Author Archives: Rob Sussman
Brown County Trail System Opens Saturday
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- A sure sign that summer is around the corner: the Brown County Trail System is opening up this Saturday. It's something they're excited to do. "The parks department will be ope...
Apr 23, 2021 People biking along the Fox River Trail. (PHOTO: Courtesy of Friends of the Fox River Trail)
DNR Officials Urge Against Burning This Weekend
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- It's another weekend where you ought to avoid burning. High winds and dry foliage are coming yet again to create very high fire danger across much of Wisconsin. "Going into thi...
Apr 23, 2021 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters / CC
A Year Ago: Gas Prices Drop to the Lowest Point in a Generation
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- It's hard to imagine given what we've been paying the last few weeks, but a year ago gas prices were the lowest they've been in a generation. "The average price per gallon of g...
Apr 22, 2021 Prices at a Green Bay gas station on April 22nd, 2020 (WTAQ/Rob Sussman)
WTAQ's Matt Z Gets the BolaWrap Treatment in Grand Chute
GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ) -- Matt Z of WTAQ's 'The Morning News with Matt and Earl' decided to see for himself how the Grand Chute Police Department's non-lethal BolaWrap restraining device works on Thur...
Apr 22, 2021
Johnson Questions Vaccine Necessity
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Public health officials urge everyone who's eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine to get one, so we can achieve herd immunity. But Wisconsin's senior U-S Senator questions whether ...
Apr 22, 2021 US Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.
Glenn Grothman Takes Aim at Cardi B's Grammy Performance
On the House floor Thursday morning, Wisconsin congressman Glenn Grothman took issue with a performance at last month's Grammys, and demanded the FCC do something about it. "I received complaints in m...
Apr 22, 2021
State Officials Say Herd Immunity Possible by July
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Can we achieve herd immunity for COVID-19 by July 4th? Wisconsin's Deputy Health Services Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk says "yes," as long as people keep stepped forward ...
Apr 22, 2021 Needles lined up at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in the Lambeau Field Atrium. (WTAQ/Casey Nelson)
Wisconsin DOJ Launches Investigation into Clergy Abuse in Wisconsin Catholic Dioceses
MADISON, WI (WRN) - The Wisconsin Department of Justice is launching an investigation into clergy abuse at Wisconsin's Catholic Dioceses. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel obtained a letter from Attorney...
Apr 22, 2021 St. Norbert Abbey Feb 5, 2021 Photo by Mike Roemer
De Pere Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Eight-Year-Old Girl
DE PERE, WI (METRO) -- A De Pere man is charged sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl. Jeffrey Belisle is scheduled to appear in Brown County court this week after being formally charged in Decem...
Apr 21, 2021
Prevea Offering Walk-In COVID-19 Vaccinations
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- More chances to get a COVID-19 vaccine are popping up across the area. Vaccine supply is high, and with so many people already having been vaccinated against COVID-19, Prevea C...
Apr 21, 2021 A Prevea front line healthcare worker receives a COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo: Prevea Health)
