Category Archives: Local

Man accused of setting fire to estranged wife's Greenville house, ordered to stand trial
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A man who allegedly sprayed gasoline around the garage and on a door at his estranged wife's home before setting it on fire was ordered Thursday to stand trial. Nicholas Gru...
Rachel Charniak Apr 16, 2026 Nicholas N. Grundman (Outagamie Co. Jail)

More rain expected Friday night as Waupaca County braces amid ongoing flooding
NEW LONDON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Waupaca County officials are bracing for additional rain coming in Friday night while residents are dealing with ongoing flooding issues. Volunteers were seen filling san...
Rachel Charniak Apr 16, 2026 New London prepares for more rain as flood waters continue to rise, April 16, 2026.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Packers sign UW Health as official health care partner
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Madison-based health system is the Green Bay Packers' new official health care partner. The team and UW Health announced a multi-year agreement Thursday morning in Madison...
Rachel Charniak Apr 16, 2026 Generic Green Bay Packers game, Lambeau Field.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Menasha and Fox Cities Habitat for Humanity team up on neighborhood revitalization project
MENASHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A nonprofit organization is partnering with the city of Menasha on a new neighborhood revitalization project. This collaboration between the city and the Greater Fox Cities ...
Rachel Charniak Apr 16, 2026 Greater Fox Cities Habitat for Humanity kicks off Rock the Block 2018 in Little Chute.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Milwaukee murder suspect on 'Wisconsin's Most Wanted' list arrested in Oshkosh
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A wanted man was taken into custody Wednesday in Oshkosh. At approximately 2 p.m., the U.S. Marshals Service Eastern Wisconsin Violent Offender Task Force and Oshkosh Police...
Rachel Charniak Apr 15, 2026 New Oshkosh Police Department badge.

Natural Resources Board endorses rules to monitor, remove round gobies from Lake Winnebago
LAKE WINNEBAGO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- New rules to help monitor and remove round gobies from Lake Winnebago were endorsed Wednesday by the state Natural Resources Board. The goby is an invasive species wh...
Rachel Charniak Apr 15, 2026 A round goby that was recently caught in the Fox River in Neenah is displayed, Sept. 4, 2015.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Allouez schedules special bulk pick-up for flood-affected areas
ALLOUEZ, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- There will be a special bulk pick-up for houses in part of Allouez after flooding left water and sewage in some basements. Village officials say the pickup will be for homes...
Rachel Charniak Apr 15, 2026 Water in a basement in Allouez April 14, 2026.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Manawa trying to keep its wastewater treatment plant from flooding
MANAWA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The city of Manawa is working to prevent its wastewater treatment plant from flooding. On Wednesday, dozens of volunteers helped fill and stack sandbags along the perimeter, ...
Rachel Charniak Apr 15, 2026 Volunteers fill sandbags to try to protect the wastewater treatment plant in Manawa form rising floodwaters April 15, 2026.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Green Bay woman found not guilty by mental disease in hospital shuttle van hijacking
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A woman who hijacked a Green Bay hospital's shuttle van was found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. Jerilyn Soto, 47, was convicted of carjacking Monday, b...
Rachel Charniak Apr 15, 2026 Jerilyn Soto (Photo source: Cook County, Ill. Jail)

Wisconsin cancels Thursday's statewide tornado drill
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- There will be no statewide tornado drill in Wisconsin this year. Wisconsin Emergency Management says it decided to cancel Thursday's drill in light of the severe weather that has impact...
Rachel Charniak Apr 15, 2026 PC: Fox 11 Online

