Category Archives: Local
Man's Mental State Trial in Green Bay Double Murder Delayed until 2025
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The trial to determine if a man who killed two relatives suffered from a mental disease at the time was postponed Monday from this week until Jan. 10, 2025. Oscar Lemus-Fra...
Apr 29, 2024 Oscar Lemus-Franco (PC: Fox 11 Online)
Green Bay Man Pleads Not Guilty, Claiming Self-Defense in West-Side Homicide
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Owen Backus pleaded not guilty Monday to a west-side homicide. Owen Backus, 45, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide for the Dec. 9 murder of Michael Hubbard, ...
Apr 29, 2024 Owen Backus appears via Zoom from the Brown County Jail, Feb. 13, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Woman Convicted for Aiding Felon, Obstructing Police in Ashwaubenon Murder Investigation
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A woman charged in connection with an Ashwaubenon murder was convicted Monday of destroying evidence and obstructing police. Keilana Brunette, 21, was pleaded no contest to...
Apr 29, 2024 Keilana Brunette gets emotional while appearing in court virtually June 27, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Three Northeast Wisconsin Fallen Firefighters to be Honored at National Memorial Weekend
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Three Northeast Wisconsin fallen firefighters will be honored at the 43rd National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend in Maryland. This year's national tribute on May 4-5 in Emmitsbur...
Apr 29, 2024 The flag outside the Vandenbroek town hall flies at half-staff Dec. 29, 2021, in honor of Vandenbroek-Kaukauna firefighter Stephen Smith.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Wisconsin Residents Support Wake Boating Restrictions in Poll
(WTAQ-WLUK) - Participants in the annual poll by the Wisconsin Conservation Congress overwhelming endorsed statewide restrictions on wake boating. Wake boats have special ballast tanks to create large...
Apr 29, 2024 A photo of a wakeboat is held up during a meeting in the Waupaca County town of Farmington March 18, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Community Is Saying Goodbye
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Former teachers and students got the chance to roam the halls Sunday at of two Oshkosh schools. Washington Elementary School and the Merrill Elementary and Middle School will...
Apr 29, 2024
Wisconsin Tech Schools Thriving
FOX VALLEY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - While enrollment in four-year colleges is on the decline, it's a different story for tech schools. Wisconsin's tech school enrollment, this year, is about 284,000 students...
Apr 29, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Slight Improvement Forecast For Green Bay Housing Market
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - If you've recently bought a home, or you're hoping to do so in the near future, you likely already know that it's been a seller's market since the start of the COVID-19 pan...
Apr 29, 2024 A home for sale in Appleton, April 19, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Boy Scouts Work To Help The Hungry
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Boy Scouts of America were working to make a difference in the community on Saturday. Area scouts with the Bay-Lakes Council hosted the 36th annual Scouting-for-Food Dr...
Apr 29, 2024 Members of Green Bay East High School's Student Council planned a drive-up, drop-off food drive benefiting the Eats for East Pantry, Dec. 13, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Brown County Assistant DA Launches Assembly Campaign
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Brown County's assistant district attorney, Democrat Ryan Spaude, has announced his bid for the 89th Assembly district, which covers the west side of Green Bay and Ashwaub...
Apr 28, 2024 Ryan Spaude (Provided)
