Author Archives: Rob Sussman
Republican Congressional Delegation Visits Fort McCoy, Where Afghan Refugees are Being Housed
FORT MCCOY (WTAQ) -- A Republican congressional delegation visited Wisconsin's Fort McCoy on Friday to observe the efforts with processing and housing over a thousand Afghan refugees housed there. The...
Aug 27, 2021 The structure on the gates outside of Fort McCoy (Fox 11 Online)
Local Lighting Company Donates Light Fixtures to Supper Club Ahead of Supper Club Day
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- A Green Bay area lighting company is aiming to celebrate an uniquely Wisconsin tradition. Bay Custom Lighting has donated new, permanent outdoor lights to a local Supper Club a...
Aug 27, 2021 The interior of Rivers Bend Supper Club in Green Bay (River's Bend, Facebook)
New London Man Killed in Townsend Crash
TOWNSEND, WI (WTAQ) -- A New London man is dead following a Thursday morning motorcycle crash in Oconto County. The Oconto County Sheriff's Office says that at around 6:48 AM, Emergency Dispatch recei...
Aug 26, 2021
Green Bay Area Restaurant, Damaged in Fire, to Rebrand as Combined Cat Cafe-Sushi Bar
BELLEVUE, WI (WTAQ) -- A sushi restaurant destroyed in a 2019 fire is returning, with a new twist that you won't see anywhere else. Phin Sushi will be re-branding as a combined sushi bar and cat cafe ...
Aug 26, 2021 The new "Meowsabi" logo.
Man Arrested for Luxemburg Gunfire in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- A man who allegedly fired off a gun in the Kewaunee County Village of Luxemburg was arrested in Green Bay Thursday morning. Kewaunee County Sheriff Matt Joski says the shooting...
Aug 26, 2021 File Photo
12 US Troops Killed in Suicide Attacks at Kabul Airport
Reporting by Reuters KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (Reuters) -- Suicide bombers struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport with at least two explosions on Thursday, causing a bloodbath among civilians and U.S. tr...
Aug 26, 2021 A victim is unloaded from a vehicle outside a hospital after explosions at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Reuters TV
Explosion Reported Outside Kabul Airport
Reporting by Reuters KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (Reuters) - There has been an explosion outside the Kabul airport, the Pentagon press secretary said on Thursday, adding that it was unclear whether there were ...
Aug 26, 2021 Evacuees wait to board a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 23, 2021. Picture taken August 23, 2021. U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/Handout
Johnson Raises Concerns About Incoming Afghan Refugees
FORT MCCOY, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Senator Ron Johnson says the U-S has an obligation to help Afghan refugees who wish to come this country "for the right reasons." But, following a briefing by officials at...
Aug 25, 2021 US Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.
Brown County Not Considering Mask Mandate
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Over 40 people in Brown County are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Even with increasing case numbers, Brown County Health's Claire Paprocki says they're not considering m...
Aug 25, 2021 The Sophie Beaumont building in downtown Green Bay is home the Brown County Department of Health and Human Services. (WTAQ/Casey Nelson)
COVID-19 Unlikely to Ever Be Eradicated, Says Bellin Health Doctor
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Will COVID-19 ever go away? One local expert is saying: probably not. Bellin Health Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Michael Landrum says it's likely that COVID-19 will never ...
Aug 25, 2021 Yuri Samoilov / CC
