Category Archives: Local

Bay Park Square to Start Updating Signage Next Week: 'Breath of Fresh Air'
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Beginning next week, Bay Park Square is getting a whole new look. Officials announced Thursday the popular Green Bay shopping destination is "enhancing the property" with ...
Rachel Charniak Mar 22, 2024 Bay Park Square

Appleton Man Arrested for 7th OWI after Two-Vehicle Crash in Grand Chute
GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man from Appleton is in custody Thursday for his 7th OWI offense. At 2:45 p.m., a Wisconsin State Patrol Inspector responded to a two-vehicle property damage crash on ...
Rachel Charniak Mar 22, 2024

Minorities Running For More Representation On Green Bay School Board
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Green Bay's seven-person school board will be getting at least two new members over the next few weeks, as two seats are up through election and one by appointment. Leaders...
Robert Kennedy Mar 22, 2024 GBAPSD

Spring Snowfall Could Benefit Northeast Wisconsin Vegetation
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Much of February and March saw unusually warm temperatures throughout Northeast Wisconsin, but as it turns out, Mother Nature still has some winter left up her sleeve. Win...
Rachel Charniak Mar 21, 2024 Budding trees in Appleton, March 20, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Housing Inventory in Northeast Wisconsin Rises yet Remains a Seller's Market
(WTAQ-WLUK) - The number of houses for sale is on the rise, which is good news for those looking to buy. But, despite the increase, it's still a seller's market. One home here, another there, while it...
Rachel Charniak Mar 21, 2024 A home for sale in Appleton, April 19, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Viewing Waterfalls is Popular in Marinette County
MARINETTE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- With 15 different places to explore, Marinette County bills itself as the "Waterfalls Capital" of Wisconsin. Officials say even though there's no snow, as of Thursd...
Rachel Charniak Mar 21, 2024 Veterans Falls near Crivitz in Marinette County.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Used Bookstore to Open in Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- A paw-sitively purr-fect bookstore is getting ready to open. Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary, which rescues, rehabilitates, and finds forever homes for cats with disabilities, is open...
Rachel Charniak Mar 21, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Appleton Police Department Mourns Loss of K9 Faro from 'Devastating Health Condition'
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An active-duty K9 officer with the Appleton Police Department has died. APD announced Thursday the death of K9 Faro, who had to be euthanized "due to a fatal health conditi...
Rachel Charniak Mar 21, 2024 K9 Faro of the Appleton Police Department died March 20, 2024. (Photo courtesy: APD)

Appleton Community Supports Deploying Teacher Through 'Klingberg Challenge'
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Appleton West High School students are honoring one of their teachers as they prepare to deploy overseas. Social studies teacher and captain in the National Guard, Ben Klin...
Rachel Charniak Mar 21, 2024 Appleton West High School held a ceremony and fitness challenge for teacher Ben Klingberg, who will leave for his second deployment in the Middle East this summer, March 21, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Man Pleads Not Guilty in Fatal Fond du Lac County Crash
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man charged with hit and run for allegedly striking a woman who had been thrown from her vehicle in a separate crash moments before pleaded not guilty Thursday. Jatzie...
Rachel Charniak Mar 21, 2024 Jatziel Manuel Pabon Encarnacion (Fond du Lac Co. Jail)

