Category Archives: Local

Habitat for Humanity, Fox Valley businesses continue efforts to expand affordable housing
FOX CROSSING, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Fox Crossing family of three was given the keys to their own home Thursday. The hard work of Habitat for Humanity, community partners and dedicated volunteers made it...
Rachel Charniak Jan 09, 2026 Completed home at Habitat for Humanity dedication event in Fox Crossing. January 8, 2026.
PC: Fox 11 Online

More retailers join legal battle over cannabis licenses in Menominee, Michigan
MENOMINEE, Mich. (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The battle over marijuana dispensary licenses in Menominee, Michigan, is getting more complicated. It's been two months since 78% of residents voted to cap the number o...
Rachel Charniak Jan 09, 2026 Puff doorway, Oct. 6, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Strip club near Peshtigo damaged by fire
TOWN OF GROVER, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Fire damaged a business in Marinette County overnight. The Marinette County Sheriff's Office says a fire at the Northpoint Exotic Dance Club, N2085 Vernon Hills Drive...
Rachel Charniak Jan 08, 2026 Emergency tape is seen outside part of the Northpoint Exotic Dance Club in the Marinette County town of Grover Jan. 8, 2026, after a fire.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Two suspects in alleged Virginia-to-Manitowoc drug ring plead not guilty
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Two of the suspects in an alleged Virginia-to-Manitowoc drug ring pleaded not guilty Thursday. Andre Allen waived a preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty to amphetamin...
Rachel Charniak Jan 08, 2026 Andre Allen, Karonn Hamilton and Corven Jones are suspected of traveling from Virginia to Manitowoc to deliver meth. (Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office)

Oshkosh prison inmate dies after fight
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An inmate at Oshkosh Correctional Institution died after police say he assaulted another inmate. Oshkosh police say a physical disturbance involving three inmates happened j...
Rachel Charniak Jan 08, 2026 Oshkosh Correctional Institution. Image courtesy: FOX 11

Preliminary hearings expected to be postponed for Manitowoc kidnapping supsects
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Preliminary hearings are expected to be postponed today, again, for two suspects charged with kidnapping a Manitowoc girl because the state hasn't yet found attorneys for ...
Rachel Charniak Jan 08, 2026 Alexcer Solis Gomez and Pedro Giron Perez (Carbon County Jail)

Green Bay drug ring suspect asks for charges to be dismissed due to lengthy court delays
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- After James Grandberry, a suspect in a major Chicago-to-Green Bay drug ring investigation, sat in jail for more than 14 months without an attorney or a preliminary hearing...
Rachel Charniak Jan 08, 2026 Brown County drug trafficking suspect James Grandberry. (Photo source: Brown County Jail)

Marinette High School principal placed on leave amid law enforcement investigation
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Law enforcement is investigating the principal of Marinette High School. In an email sent to families by Marinette School District Superintendent Corry Lambie, he said Jus...
Rachel Charniak Jan 08, 2026 PC: Fox 11 Online

City of Neenah reaches fundraising goal for Kimberly Point Lighthouse
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The city of Neenah has announced it has reached its fundraising goal of $280,000 for the restoration and preservation of the Kimberly Point Lighthouse. The fundraising campai...
Rachel Charniak Jan 08, 2026 Kimberly Point Lighthouse in Neenah, August 7, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Motions hearing set for boyfriend of Elijah Vue's mother
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A May 18 motions hearing was scheduled Thursday for one of the two people charged in connection with the death of 3-year-old Elijah Vue. Elijah Vue's mother, Katrina Baur,...
Rachel Charniak Jan 08, 2026 Jesse Vang (Photo courtesy Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office)

