Category Archives: Local
Impactful Local Nonprofits Awarded $300K+ by City of Green Bay, Federal Programming
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- For more than half a dozen local nonprofits, Friday was a big day. More than $300,000 in total was awarded to them thanks to grants from the city of Green Bay as part of t...
Jul 26, 2024 City of Green Bay
Kaukauna Celebrates Aquatic Center Ribbon Cutting with Sweets and a Duck Hunt
KAUKAUNA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The newly renovated Kaukauna Aquatic Center made a splash for its ribbon cutting. The facility first opened its gates over the Fourth of July weekend. On Friday, it held it...
Jul 26, 2024 The Kaukauna Aquatic Center holds a ribbon cutting ceremony, July 26, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online
7th Suspect Charged in Brown County Drug Bust
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The last of seven suspects arrested in connection with a large-scale drug ring was charged Friday. Felton Currie faces the most charges of any of them --28 -- but, as with...
Jul 26, 2024 Brown County drug trafficking suspect Felton Currie. (Photo source: Brown County Jail)
EAA's KidVenture Celebrates 25 Years of Hands-On Aviation Activities
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Just north of the EAA Aviation Museum lies a special place where kids can play and learn about all things aviation. For 25 years, KidVenture has been offering children of al...
Jul 26, 2024 KidVenture offers children of all ages a chance to participate in hands-on activities during EAA AirVenture, July 25, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Restored Carousel Highlights Symco Thresheree in Waupaca County
WAUPACA COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Restoration is nearly complete on a vintage carnival carousel. The old amusement park ride has a new look, and the project is part of a salute to old farm machinery i...
Jul 26, 2024 Newly-restored carousel at Symco Thresheree, July 25, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in Fond du Lac Drug Deal Turned Deadly Stabbing
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The suspect in a homicide during an argument about a drug deal pleaded not guilty Friday. No trial date was set for Annaka Trudell in connection with the Feb. 13 stabbing...
Jul 26, 2024 Dawson Miller, left, and Annaka Trudell (Photos courtesy Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office)
Driver Pleads Not Guilty in Freedom Fatal Crash with Marijuana in System
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A not guilty plea was entered Friday for a motorist who allegedly had marijuana in his system at the time of a fatal crash. Stephan Reetz, 42, is charged with homicide by us...
Jul 26, 2024 Stephen Reetz (Outagamie Co. Jail)
Green Bay Officials Highlight Dangers of Juvenile Fire Setting after Blaze
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Green Bay house fire that displaced four adults and a child was caused by improper use of smoking materials by a juvenile, the Fire Marshall's office says. Crews were ca...
Jul 26, 2024 Green Bay Metro Fire Department
Manitowoc's School Board Holds Off on Closing Schools, Votes to Close Central Office
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Manitowoc's school board is pumping the brakes on plans to close schools; however, the board has put the district's central office building on the chopping block. Familiar...
Jul 26, 2024
130-Year-Old Shipwreck Discovered in Lake Michigan off the Coast of Algoma
ALGOMA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Underneath the surface of Lake Michigan, off the coast of Algoma, lies a previously held secret. The Margaret Muir, a schooner built in Manitowoc in 1872, sank during a viole...
Jul 26, 2024 The Margaret Muir shipwreck off the coast of Algoma (Photo: Wisconsin Historical Society)
