DENMARK, WI (WTAQ) - A major crash caused a medical helicopter to be called to the scene in Denmark on Thursday.
Authorities were called to the crash on County Road NN and R Kane Lane just after 5 p.m.
According to a tweet from the De Pere Fire Department, the crash caused a vehicle fire.
No other details have been released.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - As we head into 2016, officials with two area Salvation Army organizations say they failed to meet their fundraising goals during their red kettle campaigns.
"Right now, we are looking at about 10 percent down," Steve Miller, the Salvation Army Fox Cities finance director, told FOX 11. "We will keep the campaign going until we raise it, or the end of January."
"As of today, we are about 80 percent of our goal, therefore, we still have $200,000 to raise in the next month," said Maj. Robert Mueller, the coordinator with the Salvation Army of Brown County.
The annual fundraising goal announced by the Salvation Army Fox Cities was $1.2 million, while Brown County set their goal at $1 million.
The next month faces uncertainty for both groups. Mueller and Miller remain hopeful year-end corporate contributions and those looking to donate for tax purposes will help reach their ultimate campaign goals.
The money raised by both Salvation Army organizations goes towards helping tens-of-thousands of people in need throughout Northeast Wisconsin.
OCONTO FALLS, WI (WTAQ) - About 10 homes were evacuated for several hours Friday morning after a gas pipe broke, leaking natural gas into a home.
Oconto Falls Fire Chief Tim Magin says a man returning home from work shortly before 8 a.m. Friday smelled the gas and got his wife and son, who were sleeping upstairs out of the home.
Firefighters arrived at the home, shut off the power, and evacuated neighboring homes.
Gas was cleared from the house, and the leak was quickly repaired, with families allowed to return to their homes by late morning.
The cause of the leak was a pipe that collapsed under the weight of a snowbank.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
Ashwaubenon, WI (WTAQ) - An underage drinking party gets a large police response to a house on S. Ridge Road in Ashwaubenon.
Police responded just after midnight this morning.
Over twenty squad cars on scene including the SWAT team.
Cops used a bullhorn to ask people to come out of a house with their hands up.
Multiple people taken into custody.
Two people booked into jail on outstanding warrants and another on a probation violation.
8 people were issued citations for underage drinking.
Other municipal or criminal charges may be filed upon completion of the investigation.
Officers from Green Bay PD, DePere PD and Brown County Sheriff’s Department assisted Ashwaubenon Public Safety with this incident.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Eight people suffered minor injuries after a fire at a Green Bay apartment complex Sunday morning.
Green Bay Metro Fire crews were called to the Valley Green Apartment Complex, at 1686 Shawano Avenue, at 6:24 a.m.
Upon arrival, firefighters saw heavy smoke coming from the front of the west side complex and flames shooting out of a second floor apartment in the rear of the building.
Crews set up a ladder at the back of the building as people were hanging out of windows. Seven people and a dog were rescued using the ladder. Everyone else inside the building got out safely.
8 people were treated for minor injuries.
There was a 14-year-old and 10-year-old inside the unit where the fire is believed to have been started, according to the Green Bay Metro Fire Dept.
Green Bay Metro's Fire Marshal’s Office is currently working at finding a cause of this fire. Damage is estimated at $200,000.
Ashwaubenon Public Safety, Howard Fire Department, De Pere Fire Department, and County Rescue were called in to assist with this fire. The Red Cross has set up a shelter for displaced residents at Green Bay West High School.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - There was no Hail Mary part two for the Green Bay Packers, as a 38-yard pass with time expiring fell incomplete giving the Minnesota Vikings a 20-13 win and the NFC North Division championship.
A lackluster first half for the Packers offensively turned into a furious push to steal Sunday's game late as quarterback Aaron Rodgers finished 28-of-44 for 291 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 costly interception.
That turnover came with 2:18 left in the game and a 4th-and-goal when Rodgers throw towards wide receiver James Jones was picked off in the end zone by Vikings cornerback Xavier Rhodes.
Jones caught 4 passes for 102 yards, while tight end Richard Rodgers caught 7 balls for 59 yards and the TD.
The NFL's rushing leader, Vikings back Adrian Peterson, ran for 67 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries. Vikings corner Captain Munnerlyn returned an Aaron Rodgers fumble 55 yards for a TD.
With the loss, the Packers (10-6) will travel to Washington to face the NFC East Division Champion Redskins next Sunday.
The Vikings (11-5) will host the Seattle Seahawks next Sunday.
Get a full recap of the game with Mark Daniels and Matt Z on the 5th Quarter, Monday at 5 p.m. exclusively on 1360/97.5 WTAQ News Talk Sports.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A Green Bay man has been convicted of trafficking phony driver's license and Social Security cards.
Jacob Garcia-Urbano entered the guity pleas in federal court court, according to online court records.
Sentencing is scheduled for March 14. He faces up to 25 years in prison.
A search warrant was executed at a west side home in October, where authorities seized printers, identification cards, paper & ink, and cash, according to federal court documents.
Garcia-Urbano told an informant that he could get them fake Wisconsin identification and Social Security card for $450.
Garcia-Urbano, a Mexican resident, also agreed to be deported following the completion of his prison term.
Oshkosh, WI (WTAQ) - A power outage is planned for the early morning hours of Jan. 6 in Oshkosh.
Wisconsin Public Service says the outage is necessary to “complete a voltage conversion project.” The hours are Wednesday from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m.
Here is a list of areas that will be impacted by the outage. If weather prevents completion of the project, it will be moved to Thursday, January 7 from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m.
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Wednesday night's Powerball drawing will have the game's sixth-largest jackpot in history at $400 million.
Nobody won the top prize on Saturday night.
Tickets sold in Janesville, New Berlin, and Abbotsford won the game's third prize of $50,000 each, and more than 40,000 Wisconsin tickets won smaller prizes.
The current jackpot is the biggest since 3 players split a $564 million prize last February.
The pot has been building since November, when a Tennessee player was the last to win a Powerball jackpot at $144 million.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - A state lawmaker wants all types of OWI offenses to be used against a person when setting penalties.
Assembly Republican Andre Jacque of De Pere is preparing a bill to let drunk driving arrests for motor vehicles, boats, and snowmobiles be considered together when determining a person's total number of offenses.
Jacque says he's heard from law enforcement officials who say they want to "level the playing field" for repeat offenses.
Right now, a person can be cited for driving all 3 types of vehicles while drunk -- and because they're considered separately, they are not legally repeat offenses.
Jacque also says his bill would make penalties apply to all types of vehicles, so a person with a license suspension for driving a car while drunk would also have boating and snowmobile privileges cut off.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) - Oshkosh police say two men were arrested Sunday morning in connection with a gas station robbery.
Police say a man went into the Kwik Trip, 2400 S. Washburn Street, around 3:40 a.m. and demanded money.
The suspect fled the scene in a vehicle later identified by officers. It was spotted in the area between Bowen and Mallard Streets.
A 45-year-old Ripon man was taken into custody for robbery, along with bail jumping and an outstanding warrant. A passenger in the vehicle was arrested on an outstanding warrant.
Oshkosh police continues its investigation, however they're not looking for any additional suspects.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A Green Bay apartment building had to be evacuated due to a fire Monday.
The Green Bay Metro Fire Department says unattended cooking caused the fire at Nicolet Apartments, located at 221 Huth Street.
Blankets were distributed to residents while they waited for the fire to be put out. Some residents were also taken from the scene by bus.
"They have a city electrical inspector coming so hopefully they're able to turn on power to some parts of the building at least get a majority of the residents back in sometime today," Green Bay Metro Fire Lt. Nick Craig told FOX 11.
No one was hurt and the damages are estimated to be $125,000.
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ) - Two Gillett High School students charged in connection with spiking their teacher's drink with cleaning solution will stand trial.
In court Monday, 18-year-old Hailey Brock and 17-year-old Gavin Gilbertson were ordered to stand trial by Oconto County Judge Jay Conley. Their arraignment was set for February 11.
Brock confessed to pouring the cleaning solution for a dry-erase board in the drink of Gillett High School staffer Ray Johnson on October 20, according to the criminal complaint. Police say Gilbertson helped, in what both described as a prank.
Johnson went the hospital for treatment and was released the same day.
The teens each face 2 charges: placing foreign object in an edible, and second-degree recklessly endangering safety.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Green Bay police say an argument between a woman's old boyfriend and new boyfriend led to a stabbing.
Authorities say it happened in the 2000 block of Oakwood Drive on Saturday night.
The new boyfriend stabbed the old boyfriend in the back, causing what police say are non-life threatening injuries.
The new boyfriend was arrested on charges of attempted homicide.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - It will take nearly a month before residents of a west side Green Bay apartment complex can return home following a weekend fire.
Fire crews were called Sunday morning to Valley Green Apartments.
According to the Red Cross, volunteers served meals to 31 residents after the fire. Two people spent the night at a Red Cross shelter set up at Green Bay West High School. Everyone else stayed with family or friends.
Red Cross officials say that apartment managers spoke with the displaced residents. They were told some will be able to move in as soon as possible to other buildings where there are vacancies.
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ) - Ashwaubenon Public Safety officials released more information about an underage drinking party on January 1 that led to the arrests of three people.
In a news release Monday, authorities say they were called just before 11 p.m. last Friday to the area of True Lane and Morris Avenue for a report of a possible fight between 20 to 25 people. This led officers to 2080 S. Ridge Road.
APS says that four nights prior, there was a weapons call to the same address where it was reported a 16-year-old boy was held up at gunpoint, beaten with brass knuckles, and robbed of cash. During that incident, it was said that the gun was fired at least twice. Officers gathered information that there was possible gang involvement.
Then on Friday night, officers arrived to find one person dropping a gun while being chased. A K9 found the gun and some ammunition. The dog also smelled illegal drugs, and an officer found drug paraphernalia.
That officer was also told that a person with a gun was monitoring one of the doors to the house.
While the SWAT team was not sent to the scene, one of the team's vehicles was used, along with vehicles from Ashwaubenon and Brown County agencies, to help process suspects.
A 21-year-old man was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon and resisting arrest, an 18-year-old was arrested on a probation/parole violation and a 17-year-old was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon.
Several other people were also given tickets.
The investigation is ongoing.
Kaukauna, WI (WTAQ) - Northbound lanes at I-41 are open again at Wrightstown Road after being closed due to a semi crash.
This is near Kaukauna in Outagamie County.
The Wisconsin State Patrol is investigating...but there's no word yet on injuries or what caused the semi to jack-knife.
SB lanes of I-41 had also experienced back-ups in the same area because of a crash.
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - Some Lawrence University students feel creating an inclusive campus is an issue that needs work.
They recently took part in compiling a list of demands back in November and submitting them to the University's president.
Things like appointing a Chief Diversity officer, expanding the schools's ethnic curriculum, and promoting safety and acceptance in the City of Appleton.
Jamie Gonzalez is the chair of the Committee on Diversity Affairs at Lawrence.
He calls the list a chance a chance to have their voices heard.
University President Mark Burstein spent the Christmas break looking over the demands.
And he found many of those concerns had merit and needed to be addressed.
He sent out an email as classes resume this week that addresses many of the students' concerns, and mentions adding more ethnic studies courses, hiring more diverse faculty and staff, and increasing Diversity Center resources.
Gonzalez is cautiously optimistic.
He says Burstein taking an active role in the discussion gives him the feeling that positive change will happen.
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) - A federal judge has dismissed claims by a Fond du Lac woman that authorities violated her Constitutional rights by keeping her in jail without a hearing for two weeks, and then was never charged.
Tina Ewell immediately appealed Monday's decision to the federal appeals court in Chicago, according to federal court records.
Ewell was arrested, along with her sister, Eve Nance, in connection with the October 2013 murder of Nance's husband, Tim.
Nance was charged for the death - and goes to trial Jan. 19 - but Ewell was never charged.
Ewell sued several city & county officials, including then-District Attorney Eric Toney, and city of Fond du Lac police detectives William Ledger and Matt Bobo.
In the decision Monday, federal Judge Pamela Pepper ruled Toney is entitled to what's known as a "qualified immunity" for his actions in his official capacty, and did not deprive Ewell of any rights.
For detectives Ledger and Bobo, the judge noted the evidence gathered by police to that point.
"While they would not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the plaintiff played some part in concealing the decedent's disappearance and/or death, they are sufficient to provide probable cause for arrest," the decision states, dismissing the claims against them.
In both cases, the judge notes a Fond du Lac County judge signed a probable cause statement ordering Ewell to be held.
Fond du Lac Sheriff Mylan Fink and assistant District Attorney Dennis Krueger were previously dismissed from the case.
SHAWANO, WI (WTAQ) - No one was hurt in an exchange of gunfire Monday night in Shawano.
Police say they were called to the 600 block of W. Richmond Street just after 10 p.m.
Witnesses said a person in a pickup truck drove past a group of people standing on the sidewalk and started firing a rifle at the group.
A person in the group who police say legally owned a handgun fired back, hitting the truck several times as it left the area.
The house behind where the people were standing was hit by a bullet.
No one was hurt.
Police believe the shooting was not random; the people involved were specifically targeted.
There is no threat to the public, according to police.
The driver of the truck, 23-year-old Tony J. Brunker, was arrested.
