Category Archives: Local

Snow Storm Response Is Large And Small
FOX VALLEY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Though it took a bit longer than usual, Northeast Wisconsin's first snow storm of the season has arrived. "Thank God that it hasn't happened before," Susie Morrison of App...
Robert Kennedy Jan 10, 2024

Neighborhoods in Green Bay Undergo Dementia Friendly Initiative
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Two Green Bay area neighborhoods are about to see a change after a grant from United Way. The Navarino neighborhood and downtown Green Bay will benefit from the effects of the ...
Rachel Charniak Jan 09, 2024

Door County Sheriff's Office Seeks Video Footage after String of Vehicle Break-Ins
DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A series of vehicle break-ins has prompted the Door County Sheriff's Office to request public assistance. Between approximately 9 p.m. and midnight Monday, deputies were...
Rachel Charniak Jan 09, 2024 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Suspect in Crash that Killed 4 Siblings Apologizes
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Scott Farmer, the suspect in a drunken driving crash which killed four siblings, apologized to the victims' family in court Tuesday. Farmer, 47, has been charged with six co...
Rachel Charniak Jan 09, 2024 Scott Farmer appears in Waupaca County Court Dec. 26, 2023. (Image courtesy Waupaca County Courts/Zoom)

Shiocton-Bovina Disbanding Ambulance Services
SHIOCTON, WI (WTAQ) -- Shiocton-Bovina is disbanding its ambulance services; and Gold Cross is taking over. Shiocton-Bovina EMS used to have between 5-7 Advanced EMTs, but as a result of changes in th...
Rachel Charniak Jan 09, 2024 Gold Cross Ambulance Service is offering new EMS training program in 2023, January 10, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Outagamie County Investigating Death of 2-Year-Old
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) -- The death of a 2-year-old child is under investigation, the Outagamie County Sheriff's Office says. On Saturday around 9:30 a.m., deputies responded to a residence on Li...
Rachel Charniak Jan 09, 2024 (Fox 11 Online)

Driver Suspected of Hitting Women on Road in Fond du Lac County Appears in Court
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A driver who may have been intoxicated, according to prosecutors -- and was arrested after allegedly striking two women lying on the road after a rollover crash -- appea...
Rachel Charniak Jan 09, 2024 Jatziel Encarnacion, left, appears with his attorney in court via video conference from the Fond du Lac County Jail Jan. 9, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Search Begins for New Marinette County Judge
MARINETTE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Marinette County is in search for a new judge. The vacancy is being created by Marinette County Circuit Court Judge Jane M. Sequin who will resign from the position...
Rachel Charniak Jan 09, 2024

Second Defendant Responds to Bonfire Explosion Lawsuit, Denies Responsibility
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A second defendant named in a civil lawsuit filed in connection with a bonfire explosion near Pulaski admits he was there, but denied any responsibility for the explosion a...
Rachel Charniak Jan 09, 2024 Samuel Armstrong leaves a Shawano County courtroom after a hearing Dec. 6, 2023, on charges he rolled a barrel with fuel onto a bonfire near Pulaski, causing an explosion.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Defense Maintains Mental Disease Plea in Manitowoc Stabbing Case Despite Psych Report
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A psychiatric report does not support a plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect for a stabbing suspect, but the defense is keeping that plea - at least for...
Rachel Charniak Jan 09, 2024 Ryan King appears before Manitowoc County court via Zoom, January 9, 2024. (Manitowoc Co. court/Zoom)

