APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - We're learning more details about Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine's visit to Appleton on Tuesday.
The campaign website says Kaine will speak at the Warch Campus Center at Lawrence University.
Doors to the event will open at 12:15 p.m., with the event to start at 2:15 p.m.
If you would like to attend, campaign officials ask you to RSVP here.
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - A home in Appleton was heavily damaged by a chimney fire overnight.
Fire officials were called to the home in the 1600 block of Hillcrest Drive around 1 a.m. Sunday.
Three adults and 2 children who were sleeping at the time got out safely thanks to working smoke detectors.
Crews extinguished the fire coming through the roof quickly upon arrival.
The Appleton Police Department, Grand Chute Fire Department, Gold Cross Ambulance, and We Energies Gas and Electrical Divisions also assisted at the scene.
The fire is still under investigation.
TOWN OF LIND, WI (WTAQ) - One person has been flown to a hospital following a rollover crash in Waupaca County.
Sheriff's deputies were called to a crash on County Highway E in the Town of Lind at 12:28 a.m. Saturday.
The victim was thrown from the vehicle, officials say. No other information about the driver has been released.
The crash is still under investigation.
LADYSMITH, WI (WTAQ) - Authorities in northwestern Wisconsin say they have arrested 43 year old Doug Nitek, a suspect in the shooting of a western Wisconsin sheriff's deputy.
Nitek was arrested at 10:18 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 30. Deputies used the Eau Claire County Regional Robot to search a residence at the scene of the incident, where they were shot at once before Nitek surrendered.
This all started late Saturday, when deputies were called out just before 11 p.m.
Rusk County Sheriff's Department deputy, Dan Glaze responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle south of Ladysmith.
The deputy told dispatch he had found the vehicle in a field.
Sheriff Jeff Wallace says dispatch then lost contact with Glaze, and when area law enforcement arrived a short time later, they found the deputy had been shot and killed.
Nitek currently awaits formal charges at an area jail.
ATLANTA, GA (WTAQ) - Matt Ryan tossed the game-winning touchdown pass to Mohamed Sanu with just 31 seconds in the game to lift the Atlanta Falcons over the Green Bay Packers, 33-32 in Atlanta Sunday.
Aaron Rodgers threw for 246 yards, 4 touchdowns, and also led the team in rushing with 60 yards.
The loss drops the Packers to 4-and-3 on the year.
The Packers return home next Sunday to host the Indianapolis Colts.
Within the division, The Detroit Lions lost to fall to 4 & $ on the season.
The 1st place Minnesota Vikings will take on the last place Chicago Bears tonight.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - With colder temperatures on the way homeless shelters, like St John's in Green Bay, are preparing to open their doors for the season.
For those who are trying to make ends meet like Charles Cook of Green Bay, the St. John's homeless shelter is a place of refuge. he spoke to WLUK.
"I'm trying to get back my feet, helps when I'm looking for work, and I know I have a meal, somewhere to go"
The shelter opens for the season on Tuesday-- November 1st.
Staff members have been putting the final touches on the center, as they prepare to welcome the first round of guests.
Cook says the shelter has become more than a temporary solution, "Since I've met these guys it's been different, I usually I don't like staying places like these, but they given me a lot of help to keep me sober."
Alexa Wood is the Executive Director of Micah Center, a year-round resource center for the homeless that works with St. John's.
"Kind of the basic tangible needs to move forward, and just feel cared for"
Wood says each year the need only continues to grow, and she expects this year to be no different.
"Last year we were in overflow 122 of our 189 days. It was a really big year, were anticipating that certainly again"
St John's shelter stays opens each night through the end of March.
BELLEVUE, WI (WTAQ) - Crews were called to an apartment fire in Bellevue.
The fire took place in the 1800 block of Verlin Road just before 5:00 a.m. Monday.
Officials say the fire started in the kitchen of one of the apartments.
The fire was quickly put out by the resident and fire crews.
Other residents were evacuated, but were able to return to their homes shortly after the incident.
No injuries were reported.
Officials say the damage inside the apartment was minimal.
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ) - Officials say seventeen people were hospitalized Monday morning for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning in Manitowoc.
Officials were called around 9:15 a.m. to the 1200 block of Washington Street. A person who lives there in a second-floor apartment reported that people were sick. 10 of the people hospitalized were in apartments above a business, while the other seven were in a cafe on the first-floor.
4 of the victims were taken to Milwaukee for more intensive treatment. It's unclear where the carbon monoxide leak came from.
Emergency crews from Two Rivers and Mishicot helped out in the response. Some of the buildings on the block were closed, but could reopen later Monday.
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas produced when fossil fuels are burned, according to the CDC's website. Carbon monoxide poisoning can be deadly.
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ) - De Pere High School was on lockdown for a brief time Monday morning following a fight between students in a gym class.
The incident started on the football field, then spilled out into the parking lot and onto Merrill Street, according to De Pere Unified School District Superintendent Ben Villarruel.
Other students were brought inside and the lockdown was initiated.
De Pere police arrived and the altercation ended.
No word on what led up to the fight, or if any students were arrested.
Stay tuned to WTAQ on air and online for the latest on this story.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Green Bay Police are investigating a stabbing incident that happened just before 8 p.m. Sunday.
It happened at the corner of Mather and Broadway on the city's west side.
When police arrived, several people were in the street fighting.
One man was stabbed and another male fled on foot.
Police say friends of the victim tried to hold the suspect until police arrived.
A further fight broke out and the victim's mother received injuries to her left hand.
Captain Kevin Warych says they now have the suspect in custody.
"The suspect is currently in the Brown County Jail being held on a probation hold and charges coming from the disturbance are forthcoming."
The stabbing victim received non-life threatening injuries.
Officials say the investigation is still early and are trying to determine a motive.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A judge in Brown County and the attorney for a county juvenile court employee facing drug charges have removed themselves from the case on Monday.
47-year-old Dale Leonard was in court for his arraignment on five counts, including two of manufacturing and delivery of amphetamine.
Judge John Zakowski recused himself from the case. Leonard's attorney, according to court records, also withdrew.
While a new judge has not been assigned, the case could see a judge from outside Brown County take the case.
According to the criminal complaint, Leonard sold meth multiple times out of his home to undercover investigators.
Brown County officials say Leonard is currently on unpaid administrative leave.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - After trading for him just two weeks ago, the Green Bay Packers have cut running back Knile Davis.
The move was announced by Packers Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director of Football Operations Ted Thompson on Monday.
Davis carried the ball just 5 times for 5 yards, while catching the ball twice for 4 yards in 2 games with the Packers.
Green Bay acquired the 25-year-old Davis from Kansas City for a conditional late-round draft pick.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Former U.S. Senator Herb Kohl is the latest politician reacting to the renewed FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails.
"I'm disappointed, I don't think it's fair," Kohl (D-Wisconsin) said when asked about the controversy on Monday. "He (FBI Director James Comey) brings up a renewal of an investigation that was closed last summer, while at the same time offering no facts about why he's doing it. That's deeply unsettling and troubling in a democracy."
Kohl, who made an appearance at Democratic of Brown County headquarters in Green Bay, called Comey's decision "unprecedented".
"I think the American people have always felt that, at some level, politics needs to be fair and I do believe that he's gone beyond that proposition in what he did," said Kohl.
Comey's letter last Friday notified members of Congress that the FBI had discovered new emails apparently pertinent to the Clinton server probe. It came during a separate investigation into former Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-New York), who is the estranged husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin.
Despite the news coming 11 days before Election Day, Kohl isn't sure what kind of impact it will have on voters who will cast a ballot on November 8.
"I would like to hope that people, either pro or con, have made up their mind," Kohl said.
According to a RealClearPolitics aggregate poll (with a range of October 20 to October 30), Clinton holds a 3.1 point advantage (48.0-44.9) over Trump.
Kohl did formally endorse Clinton, along with Democratic candidate in the 8th Congressional District Thomas Nelson. Nelson, the Outagamie County Executive, is battling political newcomer and Republican Mike Gallagher.
SOONER RATHER THAN LATER
The 81-year-old Kohl called on Comey to release those facts surrounding his revived investigation into Clinton's emails promptly.
"He has to talk about that in the next several days," Kohl stated. "You do not take a human being, let alone a presidential candidate, and hang them out to dry."
In letters to Congressional members on Monday, Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik relayed the Justice Department was dedicating "all necessary resources" to work with the FBI on its examination of the newly discovered emails "as expeditiously as possible."
But how soon that might happen was not made clear, according to one official familiar with the FBI review. Nelson, when asked about his reaction to the story, was vaguer than Kohl in his response.
"I think we're going to see play itself out in the next couple of days," says Nelson. "There really isn't a lot of information outside of what has trickled down of the last couple of days so I think we'll wait to see more."
UNPRECEDENTED ELECTION YEAR
Kohl won his U.S. Senate seat during the 1988 election, and prior to that served as Chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party from 1975 to 1977. This election year, he admits, is unlike any before and not just because he's seen a few.
"I think most people, who are of any age, say that they've never seen an election like this because it has not been civil," Kohl says. "Hillary Clinton's campaign has been civil. You may or may not agree with her positions, but she's been civil. Well, with Donald Trump you've had something different."
Trump's campaign, Kohl explained, has been full of, "divisiveness, anger, demeaning his opponents." He admits that while the business mogul has attracted large crowds, Trump himself encouraged that very divisiveness. Kohl also went after Trump's lack of experience.
"Being president is not an entry-level job," says Kohl. "In my opinion, his lone position is because I've been a successful business person, therefore at age 70 I can be on day one a successful president? Well, that's debatable."
Kohl went on to praise Clinton, whom he says he's known for 25 years, as having, "all the qualities that I look for. I know she will be a good president."
(Additional reporting by Reuters)
ONEIDA, WI (WTAQ) - A single vehicle rollover crash has claimed the life of a teenager, while sending four others to the hospital.
The Outagamie County Sheriff's Department says they were called around 10 p.m. Monday for the accident on Bain Road just west of County Highway U in the Town of Oneida.
"A mid-sized SUV was westbound on Bain, the vehicle lost control, rolled over and struck a power pole, breaking the power pole off before coming to a rest," says Lt. Terry Hammen of the Outagamie County Sheriff's Department. "There was five occupants of the vehicle ranging in age from 13 to 18."
A 13-year-old boy was flown by helicopter to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead. He was identified Tuesday afternoon as Braxton Kasee of the Seymour area. The other 4 victims were taken to a hospital by ambulance.
"It looked like it was a straight drive, they're driving straight from what the accident report said," Hammen says, adding that a vehicle that size could easily have enough impact at a slow speed to break the power pole.
There is no update on the conditions of the other 4 teenagers.
While on the scene, a 65-year-old volunteer firefighter with the Town of Oneida Fire Department complained of feeling ill while setting up a landing zone for the aeromedical helicopter. The man was treated on scene and taken to St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay where he was pronounced dead.
In a statement by the fire department, officials are treating this as a line of duty death. The name of the firefighter will be released upon final notification of family members.
"This tragedy coupled with the tragic outcome of the incident which brought our fire department to the scene weighs heavy on us as an organization and community," the statement read. "We ask that you please keep the family of our fallen brother, and the rest of the Oneida Fire Department and community in your thoughts as we navigate these difficult times."
(Additional reporting from WTAQ's Jeff Flynt)
ONEIDA, WI (WTAQ) - Police say the "bomb-like device" which caused the Oneida Health Center to be evacuated Tuesday morning turned out to be a radio.
Tribal police say the building was evacuated around 9 a.m. The radio had wires coming out of it, batteries taped or hot-glued to it, and forced center officials to take precautions.
Police Chief Rich VanBoxtel told the media that the radio was left inside the building unintentionally by custodians.
Employees were being allowed back inside around 11 a.m., with the center reopening to the public at noon.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A man has pleaded not guilty to five charges in connection with an arson at Green Bay's Ten O One Club.
A trial date for Jesus Castilloveitia-Quinton was not set during his court appearance on Monday. He returns to court for a status conference January 9.
Officials say Castilloveitia-Quinton set fire to the east side tavern on August 21. The fire caused about $100,000 in damage. He's also accused of luring children to a vacant apartment in the building and punching them.
A judge found Castilloveitia-Quinton competent to stand trial earlier this month.
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) - Parents who left their four-year-old child home alone so they could take part in what police described as a "clown gag" were both convicted on Tuesday.
Jennifer Conery pled no contest to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge, according to online court records. Conery's resisting charge was dropped. She owes the court $705.
Bryce Cook pled no contest to a charge of misdemeanor disorderly conduct and was fined $200. With court costs and assessments figured in, Cook owes the court $705.
Back on October 7, Menasha police were called to the area of Appleton and Midway roads for a report of people wearing clown masks and chasing vehicles. During the investigation, officer learned the couple had left their child at home for at least several hours while they took part in the prank.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Just a week before Election Day, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani came to Green Bay in order to stump for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
"Donald Trump is a shrewd businessman who knows how to get things done," Giuliani said during his speech at the Rock Garden.
Giuliani described Trump's human side, saying he's made mistakes but has learned from them to become a better person.
"One thing he's learned is that you can't do it alone," says Giuliani. "Trump will surround himself with the best people and let them do their job."
Later Tuesday, Trump himself will make a campaign stop in Eau Claire. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is expected to be in attendance for the 6 p.m. event.
Not to be outdone, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine is scheduled to hold a rally at Lawrence University in Appleton at 2:15 p.m.
Wisconsin has 10 electoral votes that both campaigns are looking to secure on Election Day.
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - Democratic vice presidential hopeful Tim Kaine is making his first campaign appearance in northeast Wisconsin exactly one week before Election Day.
Kaine is headlining a campaign rally Tuesday on the campus of Lawrence University in Appleton. Also appearing with the Virginia Senator were Wisconsin state Representative Amanda Stuck (D-Appleton), U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin).
Hundreds of people attended the event to hear about Kaine and his running mate, Hillary Clinton, and what they will do should they win the White House.
Many of those at the Warch Campus Center say they have already voted in-person absentee and don't feel the FBI's reopening of the investigation into Clinton's emails while she was secretary of state would have them change their mind.
Regardless, Jack Mattner of Chilton, isn't too happy about the FBI making that decision so close to Election Day.
"They didn't even have a warrant yet, so it's really premature, so then keep your mouth shut."
Attendees hope that Kaine will focus on issues more important to the nation as a whole, rather than focusing on the email scandal.
On the Republican side, Wisconsin hosted a pair of events for presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday. The first was an appearance in Green Bay by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Trump, along with Giuliani and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, will hold a campaign rally in Eau Claire Tuesday evening.
NEW LONDON, WI (WTAQ) - Police say a teenager has been arrested in connection with a shooting incident in New London.
Officials say they were called by a person saying their vehicle had been shot at around 12:26 p.m. Tuesday on Shawano Street, just north of Highway 54.
According to police, two vehicles were driving northbound on Shawano Street when the passenger in one vehicle shot through the open driver's side window, hitting the passenger side of another vehicle.
No one was hurt in the incident. A 19-year-old New London man was arrested a short time later when he returned to the scene, police say.
Charges being sought against the suspect include recklessly endangering safety with a weapon, disorderly conduct, carrying a concealed weapon and attempted homicide.
