Category Archives: Local
Green Bay woman sentenced to prison for supplying drugs used in boyfriend's fatal overdose
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Stacie Girling was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison for supplying the drugs which her boyfriend fatally overdosed on. Girling, 43, previously pleaded no contest ...
Dec 18, 2025 Stacie Girling is sentenced in Brown County court, Dec. 16, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Sturgeon Bay man arrested in Marinette County, accused of 5th OWI offense
MARINETTE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Sturgeon Bay man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly driving drunk. It happened around 8:45 a.m. on State Highway 180 at Twin Island Park in Marinette County. Ac...
Dec 18, 2025
Teen to face trial for role in drowning of 13-year-old allegedly thrown off Marinette pier
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Peyton Carnot was ordered Wednesday to stand trial for allegedly helping toss Jakob Bowerman off a pier, leading to his drowning. Carnot, 16, waived his preliminary hearin...
Dec 18, 2025 Peyton Carnot appears in court, Dec. 17, 2025.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Green Bay Common Council approves $1.3 million contract to lease 2 police drones
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Common Council approved Tuesday night a $1.3 million contract to lease two first responder drones. The goal is to increase efficiency within the Green Bay Po...
Dec 18, 2025 Grand Chute Police have added DFR (Drone as a First Responder) program to the department. The home base docking station is outside the police department's building.
PC: Fox 11 Online
School property taxes see biggest hike since 1992
(WLUK) -- Wisconsinites can soon expect to see a more expensive tax bill. It's a sizeable hike from last year, as a majority of school districts statewide raised their property tax levies. All Wiscons...
Dec 17, 2025 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Multiple states, including Wisconsin, reache settlement with Menards over rebate advertising
MADISON (WLUK) -- You've likely seen the commercials and heard the jingles about Menards' 11% rebates. But Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Wednesday the Eau Claire-based company will pa...
Dec 17, 2025 A Menards store (Fox 11 Online)
Virginia men arrested in Manitowoc County meth bust
MANITOWOC (WLUK) -- Three men from Virginia were busted in Manitowoc with what authorities say was $250,000 worth of meth. Karonn Hamilton, Andre Allen and Corven Jones all appeared in Manitowoc Count...
Dec 17, 2025 Andre Allen, Karonn Hamilton and Corven Jones are suspected of traveling from Virginia to Manitowoc to deliver meth. (Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office)
Morgan Geyser won't fight effort to revoke release privileges after escape
WAUKESHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Wisconsin woman at the center of the infamous 2014 Slenderman Stabbing case who fled from a group home earlier this year won't fight the state's attempt to revoke her r...
Dec 17, 2025 Morgan Geyser arrested in Illinois after fleeing Madison group home (Photo courtesy: Cook County Sheriff's Office)
Five students victims of Oconto Falls teacher, prosecutor says
OCONTO (WLUK) -- There are at least five different students who are sexual assault victims of former Oconto Falls High School staff member Gayle Gander, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Bond was set at $7...
Dec 17, 2025 Gayle Gander (Oconto County Jail)
Elderly man killed in Appleton car vs building crash
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An 82-year-old man is dead after a vehicle collided with a building in Appleton on Tuesday morning. At approximately 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, officers were dispatched to a busin...
Dec 16, 2025 A commercial building in the 800 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue in Appleton after a vehicle crashed into it, Dec. 16, 2025. (Fox 11 Online)
