Category Archives: Local

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to Visit Green Bay, Milwaukee Next Week
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A member of President Joe Biden's Cabinet is coming to Wisconsin next week during a tour of the Midwest. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is scheduled to travel to Wisconsin a...
Rachel Charniak Jul 26, 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

One Month After Being Washed Out, County Highway U Intersection in Door County Reopens
TOWN OF CLAY BANKS, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Four weeks after it was split in two during a damaging storm, an intersection in Door County is once again open to traffic. It was back at the end of June when a ...
Rachel Charniak Jul 25, 2024 Storm damage to County Highway U Rosewood Road near Algoma, June 25, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Police Look to Identify Driver, Vehicle that Knocked Child off Bike in Little Chute
LITTLE CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Fox Valley Metro Police Department (FVMPD) is requesting the public's help identifying a vehicle and driver involved in an incident with a child on a bicycle. Polic...
Rachel Charniak Jul 25, 2024 Fox Valley Metro Police Department.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Accessible Zipline Program Allows 99-Year-Old WWII Vet to Check off Bucket List Item
SUAMICO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- For many, flying down a 1,000-foot-long zipline is a big ask. Including for Lewis Harned. "Well, with my eyes shut I think I can do it," says the 99-year-old World War II ve...
Rachel Charniak Jul 25, 2024 99 y/o Lew Harned marked off a big bucket list item thanks to the Adventure Park's Accessible Zipline Program.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Two More Suspects Charged in Brown County Drug Trafficking Bust, Complaints still Sealed
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Two more suspects arrested in connection with a large-scale drug bust were charged Thursday. But, as with the other four people previously charged, the criminal complaints ...
Rachel Charniak Jul 25, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
U.P.'s Enstrom Helicopter Showcases Local Craftsmanship at EAA AirVenture
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Hundreds of thousands of people from dozens of countries descend on Oshkosh every year to celebrate all things aviation at EAA AirVenture. While aircraft and aviators come f...
Rachel Charniak Jul 25, 2024

Man Charged in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Demarcus Hicks faces reckless homicide charges for allegedly providing the fentanyl that killed a woman in May. According to the criminal complaint, police were called to ...
Rachel Charniak Jul 25, 2024 Demarcus Hicks has been charged in connection with a woman's fatal overdose death in Green Bay. (Photo source: Brown County Jail)

Bicyclist Critically Injured in Appleton Hit-and-Run Crash, Suspect in Custody
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A suspect is in custody after a hit-and-run crash in Appleton left one man critically injured. At approximately 11 p.m. Wednesday, the Appleton Police Department was dispat...
Rachel Charniak Jul 25, 2024 Appleton Police Department patch. (PHOTO: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)

Texas Man Killed, Two Others Injured in Fond du Lac County Crash
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A 19-year-old Texas man was killed and two others were injured in a crash Thursday in Fond du Lac County. Around 7:40 a.m., officials received numerous 911 calls reporti...
Rachel Charniak Jul 25, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Last of Lawsuit over Green Bay City Hall Surveillance Microphones Settled
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The remainder of a lawsuit regarding surveillance recordings at Green Bay City Hall has been settled, according to Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu -- with the city p...
Rachel Charniak Jul 25, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

