024 Scott Farmer appears in Waupaca County Court Dec. 26, 2023. (Image courtesy Waupaca County Courts/Zoom)
Texas Man gets 20 Years for Soliciting Explicit Images of Appleton Woman's Children
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Texas man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in federal prison for soliciting sexually explicit images of the children of an Appleton woman. Officials say Bobby E. Matjeka, 43, of San ...
Nov 19, 2024
USDA Invests in Brown County Manure Digester, Calumet County Solar Array Projects
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Millions of dollars in federal funds is aiming to lower energy costs and create jobs in rural Wisconsin communities. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced their invest...
Nov 19, 2024 Abel Dairy Farms Digester.
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Pillars Adult Shelter Offers Variety of Volunteer Roles this Holiday Season
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- As winter weather approaches, many homeless shelters experience increased demand. Pillars adult shelter in Appleton guides people from homelessness to coming home. They pro...
Nov 19, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
How Snow Squall Warnings Aim to Prevent Traffic Crashes
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- As winter approaches, residents may encounter a relatively new type of weather alert: the snow squall warning. The National Weather Service in Green Bay issued its first s...
Nov 19, 2024 Cars damaged by a crushed car port during the Blizzard of April 2018. (Fox 11 Online)
Driver at Large after Multi-County High-Speed Chases in Fond du Lac, Winnebago, Green Lake
ELDORADO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Authorities are still looking for the driver of a vehicle that led law enforcement on high speed chases in three area counties. It started Sunday at 10:35 a.m. when a Fond ...
Nov 19, 2024
