Author Archives: Rob Sussman
No Games, No Cash: Sports Tourism Hit Hard in the Fox Valley
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Last year was a bad one for events, especially sporting events. Sports tourism has taken a big hit in the Fox Valley. No games also means no money coming in. While athletes...
Jan 30, 2021
Former Alderman Zima Drops Lawsuit Against Ex-Green Bay Mayor Schmitt
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A civil defamation lawsuit filed by former Ald. Guy Zima against former Mayor Jim Schmitt was dismissed Friday at Zima's request. Zima filed the suit in 2018, alleging ema...
Jan 29, 2021 Guy Zima (File Photo)
"It's Not About Individual Liberty": Evers, State Officials Criticize Mask Mandate Repeal Effort
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- Even though the vote on repealing the Governor's mask mandate in the state assembly was canceled, Governor Tony Evers and state health officials still had plenty of criticism for...
Jan 29, 2021 Governor Tony Evers during a December 3rd media briefing.
How Did 33-Year-Old Bucks Executive Alex Lasry Get a COVID-19 Vaccine? State Officials Explain
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) -- We know who's supposed to be getting vaccinated against COVID-19 in Wisconsin. Healthcare workers and those over the age of 65--but others in the state are getting vaccinated a...
Jan 29, 2021
Baldwin Pitches Impeachment as a Way to Keep Fmr. President Trump From a 2024 Run
WASHINGTON, DC (WTAQ) -- Wisconsin's Democratic US Senator says she supports moving ahead with the impeachment of former President Donald Trump for what Democrats say is his role in inciting the Janua...
Jan 28, 2021 Tammy Baldwin
COVID-19 Won't Take Pączki Day Away
PULASKI, WI (WTAQ) -- The COVID-19 pandemic has canceled a lot, but it's not canceling Pczki day. That's 'POONCH-key' for the uninitiated. Greg Smurawa's Smurawa's Bakery in Pulaski serves upwards of ...
Jan 28, 2021 Pączki at Smurawa's Bakery in Pulaski on February 25th, 2020. (Rob Sussman/WTAQ)
Republican State Senator Explains Vote Against Mask Mandate Repeal
ALLOUEZ, WI (WTAQ) -- Two Republican State Senators voted with Democrats Tuesday against a measure to overturn the state's mask mandate put into force by Governor Tony Evers, which has been in place s...
Jan 27, 2021 State Senator Rob Cowles (R-Allouez)
Green Bay Superintendent 'Disappointed' At March 1st Vaccination Date
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Students at Green Bay Area Public Schools, right now, won't start returning until March 29th. That's if the tentative date of March 1st, set by state health officials, for teac...
Jan 27, 2021 Green Bay Area Public School District Superintendent Stephen Murley speaking to the media during an August 5, 2020 press conference at City Stadium in Green Bay. (PHOTO: WTAQ News)
Green Bay Students Set to Begin Return to Class in Late March
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Green Bay Area Public School students will begin to return to the classroom in late March, according to a release from the district. The district, which has been all-virtual al...
Jan 27, 2021 Green Bay Area Public School District building. (IMAGE: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)
Deputy DHS Secretary: "This is No Time to Remove the Mask Mandate" in Wisconsin
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- The deputy secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services says that with several variant strains of COVID-19 circulating across the globe, including one in Wisconsin, n...
Jan 26, 2021 A face mask required sign. (IMAGE: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)
