Category Archives: Local
Satanic Tree Opponents Target Display Sponsors
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Wisconsin Public Service confirms it withdrew its sponsorship of the National Railroad Museum's Festival of Trees after the museum allowed a display by the Satanic Temple o...
Dec 22, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Medical Marijuana Proposal Gains Momentum
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - After years of being unable to pass legislation to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin, a new proposal looks to do just that. "Very similar to what some states do relativ...
Dec 22, 2023 Elsa Olofsson / CC
Garage Blaze Leaves Firefighter Injured
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - One firefighter suffered a minor injury after a Green Bay garage fire caused $40,000 in damage. Crews were called to the 1700 block of Badger Street around 6:45 p.m. Thursd...
Dec 22, 2023
Christmas Miracle For Coleman Man
IRON COUNTY, MI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A Coleman man has made an incredible recovery after a tree fell on him while deer hunting in the U.P., causing a severe injury. On Nov. 17, Ed Mongin, 81, was hunting wit...
Dec 22, 2023 PHOTO: Michigan DNR
Weyauwega Tragedy Brings Attention To Organ Donation
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - There are about 3,000 Wisconsinites currently in need of a life saving organ donation, 85% of those people need a kidney. FOX 11 previously reported about Daniel Gonzalez, ...
Dec 22, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
3 More Northeast Wisconsin Companies Sign Pledge to Use 100% of Fish they Catch
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Three more Northeast Wisconsin companies have signed a pledge to use 100% of the fish they catch. Lindal Fisheries of Sturgeon Bay, Dramm Corp. of Manitowoc and Dan's Fish Inc. of Sturg...
Dec 21, 2023 A journal made with fish leather.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Man Charged with Attacking Mom with a Hammer, Committed to Psychiatric Facility
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A man who attacked his mother with a hammer - but then was found not guilty by reason of mental disease - was committed Thursday to a secure psychiatric facility for at l...
Dec 21, 2023 Aristotle Wurtz
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Appleton West High School Student Wins Congressional App Challenge
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- An Appleton West High School student is being recognized for his creative app. Rep. Mike Gallagher announced high school senior, Owen Hall, the winner of the 2023 Congressional App Chal...
Dec 21, 2023 Rep. Mike Gallagher talks with Appleton West High School student Owen Hall via Zoom after Hall won the Congressional App Challenge. (Image courtesy of Rep. Mike Gallagher's Office)
Winter has Arrived: Science Behind the Winter Solstice, the 'Shortest Day of the Year'
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Thursday at 9:27 p.m. marks the official start of winter. Dec. 21, 2023 is known as the "winter solstice" because it's the day of the year with the shortest amount of daylig...
Dec 21, 2023 The Barlow Planetarium in Menasha.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Fox Valley Furniture Store Owner a 'Major Supplier' of Fentanyl in Area, Informant Tells Police
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The owner of a Grand Chute furniture store allegedly was dealing drugs, including making sales at the store, according to charges filed Thursday. Christopher Turner, 31, wa...
Dec 21, 2023 Christopher Turner has been charged with dealing drugs from his furniture store in Grand Chute.
PC: Fox 11 Online
