Category Archives: Local

Kaukauna Votes for Cutting-Edge Water Treatment, Promising Better Quality and Savings
KAUKAUNA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Big changes are coming to Kaukauna's water treatment process. Kaukauna Utilities (KU) Commission voted unanimously on a transformative project that will build state-of-the-...
Rachel Charniak May 29, 2024 PC: Fox 11 Online

Fiery Semi Crash on I-41 in Grand Chute Leads to Interstate Closure
GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- No one was hurt in a fiery semi truck crash on I-41 in Grand Chute. Just before 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, crews responded to the area of I-41 northbound, near Highway 15 for ...
Rachel Charniak May 29, 2024 The scene of a semi-truck crash on I-41 in Grand Chute, May 29, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Grand Chute Police)

Ashwaubenon Prepares For 2025 NFL Draft
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - In just around 11 months, Titletown will welcome hundreds of thousands of football fans for the 2025 NFL Draft, affecting not just Green Bay, but the surrounding communit...
Robert Kennedy May 29, 2024 A display promoting the 2025 NFL Draft is shown at Lambeau Field May 24, 2023.
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More Green Bay Schools To Close Under Long Range Plan
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - After months of meetings, a community committee tasked with changing Green Bay school boundary lines has a final recommendation. More school closures and boundary changes a...
Robert Kennedy May 29, 2024 Print

100 Year-Old D-Day Veteran Celebrated
PULASKI, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- It was a party decades in-the-making. Hundreds of people turned out Tuesday to salute Pulaski area veteran Jack Kraszewski. Jack not only recently turned 100 years old, he's...
Rachel Charniak May 28, 2024 D-Day veteran Jack Kraszewski waves to the crowd during a celebration parade in Pulaski, May 28, 2024.
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First Phase of Pedestrian Safety Construction Project near Lambeau Field Wraps Up
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The first phase of a $1 million project improving pedestrian safety near Lambeau Field and the Titletown district is now complete. Reconstruction of the Lombardi Access ...
Rachel Charniak May 28, 2024

Minority Businesses Being Recruited for 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Green Bay is on the clock and the NFL is looking for local businesses, especially ones owned by minorities, to provide goods and services for the 2025 draft in Green Bay. H...
Rachel Charniak May 28, 2024 The Green Bay Packers host a workshop for minority business owners interested in applying to be vendors for the 2025 NFL Draft.
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Law Enforcement, Good Samaritan Rescue Two after Kayaks Capsize in Rock River
WAUPUN, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Numerous agencies and a good Samaritan worked together to rescue two women whose kayaks capsized in the Rock River over the weekend. Around 7:25 p.m. Saturday, the Fond du La...
Rachel Charniak May 28, 2024 Numerous agencies and a good Samaritan worked together to rescue two women whose kayaks capsized in the Rock River, May 25, 2024. (Photo courtesy: Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office)

Elijah Vue's Mother Is Back In Court
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- No trial date was set Tuesday for the mother of three-year-old Elijah Vue, who has been missing for more than three months. Katrina Baur is charged with being party to chr...
Rachel Charniak May 28, 2024 Elijah Vue, 3, was reported missing from Two Rivers Feb. 20, 2024. (Photo source: Two Rivers Police Dept.)

Driver Hospitalized after Vehicle Crashes into Building on Green Bay's East Side
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A vehicle crashed into a building on Green Bay's east side Tuesday, sending the driver to the hospital. The Green Bay Metro Fire Department responded to the crash around 1...
Rachel Charniak May 28, 2024 An SUV crashed into a building on Green Bay's east side, May 28, 2024. (Photo courtesy: Green Bay Metro Fire Department)

