Category Archives: Local

Katrina Baur Releases Statement after Missing Son's Case Turns into a Death Investigation
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- The mother of three-year-old Elijah Vue, whose remains were recently found in Two Rivers, released a statement through her lawyer. Katrina Baur, along with her boyfriend, Jesse Vang, fa...
Rachel Charniak Sep 18, 2024 Elijah Vue, 3, was reported missing from Two Rivers Feb. 20, 2024. (Photo source: Two Rivers Police Dept.)

Police Deem Brillion School Threat Not Credible, Juvenile Questioned
BRILLION, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- All schools in the Brillion district are closed Wednesday after a shooting threat was made online against one of its schools. Police say they have since determined the thre...
Rachel Charniak Sep 18, 2024 Brillion High School, June 20, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Deal In Place To Complete High School Stadium Renovation
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Green Bay's city council signed off Tuesday night on a funding agreement that will allow the stadium bleachers at West High School to be completed. A cellphone tower has be...
Robert Kennedy Sep 18, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Fox Cities NFL Draft Shuttle To Green Bay
FOX VALLEY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - With an estimated 250,000 visitors expected to descend on Titletown for the 2025 NFL Draft, the greater Green Bay population is going to balloon for a short stretch next A...
Robert Kennedy Sep 18, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Georgia-Pacific Shows Off Completed $550M Expansion
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- One of Green Bay's largest employers, officially unveiled its latest expansion to its more than 100-year-old mill on Broadway on Tuesday. Inside the new facility -- paper ...
Rachel Charniak Sep 17, 2024 Georgia-Pacific's Green Bay Broadway Mill expansion.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Green Bay Metro Fire Department Conducts Training for High-Angle Rope Rescues
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Members of the Green Bay Metro Fire Department took part in a training exercise Tuesday, practicing what is known as a "high-angle rope rescue." GBMFD Captain Quincy Koltz...
Rachel Charniak Sep 17, 2024 Green Bay Metro Fire Department

Former Outagamie County HR Director Convicted in Federal Child Porn Case
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Former Outagamie County Human Resources Director Adam Westbrook was convicted in federal court of producing child pornography. Sentencing is Dec. 5, court records show. West...
Rachel Charniak Sep 17, 2024 Adam Westbrook (Photo courtesy Sauk County Jail)

DOJ Seeks Pause in Tyco Lawsuit, Pending Wisconsin Supreme Court Decision
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - With the Wisconsin Supreme Court agreeing to hear a lawsuit about how much power state regulators have to force polluters to cleanup PFAS-contaminated sites, the Dept. of J...
Rachel Charniak Sep 17, 2024 PFAS Advisory Sign, January 4, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Appleton Airport Breaks Ground on Business Park Expansion
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) -- Officials at Appleton International Airport broke ground on a business park expansion on Tuesday, which is designed to fuel growth in aviation related businesses. The first phas...
Rachel Charniak Sep 17, 2024 Groundbreaking on business park expansion project at Appleton International Airport September 17, 2024.
PC: Appleton International Airport

Fond du Lac County Authorities end Dangerous Pursuit, Arrest Woman with Fentanyl Pills
OAKFIELD, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Green Bay woman was arrested after leading authorities on a pursuit in Fond du Lac County with fentanyl pills in the vehicle. Just before 5:30 p.m. Monday, Fond du Lac Co...
Rachel Charniak Sep 17, 2024 Fentanyl pills seized during a pursuit in Fond du Lac County, September 16, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office)

