Author Archives: Rob Sussman

Tourism Officials Eagerly Anticipating Packers Schedule Release
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Eagerly awaiting the release of the Packers Schedule are the folks at the Green Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau. President and CEO Brad Toll says the schedule release is alw...
Rob Sussman May 12, 2021 Lambeau Field from the north parking lot. (WTAQ/Casey Nelson)

State Officials Grapple With Vaccination Rate Slowdown
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- State officials are grappling with a slow down in the rate of Wisconsinites getting the COVID-19 vaccine. While officials say the drop-off isn't surprising, they say they're doin...
Rob Sussman May 12, 2021 Multi-lingual signage in English, Spanish, Hmong, and Somali shows patients the way at the COVID-19 vaccination site in the Lambeau Field Atrium. (WTAQ/Rob Sussman)

Former Green Bay Mayor Mike Monfils Dead at 82
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Former Green Bay Mayor Mike Monfils has died. Monfils served as mayor between 1975 and 1979. Current Mayor Eric Genrich in a statement said that Monfils "professionalized city ...
Rob Sussman May 12, 2021 Mike Monfils during his tenure as Mayor of Green Bay (City of Green Bay)

Tiffany, Grothman Both Oppose Liz Cheney's Role in Republican Leadership
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Two Northeast Wisconsin congressmen will vote to oust Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney from Republican party leadership, if and when a vote comes to pass. Republican Congressm...
Rob Sussman May 11, 2021 Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) (Official Portrait)

Prevea Health CEO: 'This is Not the Time to Unmask'
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Prevea Health's CEO is encouraging people to keep their masks on. That's in spite of a number of cities and school districts and letting mask mandates expire, or striking them ...
Rob Sussman May 11, 2021 Prevea Health CEO Dr. Ashok Rai speaks to the media outside of Green Bay City Hall. (PHOTO/WTAQ News)

Second, Third Arrests Made in Neenah Homicide
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WTAQ) -- Three people now have been arrested for a late April homicide in Neenah. Terran Colwell, 28, was arrested on May 7th after leading US Marshals on a high-speed car chase then ...
Rob Sussman May 11, 2021 L to R: Mandel Roy, Terran Colwell, Charles Hoofman

Cyberattack on Pipeline Unlikely to Impact Local Prices
CHICAGO, IL (WTAQ) -- A massive cyberattack crippled one of the largest gas pipelines in the United States over the weekend. A ransomware attack on the Colonial Gas Pipeline in the Southeastern United...
Rob Sussman May 10, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC

Jim Gaffigan to Return to Northeast Wisconsin
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Some normalcy is returning to the entertainment industry. Comedian Jim Gaffigan is coming back to Northeast Wisconsin. Gaffigan's The Fun Tour is scheduled to stop at the ...
Rob Sussman May 10, 2021 Jim Gaffigan (Promotional Image)

Seven Displaced in Manitowoc Duplex Fire
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A family of seven has been displaced after a duplex fire in Manitowoc. Just after 4 a.m. Monday, a neighbor who noticed flames coming from a window called 911, while their...
Rob Sussman May 10, 2021

Only 205 New COVID-19 Cases Reported in Wisconsin on Monday
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsin reported its fewest new coronavirus infections in more than two months as a recent trend of decreasing cases continued Monday. The state Department of Health Servi...
Rob Sussman May 10, 2021 MWC

