Category Archives: Local
Fox Valley Preparing for Big Bar Crowds Ahead of New Year's Eve and Packers' Sunday Night Game
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- New Year's Eve is one of heaviest drinking holidays of the year. According to the American Addiction Centers, Americans consume an average of 4.4 alcoholic drinks that nigh...
Dec 29, 2023 Bottles of alcohol. Dec. 28, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Residents Complain of Strong Odor Near Appleton Airport, Officials Blame Airplane De-Icing Chemical
VILLAGE OF GREENVILLE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Planes aren't the only thing taking over the air in Greenville. "I actually had to put a scarf around my nose and my mouth because it smelled so bad. It made m...
Dec 28, 2023 Appleton International Airport (Photo: Fox 11 Online)
Boaters Take to Fox River as Warm Weather Impacts Some Green Bay Businesses
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- With about 1.4 million anglers taking to the lakes and rivers each year, fishing is a tradition around Northeast Wisconsin. With the warmer temperatures, some are still able...
Dec 28, 2023 Fishing boat on the Fox River in De Pere, December 28, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Green Bay Resident Killed in Crash in Manitowoc County; Third Fatal Crash in Four Days
MANITOWOC RAPIDS, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- One person died in a single-vehicle crash in Manitowoc County Thursday afternoon. Just after 1:30 p.m., dispatchers received a report of a crash scene located under...
Dec 28, 2023
Missing Little Chute Woman Found Safe
UPDATE: The woman has been found safe and is back home. ___________ LITTLE CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Fox Valley Metro Police are looking for a missing woman who has a cognitive disability. Pashia Lee, ...
Dec 28, 2023 Pashia Lee (Fox Valley Metro Police Department)
Large Number of Traffic Signs Sawed Off or Stolen in Southern Brown County
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Brown County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a large number of traffic signs had been sawed off or stolen in the southern part of the county. Deputies warn ...
Dec 28, 2023 Brown County Sheriff's Office. (IMAGE: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)
Fox Valley Residents can Repurpose old Christmas Trees for Animals, Fishers and Farmers
FOX CITIES, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- With the holidays behind us, you may be wondering what to do with your Christmas tree. In the Fox Valley, there is no shortage of people looking to take them off your han...
Dec 28, 2023 A goat at Hatch'em Acre nibbles on a Christmas tree. Dec. 27, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Families Want Answers and Changes After Three Inmates Overdose, One Dies at Menominee Tribal Jail
NEOPIT, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Families on the Menominee Indian Reservation are looking for answers after three inmates overdosed Saturday at the Menominee Tribal Jail. One of those overdoses was fatal, an...
Dec 28, 2023 Dyan Crow, Carrie Delabrue and Bob Delabrue speak about their sons, who they say overdosed while being held at the Menominee Indian Tribal Detention Center.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Non-Stop Flights from Green Bay to Popular Florida Destinations Set to Return
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Although Northeast Wisconsin residents have enjoyed record-breaking warmth so far this winter, temperatures in the Sunshine State still have us beat. Traveling there will ...
Dec 28, 2023 Logo for Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Community Gathers in Weyauwega to Mourn Four Siblings Killed in Tragic Wrong-Way Crash
WEYAUWEGA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Daniel, Fabian, Lilian and Daniela Gonzalez will be forever remembered. Four caskets carried their bodies Wednesday, as dozens of people gathered to pay their respects. Fu...
Dec 27, 2023 Kurt Schilling, stepfather to the victims, speaks during the funeral of four of his step children Dec. 27, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
