Category Archives: Local
Sturgeon Spearers Stay Away In Droves
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The numbers from the opening day of sturgeon spearing indicate most people heeded warnings about dangerous ice conditions. 58 sturgeon were harvested between Lake Winnebago a...
Feb 11, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Einstein Project's Community Stem Showcase
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - "The coolest stuff you'll see all year!" That's how the Einstein Project described its first-annual Community STEM Showcase. More than 60 science, technology, engineering a...
Feb 10, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Amid Warnings Of Dangerous Ice, Sturgeon Spearing Season Begins
LAKE WINNEBAGO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Mother Nature has dealt another hit to the sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago. "It's worse than I thought, but last night made the decision. After all that win...
Feb 10, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Rep. Gallagher Will Not Seek Re-election This Fall
WASHINGTON, D. C. (WTAQ-WLUK) - Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher has announced he will not run for re-election this fall in the 8th Congressional District. The 39-year-old Gallagher released the ...
Feb 10, 2024 (IMAGE: Courtesy of the office of Congressman Mike Gallagher)
Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Two Rivers Shooting Death
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Joshua Walcott was sentenced Friday to life in prison - with a chance for parole after 25 years - for shooting and killing Malachi Moore in an argument about who made more ...
Feb 09, 2024 Joshua Walcott (Manitowoc Co. Jail)
Trial Ordered for Suspect in Fatal Hit-and-Run in Fond du Lac County
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 was ordered Friday to stand trial. ...
Feb 09, 2024 Jatziel Manuel Pabon Encarnacion (Fond du Lac Co. Jail)
Sturgeon Spectacular Heats Up Downtown Fond du Lac
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Sturgeon Spectacular is back for another year in Fond du Lac. But there's changes in place because of the unseasonably warm temperatures. All activities scheduled fo...
Feb 09, 2024 Sturgeon Spectacular snow sculptures, Feb. 12, 2023.
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Boys & Girls Clubs Celebrate Black History Month with National STEM Icons Art Contest
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Voting is open in a contest that celebrates young artists and black history. Members of the Boys & Girls Clubs across the U.S. are participating in the 5th annual Blac...
Feb 09, 2024 PC: Fox 11 Online
Man Accused of Child Sexual Assaults at Green Bay Hotel Ordered to Stand Trial
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The man who allegedly sexually assaulted two teenage girls and tried to assault another at a hotel was ordered Friday to stand trial. Mauricio Powless, 18, faces two counts...
Feb 09, 2024 Mauricio Powless has been charged with sexually assaulting two teens and attempting to sexually assault a third child at a Green Bay hotel. (Photo source: Brown County Sheriff's Office)
Appleton Director Runs 40 Miles for her 40th Birthday to Raise Money for STEM Education
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A woman is hitting the pavement all over the Fox Valley on her 40th birthday for a good cause. Ashley Rossmeissl, the STEM education director at the Atlas Science Center in...
Feb 09, 2024 Ashley Rossmeissl, education director for Atlas Science Center in Appleton, is running 40 miles on her 40th birthday to raise money for the center, February 9, 2024.
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