Category Archives: Local

Secretary Buttigieg Visits Menominee and Manitowoc Ports as Part of Great Lakes Tour
MENOMINEE, Mich. (WTAQ-WLUK) -- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Northeast Wisconsin Tuesday as part of a Great Lakes ports tour. Ports and waterway...
Rachel Charniak Jul 30, 2024 U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks at the Union of Operating Engineers' Wisconsin Operating Engineers Training Center in Coloma April 19, 2022.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Gov. Evers Brown County Stop Highlights Major Agricultural Infrastructure Funding
MORRISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Governor Tony Evers is hitting the road, supporting projects that aim to help farmers. Governor Evers visited the town of Morrison in Brown County Tuesday after it received...
Rachel Charniak Jul 30, 2024 Governor Tony Evers makes a stop in the town of Morrison in Brown County after it received funding from the new Agricultural Roads Improvement Program (ARIP) to fix Hill Road, July 30, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Green Bay Police Debut Electric Cruisers in Move Toward Carbon Neutrality
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Police Department is showing off its new cruisers as part of the city's clean energy investments. The police department recently acquired two new all-electri...
Rachel Charniak Jul 30, 2024 Green Bay police introduced two of its new electric squad vehicles, July 30, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Cellphone Tower Preventing Green Bay West Stadium Renovation from Finishing as Planned
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- High school football season starts in less than a month, but a unique obstacle has created uncertainty where fans will be sitting when a newly renovated stadium in Green B...
Rachel Charniak Jul 30, 2024 A cell phone tower at Green Bay West's Del Marcelle Stadium is preventing the grandstand from extending as designed in a renovation project.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Kiel Area School District Proposes $67 Million Referendum for Renovations and Improvements
KIEL, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Kiel residents will decide this fall whether or not to pass a $67 million dollar referendum. During a special meeting Monday night, the Kiel Area School District's Board of Edu...
Rachel Charniak Jul 30, 2024 Kiel Area School District, May 31, 2022.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Cocaine and 'Magic Mushrooms' Seized During Traffic Stop in Marinette; One Arrested
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- One person is in custody after a traffic stop in Marinette resulted in the seizure of cocaine and psilocybin mushrooms. According to the Marinette County Sheriff's Office,...
Rachel Charniak Jul 30, 2024 Drugs seized in a traffic stop in Marinette, July 26, 2024.

Marinette County Sheriff's Office Mourns the Loss of Retired K9 Rocker
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Marinette County Sheriff's Office is remembering one of its longtime K9 deputies. In a Facebook post Saturday, the Sheriff's Office announced the death of K9 Rocker, who served the ...
Rachel Charniak Jul 30, 2024 Marinette County Sheriff's Office mourns the loss of retired K9 Rocker, July 27, 2024. (Photo courtesy: Marinette County Sheriff's Office)

Drug Bust in Marinette County Nets Two Arrests, 120 Grams of Meth
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two people were arrested and more than 120 grams of methamphetamine was seized during a drug operation last week. Narcotics investigators from the Northeast Tri-County Drug Enforcement ...
Rachel Charniak Jul 30, 2024 120.5 grams of methamphetamine was seized during a drug operation in Marinette County, July 25, 2024. (Photo courtesy: Marinette County Sheriff's Office)

Explore Teaching Careers at Green Bay Schools Job Fair
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Area Public School District is getting ready for the upcoming school year with a job fair. The walk-in job fair is for those looking for full-time, part-time...
Rachel Charniak Jul 30, 2024 Green Bay Area Public School District building. (IMAGE: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)

GO Transit in Oshkosh to Increase Fares, Adjust Routes Starting August
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Oshkosh's GO Transit is changing its fares this week. The public transportation service in the Greater Oshkosh area will implement fare changes effective Aug. 1. Regular one...
Rachel Charniak Jul 30, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

