Author Archives: Rob Sussman
Over a Thousand New COVID-19 Cases Reported Thursday
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Over a thousand new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the state of Wisconsin on Thursday, continuing a rise in case levels in recent weeks. State officials reported 1,046...
Apr 08, 2021
St. Norbert Abbey Adds Two to List of Substantiated Abuse Claims
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ) -- Two more Norbertine Preists have been added to the list of those with substantiated abuse claims against minors. St. Norbert Abbot Dane Radecki announced Thursday credible claims...
Apr 08, 2021 St. Norbert Abbey Feb 5, 2021 Photo by Mike Roemer
Sturgeon Spawn Set to Start Soon
SHIOCTON, WI (WTAQ) -- The sturgeon will begin spawning on the Lake Winnebago system...soon. There's no way to tell precisely when the sturgeon will begin swimming upstream to spawn. It happens when t...
Apr 07, 2021 Sturgeon during a spawn (File Photo)
Separating Fact From Fiction on Firearms Background Checks in Wisconsin
NEW FRANKEN, WI (WTAQ) -- Democrats in Madison are backing a number of gun control measures in response to shootings in Atlanta and Colorado. Among those are calls for expanded background checks. Milw...
Apr 07, 2021
Toddler Killed in Waupaca County Farming Accident
WAUPACA COUNTY (METRO) -- A toddler is dead after a farming accident in Waupaca County. The County Sheriff's Office says a two-year-old boy was riding farming equipment last evening in Saint Lawrence ...
Apr 06, 2021
Bond Set, Formal Charges Filed in Fatal Green Bay Gas Station Stabbing
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- A Green Bay man has been formally charged in a fatal stabbing at the Marathon Gas Station near Downtown Green Bay on Sunday. 43-year-old Joseph Olvera was charged Tuesday with ...
Apr 06, 2021 Joseph Olvera (GBPD)
As Seasons Change from Winter to Road Construction, Public Works Employees Push Awareness
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Now that Winter has come and gone, we are moving into the other season of the year: road construction. April is Work Zone Awareness Month, and Brown County Public Works Directo...
Apr 06, 2021
Newly-Reported COVID-19 Infections Reach Highest Number Since February, But Vaccine Numbers Increasing
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- New COVID-19 infections hit their highest rate in months on Tuesday, but the upswing comes as 1/3rd of all residents in the state have received at least one dose of the COVI...
Apr 06, 2021 MWC
Two Seriously Hurt in Town of Black Creek Crash
TOWN OF BLACK CREEK, WI (WTAQ) -- Two people were seriously hurt in a morning crash in the Town of Black Creek. The Outagamie County Sheriff's office says at around 6:50 AM a pickup truck driven by a ...
Apr 06, 2021 (Fox 11 Online)
Manitowoc Plastics Company Breaks Ground on Massive Expansion
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ) -- A Manitowoc plastics factory broke ground on a massive expansion this week. Redline plastics opened their new factory only about a year and a half ago, and the 103,000 square f...
Apr 05, 2021 Pictured from left to right: Redline Plastics Director of Finance Amber Rich; City of Manitowoc Mayor Justin Nickels; Redline Plastics President and CEO Chuck Webster; Hamann Construction President Steve Hamann; Redline Plastics Vice-President of Operations Nick Murray; Redline Plastics Plant Project Manager Justin Van Ess; STI Engineers President Paul Steinbrecher; Redline Plastics Director of Engineering and Quality Assurance John Shackleton (Redline Plastics)
