OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) - An 18-year-old man is in critical condition after driving his moped into the back of an orange colored Outagamie County pick-up truck.
The crash was reported around 1:15 p.m. Wednesday afternoon along College Avenue at US 441.
The county highway truck was stopped for road repairs when Jason Wolf from Appleton crashed.
Wolf was airlifted to Theda Clark Medical Center with life threatening injuries.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - The American Cancer Society is starting its enrollment period with a series of events for its third nationwide cancer prevention study.
Over a dozen enrollment events are scheduled over the next couple weeks in Green Bay, the Fox Valley and Sheboygan.
The goal is to get 12-hundred participants from northeast Wisconsin.
Nearly that many are already registered to join.
Participants will get their waist measured, have a small blood draw and fill out a little more paperwork in person.
The first enrollment event is at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Saturday from 10 to 2pm.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - One of the busiest interchanges in northeast Wisconsin will close during the overnight hours starting Friday.
Construction is already underway on Wisconsin Highway 29 at US 41.
Crews are placing a steel support tub girders for a pair of new flyover ramps. They weigh between 100,000 to 200,000 tons and will need to be crane lifted and fastened into place.
The work is supposed to last more than a month. WisDOT says between 35 and 45 days, depending on weather.
US 41 Project spokesman Mark Kantola says work should be wrapped up by 6 a.m. the next morning.
An inspector will be on site and will know at what stage in the process if things will be running late. An alert will be sent out around 4 a.m. if they are, so that motorists can plan accordingly.
Work is scheduled to begin 8 a.m. Friday, and resume Monday night.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Two men are in custody following a disturbance and police chase through the streets on Green Bay’s Eastside.
Police say they were called to a home on Imperial Lane just before 7:00 p.m. about a disturbance involving several people.
A resident claimed they were hit with a baseball bat, and then the two men drove off in a green pick-up truck.
A witness at the party says one of the men had what appeared to be a handgun.
Police attempted to make a traffic stop but the driver took off and led police on chase.
The two men, aged 25 and 33, are reportedly Hispanic and brothers.
One of the men ditched the car and took off running and was arrested at a home on Baird Creek Road. The other pulled into the parking lot of the East Town Mall and was arrested inside.
GREENVILLE, WI (WTAQ) - A special committee of county supervisors has been formed to look at the possibility of changing the name of Outagamie County Regional Airport.
“I think it’s our best interest as custodians of the airport to make sure we're doing everything we can to support it,” Tanya Rabec, a county supervisor and the chair of the special committee, told FOX 11.
The goal is to see if a name change would make more people use the airport. Among the ideas, are using the Appleton or Houdini names.
Area businesses have told board members they would be for a change.
“I think the perception is they don't know the Outagamie County name, they don't know how to spell Outagamie County, so they choose Milwaukee or Green Bay,” said Rabec. “So what we need to do is find out if this is true, and if it is, how much we're losing vs. how much we could capture.”
“There is absolutely no reason to change this what so ever,” Chuck Schmidt, a county supervisor who is not on the committee, told FOX 11.
Schmidt says the idea to change the name is a waste of time.
“They're interested in catchy tunes for their jingles for their advertisements,” said Schmidt. “The whole issue is basically a non issue.”
With it still being early in the process, a lot still needs to figured out, like if a change would be worth the cost.
The special committee hopes to have its research complete and a recommendation in place in the next 4 to 6 months.
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) - An incident in Fond Du Lac Thursday morning brought out the SWAT team.
At this point police will only say after several hours the situation was resolved and no one was hurt.
This all happened in the 900 block of Security Drive.
Police say the original call came in saying a despondent 24 year old man, who might have been armed, was holed up in an apartment with a 18 year old woman.
Police are still investigating.
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The Powerball jackpot is up to $270 million, after nobody won the top prize Wednesday night.
Two Wisconsin players won $10,000 each by matching four regular numbers plus the Powerball. Those tickets were sold in Ashwaubenon and Kenosha. The Wisconsin Lottery says the winning ticket was purchased at Stadium Shell, 1221 Lombardi Access Road.
Just under 20,000 players in the Badger State won smaller prizes.
Wednesday night’s numbers were 21, 22, 26, 30, and 57. The Powerball was 27.
There have been 11 straight drawings without a jackpot winner. Saturday’s cash option is just over $175 million. In Mega Millions, the top prize is $154 million for Friday night.
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ) - A Green Bay man struck a plea deal Wednesday on charges that he killed a teenager and seriously injured two others in a traffic crash in Oconto County.
21-year-old Brandon Bosacki pleaded no contest to three reduced charges of causing homicide and injuries by negligent driving. A fourth count was dropped.
Prosecutors said Bosacki was driving over 100 miles an hour when he lost control of his car last June.
Three girls in the back seat were all ejected. 17-year-old Jamie Bialozynski was killed. The other two girls, ages 15 and 16, were treated at Milwaukee Children’s Hospital.
District Attorney Ed Burke said he would recommend a five-year prison term, plus 5 years of extended supervision and 5 more years of probation. Bosacki is scheduled to be sentenced on July 10th.
SEYMOUR, WI (WTAQ) - The “Home of the Hamburger” could soon have the tastiest museum ever.
About 15-hundred artifacts were recently donated to Seymour’s community museum.
The local historical society president hopes to have it all on display when Seymour holds its annual Burger Fest August 9th-and-10th.
Group president Bill Collar tells Fox 11 that the museum now has the world’s largest burger collection display.
He says Jeffrey Tennyson saw the hamburger as a cultural icon, and he started collecting burger memorabilia in the 1980’s. He wrote a history of the hamburger in 1993.
When he died in 2006, Collar said Tennyson left his collection to a friend in Palm Springs California – and that person decided that it all belongs in Seymour.
The collection includes hamburger telephones, golf balls, salt-and-pepper shakers, and much more.
Some of it’s already on display after being donated a month ago.
Collar says the museum will also have a photo exhibit on Seymour’s hamburger history starting next Friday.
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The state government’s coffers will get a half-billion-dollars more than expected over the next budget period.
Assembly Republicans say they want to give about 40-percent of the windfall to public schools.
The non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau said Thursday that Wisconsin would have a $543-million surplus by the time the next budget period ends in mid-2015.
Joint Finance Assembly chair John Nygren proposed giving schools $100 more per student in state aid, for a total of $225 million over the two-year period.
Senate President Mike Ellis has proposed a $200 increase in school aid per student, with $245 million to be funded by the state and the rest by a slight property tax increase.
Republican Governor Scott Walker said he wants to hold the line on property taxes – plus provide more school aid and a bigger income tax cut.
Assembly Democratic Minority Leader Peter Barca said Republicans should quote, “un-do the damage they did” to public schools and vocational school job training in the 2011 budget.
Walker said Act-10 gave many schools the tools they needed to off-set the 2011 state aid cuts – but the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance said it only made up for two-thirds of the school aid losses statewide.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Two members of the Green Bay police department will take part in Friday's ceremony honoring officers killed in the line of duty at the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Memorial.
Officer Bob Matheny and Captain Bill Galvin will be part of the honor guard.
"It's a sense of duty, to show respect and honor the officers in Green Bay, Brown County and the state of Wisconsin that have given so much of their time and effort," says Galvin. "Even more so for those who have given their lives to protect the people of Wisconsin."
Galvin says it will get emotional for officers, family and spectators during the 23rd annual ceremony on the Capitol grounds in Madison.
"It can be very difficult, especially when a family member or a loved one of an officer that has given their life is speaking, it can really choke you up," says Galvin. "When you hear the bagpipes, or the bugler, that's also another time that really strikes a chord when you can see emotions going across their faces."
Five Wisconsin law enforcement officers will be added to the memorial during the ceremony. That includes Wauwatosa officer Jennifer Sebena, who was gunned down on Christmas Eve. Her husband has been charged with the crime.
BERLIN, WI (WTAQ) - A man from Berlin has been charged for allegedly taking nude photos of a child and asking for sex.
Authorities say 46-year-old Kenneth Hoffman had the girl pose naked for several photo shoots, telling the girl he would help her modeling career.
According to the criminal complaint, Hoffman then told the girl she could have the pictures if she had sex with him.
Authorities say they are trying to find out if there are any other victims.
They say Hoffman talked to the girl on Facebook, using the name "Blaine Roberts."
CRANDON, WI (WTAQ) - Jurors in northeast Wisconsin are hearing their second day of testimony in the trial of a Crandon man charged in a drunk driving death.
47-year-old Norbert Polar is facing six criminal charges in the death of 41-year-old Klynt Decorah on New Year’s Day of 2012 in the Forest County town of Nashville.
Prosecutors said Decorah was walking along Highway 55 when he was struck by a vehicle.
Forest County Sheriff John Dennee later found Polar’s car off the road, and he was later arrested for his 5th OWI incident. His current charges include homicide by drunk driving, hit-and-run involving death, and driving with a suspended license.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Authorities in Green Bay are invesitgating a suspicious death near the city's downtown.
Police get the call to a home at 239 N. Ashland Avenue overnight. Multiple squad cars and crime tape could be seen surrounding the scene early Saturday morning.
Investigators aren't releasing many details, but say a 49-year-old man is dead.
They do not believe the public is in danger at this time.
Anyone with information is asked to call Green Bay Police at (920) 448-3200.
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ) - Officials at St. Norbert College celebrated the groundbreaking of their state-of-the-art science center Friday.
The 150,000 square foot project will cost $39.2 million, and will house the Medical College of Wisconsin's Green Bay campus.
It will also feature 36 laboratories, a state of the art greenhouse and science gallery.
The school's president says the addition is well overdue.
"We've got beakers that are older than some of the students that are coming in so basically this is going to be state of the art teaching environment, state of the art labs, an anatomy lab. Everything you need to do 21st century science teaching and research. And that's very special for a small liberal arts college like ours,” said Thomas Kunkel, St. Norbert College president.
The project is scheduled to be complete in the spring of 2015.
GILLETT, WI (WTAQ) - An 8-year-old boy suffered serious injuries after he was struck by a pickup truck in Gillett Saturday.
The boy was riding his bicycle on West Main Street when a 57-year-old Gladstone, Michigan man hit him, according to the Oconto County Sheriff's Department.
The boy was airlifted to a Green Bay area hospital. His condition is unknown.
Speed and alcohol do not appear to be factors in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ)-Green Bay Police continue to investigate after pair of gas station robberies last night (Sunday). Cops say the robberies happened in the 10:00 p.m hour. One of them happened at "Terry's" at the corner of Mather and Broadway, the other happened about a mile west at "U Pump" on Velp Avenue. One suspect picked up in the armed robbery at Terry's. The suspect in the U-Pump robbery is still on the loose. He's described as a white male, dirty blonde hair, 5'6", medium build, greasy complexion. He was wearing a tan jacket over a dark colored, hooded sweatshirt. He was also wearing a red and gray baseball cap.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - The Green Bay Packers have announced that Family Night, presented by Bellin Health, will return for its 13th year.
The event, which benefits the Wendy's Wonderful Kids foster care adoption program, will take place Saturday August 3rd.
Packers Family Night will feature an intra-squad scrimmage between the Packers offense and defense. The festivities kick off in the stadium at 5:30 p.m., followed by on-field football drills at 6:30 and the scrimmage around 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 and will go on sale June 24 at 9 a.m.
Fans can purchase their tickets through Ticketmaster, over the phone or via the internet. Tickets also can be purchased at the Packers’ ticket office in person. There is no ticket limitation.
A group ticket program (minimum of 50 tickets) will be offered. The application form is available online at http://pckrs.com/familynight, in person at the Packers ticket office or can be requested to be faxed by calling (920) 569-7501. Group ticket orders are restricted to approved groups and organizations, and are to be used for the sole purpose of accommodating a group or organizational outing.
Included in the activities will be the popular Chili's Jerseys Off Our Backs promotion with approximately 20 jerseys – all of which will have been worn by Packers players in the just-completed scrimmage – to be given away in a random drawing.
The Kemps Packers Experience returns this year. The evening will feature other activities for the younger fans, including sidewalk chalk and face painting.
The Copps-Pick 'n Save Family Night Picnic returns and the fireworks show concludes the night.
In case of inclement weather, no refunds will be issued unless all stadium activities from 5:30 p.m. until the end of the fireworks show are canceled
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - When the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon begins next Sunday, it could be 20 to 30 degrees cooler than a year ago – when 18 runners were sent to hospitals for heat ailments.
This time, the National Weather Service says it will be in the upper 40’s, perhaps with rain.
Still, organizers are taking no chances. Director Sean Ryan says race personnel will communicate more easily with medical workers along the 26 mile route. More paramedics will be spread out.
Volunteers will have hand-held radios at each of the 20 water and medical stations, and they’ll have more radio channels available for safety officers. They only had one such channel a year ago, and that slowed response times – along with the fact that the volunteers on the route used cell phones instead of radios.
Weather will be monitored each hour, unlike a year ago – when the mercury climbed to 80 degrees during the race and people started collapsing.
The race was called after two-and-a-half hours, but most runners kept going anyway.
This year, Ryan says the timing display will be shut off if the race is called – and black markers will be posted at water stations to let the runners know.
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - What do you get for an Appleton paper company on its 106th birthday?
If you're Appleton Papers, a name change.
Leaders say they have changed the name of the company to Appvion. It reflects the company's expansion into other fields beyond paper.
"Our company's success has been based on using applied chemistry to increase the performance of paper,” chairman, president and CEO Mark Richards said in a news release. “More recently our expertise in microencapsulation has enabled us to partner with companies like Procter & Gamble to enhance the performance and value of a growing range of consumer and industrial products."
Richards says the company will continue to produce thermal, carbonless, security and other specialty coated papers as it moves into new markets.
