Category Archives: Local

Man Charged with Stabbing Woman in Appleton
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Formal charges have been filed against a man who allegedly stabbed a woman with a broken smoking pipe in Appleton. Rickey Denson, 57, has been charged with attempted first-...
Rachel Charniak Aug 18, 2023

Lawrence University, Trout Museum Plan Building in Downtown Appleton
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Lawrence University and the Trout Museum of Art are planning a new building in downtown Appleton. The new four-story building is set for the south side of College Avenue be...
Rachel Charniak Aug 18, 2023 PC: Fox 11 Online

Outagamie County Road Project Scheduled To Last 2 Months
HORTONVILLE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A portion of WIS 15 is scheduled to close beginning Monday (Aug. 21) and lasting until November as Outagamie County construction projects continue. The segment of the sta...
Rachel Charniak Aug 18, 2023 Road Work (file photo)

Former Menasha Resident Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Child Porn Distribution
HORTONVILLE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A 24-year-old Hortonville man who pled guilty in May to distribution of child pornography will spend five years behind bars. During an online investigation of a popular p...
Rachel Charniak Aug 18, 2023

Fond du Lac Man Sentenced and Fined for Dual-State Voting Fraud
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Fond du Lac man convicted of election fraud was ordered to spend 15 days in jail and pay a $3,500 fine. Edward Malnar, 75, pled guilty for voting in both Michigan and ...
Rachel Charniak Aug 18, 2023

Cocaine Ring Leader Facing Decades In Prison
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - After a four-day trial, a jury found a Milwaukee man guilty for his part in a massive cocaine distribution ring in Fond du Lac County. Lateef Strong was convicted on Thur...
Robert Kennedy Aug 18, 2023 Some of the cocaine seized during a traffic stop and house search in Fond du Lac and Waupun July 7, 2023.
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Snow Plow Drivers Strut Their Stuff
GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The 33rd annual American Public Works Association (APWA) Snow Plow Road-eo took place Thursday at the Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute. Eric Dundee is one of the committ...
Robert Kennedy Aug 18, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Green Bay Public Pools Overcome Staffing Challenges to Provide Successful Summer Season
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- As the school year approaches and summer starts to wind down, this is the last week most public pools in our area are open. Despite some communities scrambling to find sta...
Rachel Charniak Aug 17, 2023 A lifeguard stands poolside at Resch Aquatic Center in Green Bay. (PHOTO/WTAQ News)

Brown County Adding Downtown Parking While Preventing Gas Station Development
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Brown County is buying a key piece of downtown property, not only for its own use, but to make sure a proposed project doesn't happen. Brown County has a deal in place to ...
Rachel Charniak Aug 17, 2023 The former Bank Mutual site in downtown Green Bay on Monroe Avenue has sat empty for more than five years.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Suspects In International Sextortion Ring Plead Not Guilty
MARQUETTE, MI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The two Nigerian men arraigned on charges of sexually extorting young men and teenage boys across the United States pleaded not guilty on Thursday. 22-year-old Samuel Ogosh...
Rachel Charniak Aug 17, 2023 Jordan DeMay (Photo courtesy of DeMay Family)

