Category Archives: Local

Operation Cinderella Providing Prom Dresses to Students in Need
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ) -- A program through Menasha's Community Clothes Closet is helping many high schoolers get ready for prom. Through Operation Cinderella, the Community Clothes Closet works with scho...
Rachel Charniak Feb 20, 2024 Community Clothes Closet in Menasha on Aug. 2, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

NEW Zoo Giraffes Brave Winter Indoors
SUAMICO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Although temperatures have been mild this winter, it's still too cold for a group of animals to venture outside at the NEW Zoo. Nigel, Zuri and the zoo's newest giraffe, Edd...
Rachel Charniak Feb 20, 2024 Eddie the giraffe arrives to the NEW Zoo from the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, October 11, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Amber Alert Issued for 3-Year-Old Boy Missing from Two Rivers
TWO RIVERS, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An Amber Alert has been activated for a 3-year-old boy who is missing from Two Rivers. Elijah Vue was last seen by his caregiver at 8 a.m. Tuesday at home in the 3900 blo...
Rachel Charniak Feb 20, 2024 A 3-year-old boy named Elijah was reported missing from Two Rivers Feb. 20, 2024. (Photo source: Two Rivers Police Dept.)

City Attorney of Oconto Pleads Not Guilty in Thanksgiving Gunfire Incident
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Oconto City Attorney Frank Calvert pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he recklessly fired his shotgun on Thanksgiving Day while target practicing. Calvert also waived a pre...
Rachel Charniak Feb 20, 2024 Frank Calvert (Oconto Co. Jail)

Man Sentenced for Murdering his Mother and her Husband
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - David Steinmetz was sentenced Tuesday to back-to-back life prison terms, with no chance at parole, for killing his mother and her husband in Oconto County. Steinmetz, 29, prev...
Rachel Charniak Feb 20, 2024 David Steinmetz
PC: Fox 11 Online

Southern Door County School District Selects Kevin Krutzik as New Superintendent
DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Southern Door County School District has selected its next superintendent. Kevin Krutzik will begin his new role on July 1, 2024, replacing Tony Klaubauf who current...
Rachel Charniak Feb 20, 2024 Kevin Krutzik (Photo courtesy of Southern Door County School District)

Shawano County Authorities Request Patience in Atley the Dog Shooting Case
SHAWANO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Authorities say they developed leads in the case of a dog found shot in the face and left for dead in Shawano County. Atley the dog was found near Olsen Road and Coun...
Rachel Charniak Feb 20, 2024 PHOTO: Shawano County Humane Society

Child Pornography Charges filed Against Former Outagamie County HR Director, Records Show
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Child pornography charges were officially filed Tuesday against a former Outagamie County employee, online court records show. Adam Westbrook, who previously served as the...
Rachel Charniak Feb 20, 2024 Adam Westbrook (Photo courtesy Sauk County Jail)

Green Bay Community Prepares To Hear Infamous Interview
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-METRO) - We're all going to get to hear just what Green Bay's now former superintendent said in a radio interview tomorrow (WED). An interview that has generated lots of emotion an...
Robert Kennedy Feb 20, 2024 Green Bay Area Public School District superintendent Claude Tiller and school board president Laura McCoy attend a meeting on October 9, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Green Bay Police Search for Suspect in Armed Robbery at El Ranchito on S. Webster Ave.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Police Department needs the publics help to identify an armed robbery suspect. Officers were dispatched to El Ranchito on S. Webster Ave. just before 4:30 p....
Rachel Charniak Feb 19, 2024 Green Bay Police search for suspect in armed robbery at El Ranchito on S. Webster Ave. (Photo courtesy: Green Bay Police)

