Category Archives: Local

Drug Bust in Oshkosh Lands 5 Behind Bars
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Five people were arrested in a drug bust in Oshkosh Tuesday. Police say they served a search warrant at a home in the 600 block of Ceape Avenue around 10:30 a.m. A 33-year-o...
Rachel Charniak Oct 15, 2024

WPS Crews Help Light up Tampa after Hurricane Milton
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsin Public Service crew members are hard at work restoring power in Florida after Hurricane Milton. Last week weekend, about 25 WPS workers arrived in Tampa and got right to work....
Rachel Charniak Oct 15, 2024 Wisconsin Public Service crew members work to restore power in the Tampa, Florida area after Hurricane Milton. (Photo courtesy of WPS)

Oconto City Attorney Convicted of Injuring 2 during Target Practice
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Oconto city attorney Frank Calvert is prohibited from owning firearms for a year after he was convicted of slightly injuring two people while target practicing with his rifle...
Rachel Charniak Oct 15, 2024 Oconto city attorney Frank Calvert confers with his lawyer during an Oct. 15, 2024 court appearance in an endangering safety case.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Green Bay Community Invited to Assist in Developing School District's 'Portrait of a Graduate'
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The Green Bay Area Public School District is asking the community to help them shape the future. The Green Bay Area Public School District has been working to develop a Portrai...
Rachel Charniak Oct 15, 2024 GBAPSD

Fall Spawning Run Kicks Off at Besadny Anadromous Fisheries Facility
KEWAUNEE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Fall spawning run and collection is officially underway at a local fishery. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' Besadny Anadromous Fisheries Facility (BAFF) is a...
Rachel Charniak Oct 15, 2024 C.D. Buzz Besadny Anadromous Fisheries Facility, October 12, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Greenleaf Man Receives Sentence for 8th OWI, Concurrent with Prior Case
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Tobin Gilson was sentenced Tuesday to seven years, six months in prison for his 8th operating while intoxicated offense, just five months after he was sentenced for his seve...
Rachel Charniak Oct 15, 2024 Tobin Gilson (Brown Co. Jail)

Driver Convicted of Bicyclist's Death on Marinette Bridge
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Alexis Clark was convicted for the crash which killed a bicyclist on the Interstate Bridge. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 3. Clark, 25, pleaded no contest Monday to hit ...
Rachel Charniak Oct 15, 2024 Alexis N. Clark (Marinette Co. Jail)

Green Bay Brewery Stays Positive after Vehicle Crashes into Building
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A downtown Green Bay brewery is asking customers to pardon the mess while it cleans up after a vehicle crashed into its brewhouse. Copper State Brewing Company on Dousman ...
Rachel Charniak Oct 15, 2024 Copper State Brewing Co. in Green Bay.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Appeals Court won't Intervene in Church of God of Crandon's Closure
CRANDON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A state appeals court upheld a decision allowing a national church organization to close a church in Crandon and sell the property, as well excommunicating the members for op...
Rachel Charniak Oct 15, 2024

Prison Inmate Enters 'Insanity Plea' for Cellmate's Murder
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Jackson Vogel pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect Tuesday for allegedly killing his cellmate at Green Bay Correctional Institution. The...
Rachel Charniak Oct 15, 2024 Jackson Vogel leaves a Brown County courtroom Oct. 15, 2024, after entering an "insanity plea" to charges he killed his cellmate Micah Laureano at Green Bay Correctional Institution.
PC: Fox 11 Online

