Category Archives: Local

Hot, Dry Conditions Fuel Wausahra County Wildfire
WAUSHARA COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Crews say they have a large wildfire 99% contained, after the flames burned several hundreds of acres and multiple structures in Waushara County. The Wisconsin Depart...
Robert Kennedy Jul 11, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Courthouse Renovation Debate
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Manitowoc County is moving ahead with plans for a major courthouse renovation project despite continued debate over how to pay for the project. Since 1906, the courthouse h...
Robert Kennedy Jul 11, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Door County Cherry Season Is Underway
DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - With anywhere from 8 to 15 million pounds produced each summer, tart cherries are big business in Door County, and the middle of July typically means it's prime picking t...
Robert Kennedy Jul 11, 2023 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK

Lambeau Field Rates High For Marriage Proposals
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Lambeau Field has the hearts of Green Bay Packers fans all over the world, and many seem to think it embodies love as well. Green Bay's Lambeau has been identified as a to...
Rachel Charniak Jul 10, 2023 PC: Fox 11 Online

Fincantieri and NWTC Extend Successful Welding Training Partnership
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding out of Sturgeon Bay and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College are working together to help fulfill the company's need for welders. After se...
Rachel Charniak Jul 10, 2023

New Dairy Select Milk Employees Strike Over Health Care Plan
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Workers at a sour cream production facility in De Pere have gone on strike. Teamsters Local 662 says the dispute is over New Dairy Select Milk employees' health care plan. A...
Rachel Charniak Jul 10, 2023 Teamsters Local 662 strikes over New Dairy Select Milk employees' health care plan July 10, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Green Bay Murder Suspect Enters Insanity Plea for Alabama Murder
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, ALA. (WTAK-WLUK) -- The suspect in a Green Bay homicide and an attack in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has added a so-called insanity plea to capital murder charges in Alabama. Caleb And...
Rachel Charniak Jul 10, 2023 Caleb Anderson
PC: Fox 11 Online

$50,000 Grant to Help Central Park Upgrades in Two Rivers
TWO RIVERS, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The project to upgrade Two Rivers' Central Park is getting a boost from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. The $50,000 grant comes from WEDC's Vibrant Spaces...
Rachel Charniak Jul 10, 2023 Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) logo

Final Preparations Underway for 70th EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- We're officially two weeks away from the world's biggest air show and convention. More than 600,000 people and 10,000 airplanes come to Oshkosh for EAA's AirVenture every ye...
Rachel Charniak Jul 10, 2023 EAA AirVenture continues preparations on July 24, 2022.
PC: Fox 11 Online

Winnebago County Sheriff: Phone Scam Targeting Pediatricians
WINNEBAGO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Attention doctors: A caller posing as a sheriff's deputy demanding payment for missing a court appearance is a scammer. Winnebago County sheriff's officials said th...
Rachel Charniak Jul 10, 2023

