Category Archives: Local

24-Hour Play Festival: Birder Players Presents a Theatrical Extravaganza in De Pere
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ) -- Birder Players in De Pere are warming up and getting ready for the 24-Hour Play Festival. The festival will feature an array of original short plays that are written, rehearsed, ...
Rachel Charniak Aug 03, 2023

Police who Shot Man at Neenah Gas Station Identified as Undercover Drug Officers
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The officers who fatally shot a man in Neenah Wednesday work for the Appleton Police Department and Outagamie County Sheriff's Office. The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office, ...
Rachel Charniak Aug 03, 2023 Neenah police are on scene of a 'critical incident' on S. Commercial Street, August 2, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Local Business Donates Adaptive Wheelchair to Peninsula State Park
FISH CREEK, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Thanks to a donation from local business Kinect M1, Peninsula State Park now has an all-terrain wheelchair available for loan. Peninsula State Park has partnered with Frie...
Rachel Charniak Aug 03, 2023 A local business donated an all-terrain adaptive wheelchair to Peninsula State Park.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Tire Deflation Devices used to Stop Reckless Driver in Calumet County
CALUMET COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Kaukauna man who was out of jail on bond, driving without a valid license and with drug paraphernalia in his vehicle was eventually arrested in northern Calumet Cou...
Rachel Charniak Aug 03, 2023 Calumet County Sheriff's Office (Fox 11 Online)

Facing $18 Million Deficit, UW-Oshkosh to Lay Off Workers
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh will layoff some workers, impose furloughs for others, and make other budget cuts to cope with a projected deficit of up to $18 million, ...
Rachel Charniak Aug 03, 2023

Girl Scout Unleashes Clintonville's First Dog Park
CLINTONVILLE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Tails were wagging at the opening of Clintonville's first dog park. Bucholtz Park held a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday. The dog park is the product of a local Girl ...
Rachel Charniak Aug 03, 2023 Girl Scout Cassidy Rose helped establish Clintonville's first dog park in Bucholtz Park, August 2, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Appleton to Reassess Property Values with Housing Prices Up
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- With property values up nearly 40% in the past four years, Appleton is about to start a citywide revaluation. City officials say assessments were last updated in 2019. Stat...
Rachel Charniak Aug 03, 2023 A home for sale in Appleton, April 19, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Driver Arrested for Suspected OWI After Crashing into Green Bay Building
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A driver accused of crashing into a Green Bay building was arrested on suspicion of OWI, police say. Officers were called to the 900 block of S. Webster Avenue around 5:15...
Rachel Charniak Aug 03, 2023 A vehicle crashed into a building in the 900 block of S. Webster Avenue in Green Bay, August 2, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Trial Set to Determine if 'Halloween killer' Will be Kept in Custody
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A trial to determine if the state will be allowed to keep the "Halloween killer" in custody will start April 16, a court decided Thursday. Gerald Turner, 74, was convicte...
Rachel Charniak Aug 03, 2023 Gerald Turner
PC: Fox 11 Online

Oshkosh Area Humane Society Launches Program to Help Dogs Struggling with Stress
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Animal shelters nationwide are seeing a decrease in adoptions, and the Oshkosh Area Humane Society (OAHS) is no exception. Dog Team Manager Jennifer Ollanketo said in a news ...
Rachel Charniak Aug 03, 2023 Tinkerbell, a dog available for adoption at the Oshkosh Area Humane Society.
PC: Fox 11 Online

