Category Archives: Local

Newly-Expanded Aurora Medical Center - Fond du Lac Announces Opening Date
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A newly-expanded Fond du Lac hospital has set an opening date. Aurora Medical Center - Fond du Lac, located at 210 Wisconsin American Drive, is scheduled to open its doo...
Rachel Charniak Mar 14, 2024 The expansion project at Aurora Medical Center – Fond du Lac is complete, March, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Aurora Health Care)

Appleton Public Library Nears $12 Million Renovation Goal
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Officials say they're close to making their $12 million goal for the renovation and transformation of the Appleton Public Library. So far the Friends of Appleton Public Lib...
Rachel Charniak Mar 14, 2024 Appleton Public Library Jan. 18, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Missing Elijah Vue's Mother and Her Boyfriend Return to Court
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- There is enough evidence against the mother of missing 3-year-old boy Elijah Vue to send her to trial on child neglect charges, a Wisconsin judge ruled Thursday. Katrina B...
Rachel Charniak Mar 14, 2024 Katrina Baur, left, and Jesse Vang appear in Manitowoc County court via video conference Feb. 26, 2024, in connection with the search for Elijah Vue.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Ag Job Fair Comes To Shawano County
MARION, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - With more than 20% of jobs in Shawano County related to agriculture, officials there are looking to tap into talent in the area. Leaders held their first Agriculture Job Fair ...
Robert Kennedy Mar 14, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Wisconsin Gears Up For Spring Primary
BROWN CO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Wisconsin's April 2 election is fast approaching. Since January, people across the country have been casting their ballots in spring primaries and caucuses. With many result...
Robert Kennedy Mar 14, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Elijah Vue Search Continues To Expand
GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - From Fond du Lac and Wisconsin Dells to Green Bay and Outagamie County, dozens of volunteers continue to search for Elijah Vue. The 3-year old boy was reported missing fr...
Robert Kennedy Mar 14, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

DOT Shows Off Major Project For I-41
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is gearing up for a major expansion to Interstate 41. The project looks to turn a 23-mile stretch from Grand Chute to De Pere from ...
Robert Kennedy Mar 14, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Domestic Incident Leads To Standoff, One Fatality
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - One person is dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and another was shot in the face after a standoff at a Sheboygan home Wednesday. Sergeant Andy Kundinger said the Shebo...
Robert Kennedy Mar 14, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Pedestrian Seriously Injured Walking On Oshkosh Sidewalk
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - An 89-year-old suffered "significant injuries" after they were struck by a vehicle Wednesday while walking on a sidewalk. At approximately 1:35 p.m., the Oshkosh Police Depar...
Robert Kennedy Mar 14, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Formal Charges Filed in Armed Robbery of Green Bay Restaurant
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The man suspected of robbing a Green Bay restaurant at gunpoint has been formally charged. Reinaldo Fuentes-Nietzsche, 26, of Bellevue, appeared in court Tuesday, where a ...
Rachel Charniak Mar 13, 2024 Reinaldo Fuentes-Nietzsche is charged with robbing El Ranchito in Green Bay at gunpoint Feb. 17, 2024. (Photo source: Brown County Jail)

