Category Archives: Local

Paper Machine Fire Brings Huge Response
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A paper machine fire in a building on Green Bay's east side caused $2,000 in damages Saturday morning. According to the Green Bay Metro Fire Department the fire started around 9...
Robert Kennedy Nov 11, 2024

Woodworking Extravaganza
DENMARK, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - It is day 2 of the largest mixed media woodworking show in Wisconsin. Denmark High School hosts the 41st annual "Artistry in Wood" woodworking show and sale. The Northeastern...
Robert Kennedy Nov 10, 2024 scanrail / Depositphotos.com

Missing Kayaker Mystery Deepens
GREEN LAKE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Ryan Borgwardt appears to have faked his death in Green Lake and left the United States, authorities said in a stunning update Friday. "We do not know where he is. We know...
Robert Kennedy Nov 10, 2024 WMPA Logo

Inclusive Playground Opens At Danz Elementary
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Yet another Green Bay elementary school has opened an ADA compliant playground. On Friday, the City of Green Bay and the Green Bay Area Public School District held a ribbon...
Robert Kennedy Nov 10, 2024 Bill Smith / CC

Green Bay Yachting Club Honors Veterans
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Ahead of Monday's Veterans Day holiday, the Green Bay Yachting Club proudly hosted its annual Veterans Day commemoration tradition. The event is one of Northeast Wisconin's...
Robert Kennedy Nov 10, 2024 Brass flies as veterans fire in salute during Veterans Day ceremony. (WTAQ/Casey Nelson)

Police Continue To Investigate Oshkosh Shooting
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK)-- The Oshkosh Police Department is investigating an early morning shooting that left an 18-year old man with a gunshot wound in his leg. At approximately 4:30 a.m. Saturday mor...
Robert Kennedy Nov 10, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Oshkosh Fire Department Seeks Funds for Training Center
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) -- The Oshkosh Fire Department is seeking funds in the city's 2025 budget to renovate an old Army National Guard building and transform it into a training center. There is already a...
Rachel Charniak Nov 08, 2024 Oshkosh Fire Department (Fox 11 Online)

Man Sentenced for Armed Robbery at Green Bay Restaurant
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Reinaldo Fuentes-Nietzsche was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for the armed robbery at the restaurant where his girlfriend worked, during which $28,500 was stole...
Rachel Charniak Nov 08, 2024 Reinaldo Fuentes-Nietzsche is charged with robbing El Ranchito in Green Bay at gunpoint Feb. 17, 2024. (Photo source: Brown County Jail)

Man Charged in Fond du Lac Attempted Homicide, Pleads Not Guilty, Demands Speedy Trial
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The suspect in an attempted homicide pleaded not guilty Friday. Miguel West, 39, is charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide and possession of a firearm b...
Rachel Charniak Nov 08, 2024

'Healing Hands' Sculpture Honoring Late Surgeon is Dedicated at Bellin Health Facility
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A sculpture paying tribute to a late surgeon was dedicated Thursday outside the Bellin Health Surgery & Specialty Center in Ashwaubenon. Dr. Mark Reinke died in 2013...
Rachel Charniak Nov 08, 2024 A sculpture called "Healing Hands" is dedicated Nov. 7, 2024, outside the Bellin Health Surgery & Specialty Center in Ashwaubenon. It pays tribute to Dr. Mark Reinke, a Bellin surgeon who died of cancer in 2013.
PC: Fox 11 Online

