Category Archives: Local

Fire Damages Green Bay Home
GREEN BAY, WI (WLUK) - All residents of a multi-family home are safe after a fire started in the upper kitchen of their home Saturday evening. The Green Bay Metro Fire Department was called to a fire ...
Rob Sussman Sep 08, 2024 Green Bay Metro Fire Department

Investigation Begins Into Human Remains Found in Manitowoc County
TWO RIVERS, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A community watches and waits for answers as the Manitowoc County Sheriff's office works to investigate the discovery of human skeletal remains and identify who they belo...
Rob Sussman Sep 08, 2024 Two Rivers Police on scene on private property near Camp Manitou in Manitowoc County. (Fox 11 Online)

Nigerian Men Sentenced for Sextortion of Minors, Including U.P. Teen
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two Nigerian men were sentenced Thursday for sexually extorting more than 100 young men and teenage boys across the U.S., including a U.P. teen. Brothers Samuel and Samson Ogoshi pleade...
Rachel Charniak Sep 06, 2024 Jordan DeMay (Photo courtesy of DeMay Family)

UW-Oshkosh Removes Beer Garden Restrictions during Athletic Events
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A year after beer sales returned to some athletic events at UW-Oshkosh, the sales will continue this year - but at the concession stands, not in a restricted beer garden. Las...
Rachel Charniak Sep 06, 2024 People visit the new beer garden at the UW-Oshkosh football game on September 2, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Oshkosh Gets Funds to Build Pedestrian Bridge, Green Bay to Improve Road Safety
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Three Wisconsin communities, including two right here in our backyard, are on the receiving end of $9.2 million in federal funding to boost road safety improvements. Green Bay, Oshkosh ...
Rachel Charniak Sep 06, 2024 PC: Fox 11 Online

Case of Whooping Cough Confirmed at Green Bay Middle School
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A case of whooping cough has been confirmed at a Green Bay school. According to a letter sent to school families and staff, the case was detected at Edison Middle School b...
Rachel Charniak Sep 06, 2024 Edison Middle School in Green Bay, seen May 9, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Gold Cross Ambulance Aims to Boost EMS Education and Readiness with New Training Facility
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Gold Cross Ambulance Service cut the ribbon on its freshly-renovated training center Thursday in Menasha. The new facility was previously Gold Cross's main headquarters, hou...
Rachel Charniak Sep 06, 2024 Gold Cross Ambulance Service unveils its newly-renovated training facility in Menasha, Sept. 5, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Moraine Park Technical College Sees 11% Rise in Enrollment Amid Statewide Decline
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Moraine Park Technical College in Fond du Lac is looking towards a bright future, thanks to continued increasing enrollment. Between 2022 and 2024, the campus saw an inc...
Rachel Charniak Sep 06, 2024 Moraine Park Technical College in Fond du Lac saw an 11% increase in enrollment in the past two years. September 5, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Teen Convicted in Fentanyl OD Death of Man found Lying on Sidewalk in Ripon
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A second suspect has been convicted in the April 2023 fentanyl overdose death of a man in Ripon. Joseph L. Schmidt-Rehbein, 17, pleaded no contest to a count of first-de...
Rachel Charniak Sep 06, 2024 Joseph Schmidt-Rehbein (Fond du Lac Co. Jail)

Oshkosh Officials Seek Public's Help to Identify Lead Water Pipes Within the City
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- City officials need your help to identify water pipes in use that could pose a public health risk. Per mandates from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Wisconsin DN...
Rachel Charniak Sep 06, 2024 PC: Fox 11 Online

