Category Archives: Local
Man asks to withdraw his plea before being sentenced for Oshkosh murder
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- After pleading out to a reduced charge, which eliminated a mandatory life prison term, Daniel Wilson wants to withdraw his plea for a drug deal-related homicide before he ge...
Dec 24, 2025 Daniel Wilson makes an initial appearance virtually in Winnebago County court, July 9, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Packers raise more than $32,000 for Salvation Army
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Packers organization says it raised more than $32,000 for the Salvation Army this holiday season. Three autograph sessions at area businesses raised $12,101,...
Dec 24, 2025 PHOTO: MWC
Ship size limits on St. Lawrence Seaway could impact Marinette Marine's role in new fleet
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - In the wake of President Trump's announcement for a new class of warships for the U.S. Navy, Fincantieri Marinette Marine says it continues to talk with the administration ...
Dec 24, 2025 Fincantieri Marinette Marine.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Wisconsin Eye closure sparks legislative push for state-run public broadcasting
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- After 18 years, Wisconsin Eye, a non-profit public broadcaster, ceased operations after a lapse in private funding. "There's a Joni Mitchell song. 'You don't know what you got 'till it'...
Dec 24, 2025 Wisconsin state capital in Madison.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Council President Brian Johnson won't seek re-election to Green Bay City Council
GREEN BAY (WLUK) - Green Bay City Council President Brian Johnson has decided he will not be running for reelection. Johnson, who is also president and CEO of On Broadway, Inc., has served on the coun...
Dec 23, 2025 Green Bay Council President Brian Johnson (City of Green Bay)
US tells UN it will deprive Venezuela's Maduro, drug cartel of resources
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Dec 23 (Reuters) - The United States told the United Nations on Tuesday it will impose and enforce sanctions "to the maximum extent" to deprive Venezuelan President...
Dec 23, 2025
Packers blow late lead, fall to Bears in OT after Love suffers a concussion
CHICAGO (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Green Bay Packers blew a late lead and fell to the Chicago Bears in overtime Saturday night, 22-16. Packers quarterback Jordan Love left the game with a concussion suffered o...
Dec 20, 2025 GB Packers
Appleton man banned from trading by CFTC after defrauding victims of $2 million
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- In a new order from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, an Appleton man must pay more than $185,000 in restitution to victims he defrauded in a scheme that lasted more than a deca...
Dec 18, 2025
Marinette County drug bust nets six arrests and seizes meth, fentanyl, pills, and firearms
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Six people were arrested in a Marinette County drug bust that seized meth, purple fentanyl and illegal prescription pills. On Dec. 12, the Marinette County Sheriff's Offic...
Dec 18, 2025 Evidence seized during a drug bust in Niagara on December 12, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Marinette County Sheriff's Office)
State drops charges in Bear Creek bank robbery; feds take over case
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - In light of the federal government filing charges against Martin Muniz-Lara for allegedly robbing a Bear Creek bank, state prosecutors dropped the charges against him Thursd...
Dec 18, 2025 Martin Muniz-Lara appears in court Oct. 27, 2025. (Image courtesy Outagamie County courts/Zoom)
