Category Archives: Local

Hot, Dry Weather Impacting Popular Farmer's Markets
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Growing conditions have been so bad that some of the biggest farmers market vendors in our area still haven't been able to show up to any markets this year. A late start to...
Robert Kennedy Jul 14, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Green Bay Police Department Holds Dive Team Training
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Training is an essential part of the job for the police. Thursday morning was the monthly training of a specialized unit that heads out in the water. "As long as you can b...
Rachel Charniak Jul 13, 2023 Green Bay Police Department holds its Dive Team training at Zeller's Ski and Sports on July 13th, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Brown County Encourages Organ, Tissue Donation by Sharing One Family's Story
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Brown County is encouraging its residents to become organ donors by sharing the story of one donor's family. Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach held a press confe...
Rachel Charniak Jul 13, 2023 Missy Rukamp holds a photo of her 15-year-old son Jackson, who donated tissue after he died unexpectedly in 2016, during an event to promote organ and tissue donation in Brown County July 13, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Oshkosh Food Pantry Sees Dramatic Increase In Demand
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- More than one in three families live at or just above the federal poverty level in Winnebago County. After seeing a large increase in families needing help this year, the Os...
Rachel Charniak Jul 13, 2023 Inside the Oshkosh Area Community Pantry located at 2551 Jackson St, July 13, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Oshkosh Man Out on Bond Arrested After Drugs Were in Plain Sight During Traffic Stop
FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- An Oshkosh man out on bond for several felony drug charges is back in jail after a Fond du Lac County deputy said marijuana was in plain sight during a traffic st...
Rachel Charniak Jul 13, 2023 Cocaine found during a traffic stop by the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office July 12, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Convicted Drug Trafficker Arrested after FDL Deputy Finds Cocaine, says Sheriff's Office
FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man out on parole for drug charges was arrested in Fond du Lac County last week after deputies found crack cocaine, cocaine powder and marijuana in his vehicle,...
Rachel Charniak Jul 13, 2023 Some of the cocaine seized during a traffic stop and house search in Fond du Lac and Waupun July 7, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Posing as Owner, Caller Dupes Employee into Stealing Hundreds from Business
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A caller convinced a gas station employee to steal hundreds of dollars from an adjoining restaurant by posing as the business's owner, Marinette County sheriff's officials...
Rachel Charniak Jul 13, 2023

Public Invited to Ribbon-Cutting at New Neenah High School
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The public will get its first look inside the new Neenah High School at a ribbon-cutting ceremony next month. The ceremony is set for 3 p.m. Aug. 16 at the school, 500 Rocket...
Rachel Charniak Jul 13, 2023 A rendering of the main exterior entry for the new Neenah High School building.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Suspect in Deadly Fond du Lac Shooting Ordered to Stand Trial
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Parise Larry, the 14-year-old suspect in a Fond du Lac murder, was ordered Thursday to stand trial. After testimony Thursday by a police detective, Larry was bound over ...
Rachel Charniak Jul 13, 2023 Parise Larry Jr.
PC: Fox 11 Online

WIS 172 Closure in Brown County Called Off Due to Wet Weather Conditions
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A previously scheduled closure of WIS 172 in Brown County has been canceled. WisDOT officials say the weather is too wet for crews to perform necessary construction operat...
Rachel Charniak Jul 13, 2023

