Category Archives: Local

Prison Inmate's Murder Trial Postponed for Competency Evaluation
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A competency exam was ordered Friday for a Green Bay Correctional Institution inmate accused of killing another inmate, resulting in his trial being postponed. Joshua Scolm...
Rachel Charniak Nov 10, 2023 Joshua Scolman (PC: Fox 11 Online)

Waupaca High School Threat Deemed Not Credible
WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A potential threat toward Waupaca High School was deemed not credible, police say. At 5:30 a.m. Friday, police were notified of a potential threat made against the high scho...
Rachel Charniak Nov 10, 2023 PC: Fox 11 Online

13 Year Old Boy Involved In ATV Crash Has Died
WITTENBERG, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A teenage boy who was hospitalized with serious injuries after being pinned under an ATV in a crash Tuesday has died. The Shawano County Sheriff's Office announced the 13-...
Robert Kennedy Nov 10, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Demonstrators Demand Shutdown For GBCI
ALLOUEZ, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Dante Cottingham spent over a decade of his life inside the Green Bay Correctional Institution while serving part of his sentence for being party to a homicide. "There is abs...
Robert Kennedy Nov 10, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Milk Suppliers Keeping an Eye on Half-Pint Container Shortage, Local Schools will Get Milk
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Some schools across the country are scrambling to keep milk on the lunch menu after the USDA said there's a shortage of half-pint containers the drink comes in. While the ...
Rachel Charniak Nov 09, 2023 PC: Fox 11 Online

Green Bay Boy with Terminal Cancer Treated to Police, Fire Parade
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- First responders in Brown County joined forces Thursday to fulfill the wish of a young boy from Green Bay who is battling cancer. According to a GoFundMe page, 12-year-old...
Rachel Charniak Nov 09, 2023 First responders in Brown County joined forces to fulfill the wish of a young boy from Green Bay with terminal cancer Nov. 9, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Salvation Army Of Greater Green Bay Kicks Off Red Kettle Campaign
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- With a high cost of living and rising prices for everyday goods, the Salvation Army is seeing a greater need this year. The organization kicked off its 2023 Christmas Ca...
Rachel Charniak Nov 09, 2023 The Salvation Army of Greater Green Bay kicks off 2023 Christmas Campaign.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Municipal Citation for Theft Issued Against Man who Took Replica Lombardi Trophy from Inside the Huddle Taping
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A municipal citation for theft was issued against a Michigan man for taking Donald Driver's copy of the Lombardi Trophy from a sports bar. Thomas Romps, 53, of Houghton, Mi...
Rachel Charniak Nov 09, 2023 Surveillance image of a man suspected of stealing a Super Bowl replica trophy from The Bar -Holmgren Way in Ashwaubenon, September 18, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Excellerate Opens Smart Manufacturing Facility in Little Chute, Boosting Employment Opportunities
LITTLE CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An electrical manufacturer in Little Chute opened its new smart manufacturing facility, opening the door for additional employment opportunities in the area. Excellerat...
Rachel Charniak Nov 09, 2023 Excellerate opens its new facility in Little Chute, November 9, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Giving Cow: Providing Long-Lasting Milk to Wisconsin Families in Need
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A donation of milk is pouring longer shelf life into food pantries in the Fox Valley. Kemps, in partnership with Festival Foods, donated 800,000 shelf-stable Giving Cow mil...
Rachel Charniak Nov 09, 2023 More than 30,000 units of shelf-stable Giving Cow milk was donated to Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin in Appleton from Kemps, November 9, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

