Category Archives: Local

Expansion Plans For Children's Museum
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Children's Museum of Green Bay has unveiled a major expansion project that will add four new exhibits and double its service capacity. During its "Night at the Museum: ...
Robert Kennedy Sep 22, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Wife of Missing Winnebago County Man Dies Unexpectedly, Search for Man Yielded No Results
TOWN OF UTICA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Officials say the Winnebago County woman who reported her husband missing last week died unexpectedly, and the search for her husband has yielded no results. 65-year-o...
Rachel Charniak Sep 21, 2023 Wayne A. Siems.
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Rise in Mental Health Issues Among Wisconsin Teen Girls
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Wisconsin teens, especially girls, are struggling with their mental health. That's according to data from the CDC. Officials with the Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental ...
Rachel Charniak Sep 21, 2023 PC: Fox 11 Online

De Pere's Mulva Cultural Center Delays Opening Due to Supply Chain Issues
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The opening date for a $95 million cultural center in De Pere has been pushed back. The Mulva Cultural Center on S. Broadway was slated to open in September but due to suppl...
Rachel Charniak Sep 21, 2023 The opening for the Mulva Cultural Center in De Pere has been pushed back due to supply chain issues.
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One Injured after Two Semis Collide in Shawano County
TOWN OF LESSOR, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- One person suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a crash involving two semi tractor-trailers on Highway 47 in Shawano County. Around 7:50 a.m. Thursday, deputi...
Rachel Charniak Sep 21, 2023

Fond du Lac Church To Replace A Closed Warming Shelter
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Salvation Army of Fond du Lac will not be opening its warming shelter this fall. It left some wondering where they may go when the temperatures drop, but a church in...
Rachel Charniak Sep 21, 2023 Holy Family will build their new warming shelter at 73. E 1st Street in Fond du Lac, Sept. 21, 2023.
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Volunteers Unite to Pack 200,000 Pounds of Rice for Wisconsin Families
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A 12-hour volunteering event is making a difference for families in need across the state. Oshkosh Corporation hosted the Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin "Feed the Body, F...
Rachel Charniak Sep 21, 2023 Volunteers from Oshkosh Corporation helped package 200,000 pounds of rice to be distributed to food pantries across the state as part of Feeding American Eastern Wisconsin's Feed the Body, Feed the Soul, September 21, 2023.
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Judge Allows Lawsuit over Delayed Public Defender Appointments to Proceed in Brown County
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A lawsuit seeking to force the state to provide public defender attorneys to suspects within two weeks of being charged will continue, a Brown County judge ruled Thursday. ...
Rachel Charniak Sep 21, 2023 Brown County Judge Thomas Walsh in court virtually on Aug. 7, 2023 discussing the public defenders shortage lawsuit.
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Neighborhood Makeover: Rock the Block Takes Over Doty Island
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Volunteers are rolling up their sleeves for a Neenah neighborhood transformation. The Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity's Rock the Block kicked off its three-day r...
Rachel Charniak Sep 21, 2023 Volunteers of Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity help make home repairs during its Rock the Block event on Doty Island in Neenah, September 21, 2023.
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Erin Brockovich Inspires Women at Green Bay's Power of the Purse Luncheon
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An environmental activist who helped drive one of the largest medical settlement lawsuits in U.S. history, spoke to women in the Green Bay area about making their voices...
Rachel Charniak Sep 21, 2023 Activist Erin Brockovich spoke at the Women’s Fund of Greater Green Bay’s Power of the Purse luncheon at the Resch Expo in Ashwaubenon, September 21, 2023.
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