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Appleton nurse practitioner sentenced to federal prison for illegal opioid prescriptions
(WLUK) -- An Appleton nurse practitioner was sentenced to federal prison for unlawfully prescribing opioids to patients and keeping some of the pills for herself. Jessica Friday was sentenced to 16 mo...
Dec 29, 2025 Joe Gratz
Caretaker charged with theft from 91-year-old woman
OCONTO (WLUK) -- A caretaker for a 91-year-old "cognitively impaired" woman faces a theft charge for allegedly stealing and selling items worth more than $30,000, but the suspect says she was given th...
Dec 29, 2025 Svitlana Yelenchuk (Oconto County Jail)
Food pantries say need still great following holiday season
GREEN BAY (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Local food pantries say they're still in need of donations following the holiday season. After Christmas, Darrow guesses food donations to pantries drop by hundreds of pounds....
Dec 28, 2025 Paul's Pantry in Green Bay. (Fox 11 Online)
Packers get run over by Baltimore Ravens
(247NEWSSOURCE) - The Baltimore Ravens are still breathing following a 41-24 win over the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. Packers head coach Matt LaFleur says his team didn't come out flat, they j...
Dec 28, 2025
Winter Storm Warning in effect until 3pm as blizzard-like conditions possible
(WTAQ-WLUK) - A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for all of Northeast Wisconsin as a system capable of dropping over six inches of snow hits the region. The National Weather Service in Green Bay repo...
Dec 27, 2025
Appleton police seeking 'Grinch' who broke into cars on Christmas
APPLETON (WLUK) -- Police are looking for a "Grinch" who stole from vehicles in the early morning hours of Christmas Day. Officers say the thefts happened in the 1300 block of E. Fremont Street. Anyon...
Dec 26, 2025 Appleton Police Department (PHOTO: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)
Former Neenah police officer sentenced to 3 years for child pornography possession
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Former Neenah police officer Owen Halls was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for possession of child pornography. Halls, 23, was convicted of one count of possessi...
Dec 24, 2025 Owen Halls (Neenah Police Department)
Convicted Oshkosh sex offender indicted on new federal child sex offenses
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A convicted sex offender from Oshkosh was indicted last week on four new federal child sex offenses. Dustin Gildemeister, 39, is accused of distributing obscene visual depic...
Dec 24, 2025 PC: Fox 11 Online
Woman pleads not guilty to charges after Appleton officer struck by vehicle in parking lot
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The motorist accused of striking an Appleton police officer with a vehicle while having a blood alcohol level of .218 -- more than twice the legal limit -- pleaded not guil...
Dec 24, 2025 Katrina Kitzman (Photo courtesy: Outagamie County Jail)
Man convicted in Oshkosh fatal hit-and-run
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Drake Dodge was convicted Monday for the hit-and-run crash which killed a pedestrian. Dodge, 22, pleaded no contest to one count of hit and run involving death for the Oct. ...
Dec 24, 2025
