Category Archives: Local
Cheeseheads invited to help decide next Packers FAN Hall of Fame inductee; Voting now open
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Three Northeast Wisconsin residents are among the 10 cheeseheads competing to become part of the Packers FAN Hall of Fame. Finalists were announced Friday in the search fo...
Jan 05, 2026 Generic Green Bay Packers game, Lambeau Field.
PC: Fox 11 Online
2 captains retire from Green Bay Metro Fire Department after combined 52 years of service
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Metro Fire Department is celebrating two retiring captains who have each served the community for more than two and a half decades. According to officials, C...
Jan 05, 2026 Green Bay Metro Fire
Couple donates $20K to Marinette County drone, K9 units that helped find missing husband
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- In October 2024, 76-year-old Norman Hoefert went missing while out on a walk. For three days, Marinette County law enforcement crews and volunteers searched for him, and m...
Jan 05, 2026 A Marinette County Sheriff's squad vehicle. (IMAGE: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)
Wisconsin lawmakers react to Trump's assault on Venezuela, capture of Maduro
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsin lawmakers are sharing their applause and criticism after the early morning strike on Venezuela and the capture of the nation's president, Nicolas Maduro, as ordered by Preside...
Jan 05, 2026 President Donald Trump watches live as U.S. forces assault Venezuela and capture the nation's president, Nicolas Maduro, on Jan. 3, 2026. (Courtesy: Truth Social)
Bond Community Center secures $27,000 grant for youth fitness and toddler tumbling room
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A grant is boosting youth fitness in Oconto. The Bond Community Center is receiving a $27,000 grant from the Leon H. and Clymene M. Bond Foundation Inc. to support the Emplif...
Jan 05, 2026 PC: Fox 11 Online
Diocese of Green Bay begins sainthood path for Adele Brice after Vatican approval
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A woman who reported Marian apparitions in 1859 in Northeast Wisconsin and dedicated her life teaching children the Catholic faith, begins her journey to sainthood. Last m...
Jan 05, 2026 Inside the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion, April 20, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Some wedding barns face closure as new liquor law takes effect in Wisconsin
BLACK CREEK, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A new Wisconsin law that went into effect this year is set to impact those who own and operate what are commonly referred to as wedding barns. "I mean, we got married he...
Jan 05, 2026 2026 could be the last year that wedding barn Cambium Barn in Black Creek operates thanks to a new liquor law that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2026.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Green Bay anti-war group protests U.S. military action in Venezuela
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A couple dozen protesters spent Sunday afternoon at the corner of Webster and Main on Green Bay's east side to voice their opposition to the United States' military action...
Jan 05, 2026 Two dozen come out in Green Bay to protest United States military action against Venezuela and the capture of its president Nicolas Maduro, Jan.4, 2026.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Emplify Health hits baby boom milestone, unveils 2025 top names list
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Emplify Health unveiled the most popular baby names of 2025 while setting a delivery record for the year. Emplify Health by Gundersen welcomed a total of 1,929 babies - a new annual rec...
Jan 02, 2026
Sewer project to close portion of South Adams Street in Green Bay for months
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A portion of a downtown Green Bay road will be closed for months while crews work on a sewer project. South Adams Street will be closed to parking and southbound traffic b...
Jan 02, 2026 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
