Author Archives: Rob Sussman
Netflix Asks Judge to Toss 'Making a Murder' Lawsuit
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Netflix says a defamation lawsuit filed by an investigator on the Teresa Halbach case should be dismissed. Andrew Colborn filed the suit in federal court, claiming the "Ma...
Jun 18, 2021 Steven Avery (File Photo)
Wisconsin Approaches 50% Vaccinated
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsin is very, very close to having 50% of its residents vaccinated against COVID-19. The state Department of Health Services reported Friday that 2,880,827 (49.5% of th...
Jun 18, 2021 MWC
Fire Danger Still High, Despite Thursday Rain
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Despite the rain and thunderstorms that moved through Thursday night, fire danger remains high in the northern half the area. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources...
Jun 18, 2021 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters / CC
Challenge Filed Against Oshkosh Corp Mail Truck Contract
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A formal challenge has been filed against the awarding of a $6 billion contract for mail trucks to Oshkosh Corp. Workhorse Group, a company based in Ohio, is challenging Osh...
Jun 17, 2021
UW-Green Bay Professor: Cyberattacks Becoming Worse, More Sophisticated
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Hackers managed to disrupt operations at the JBS Meat Packing plant in Green Bay earlier this month as part of an international cyberattack on the company's infrastructure in A...
Jun 17, 2021 Richard Patterson / CC
After a Year and a Half on the Run, Oshkosh Sex Offender Found in Vegas
LAS VEGAS, NV (WTAQ) -- A sex offender who went missing in Oshkosh in 2019 has been found...in Las Vegas. Lloyd Pitzen cut off his GPS monitoring bracelet and fled from a transitional living home in D...
Jun 17, 2021 Lloyd Pitzen (Oshkosh Police)
Remains of New London Brothers, Killed in Pearl Harbor Attack, Identified 80 Years After Death
HONOLULU, HI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Three local World War II servicemen have finally been accounted for, 80 years after their deaths during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. military announced on Wednesday...
Jun 16, 2021 From left, Navy Fireman 1st Class LeRoy K. Barber, Navy Fireman 1st Class Malcolm J. Barber and Navy Fireman 2nd Class Randolph H. Barber were killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor. (Photo courtesy U.S. military)
EAA AirVenture to 'Remind People of 2019'
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) -- The organizers of EAA Airventure say that next month's event will look a lot like the last event that took place before COVID-19. EAA Spokesman Dick Knapinski says they're workin...
Jun 16, 2021 EAA Airventure (File Photo)
Red Cross Springs Into Action As Families Displaced by Green Bay, Oshkosh House Fires
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The Red Cross had a busy evening Tuesday night as over a dozen people were displaced in two house fires in Green Bay and Oshkosh. Seven people, including three children, were d...
Jun 16, 2021 American Red Cross volunteers pack snack bags for evacuees staying at an American Red Cross shelter, in Salem, OR (Justin Kern)
Wisconsin DHS Now Tracking Delta COVID-19 Variant
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is now tracking a particular variant strain of COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2, also known as the Delta variant, has been identified va...
Jun 16, 2021 MWC
