Author Archives: Rob Sussman
Local Airports Anticipate Busy Holiday, Although Half as Busy as Last Year
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Local airports are expecting a bump in holiday traffic, although it's not expected to be quite as much as in years past. Henry Tekampe is a traveler from Florida. He said, ...
Dec 23, 2020 Appleton International Airport (Photo: Fox 11 Online)
Evers Asks Lawmakers Back to Madison to Vote on COVID-19 Plan
MADISON, WI (METRO) -- Wisconsin's governor wants lawmakers to come back to Madison and approve his coronavirus plan by the end of the year. Governor Tony Evers unveiled the 100 million-dollar proposa...
Dec 22, 2020 Eugene Kim / CC
Restaurants on the Brink Nine Months into Pandemic
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Restaurants in Wisconsin say they're on the brink after months and months of shutdowns, restrictions, and a downturn in customers. If the second stimulus package is approve...
Dec 22, 2020 Wisconsin Restaurant Association
Neenah Family Gets New Home for the Holidays
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- There's no place like home for the holidays in Neenah, where the Pilipili family will be spending Christmas in their new home thanks to Habitat for Humanity. "I think every f...
Dec 22, 2020 'Home for the Holidays' for one Neenah family, (Fox 11 Online)
Monday Update: COVID-19 Activity Continues to Decrease in Wisconsin
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsin's COVID-19 activity continues to trend downwards, but so too do the number of people getting tested. Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 1,435 new COV...
Dec 21, 2020
Prevea and HSHS St. Vincent Healthcare Workers to All Be Vaccinated by Early January
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The vaccine rollout continues in northeast Wisconsin. Prevea and HSHS St. Vincent healthcare workers are expected to all have their first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine by early ...
Dec 21, 2020
Over 10,000 Wisconsinites Have Already Taken the First Dose of the COVID-19 Vaccine
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- Over 10,000 Wisconsinites have already taken the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, state health officials announced Monday. "10,358 doses have been administered in nearly every...
Dec 21, 2020 A Prevea front line healthcare worker receives a COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo: Prevea Health)
Sunday Update: Less than 2,000 New COVID-19 Cases
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsin Department of Health Services says he number of positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin rose by 1,826 Sunday for a total of 457,177. DHS says there have been 4,417...
Dec 20, 2020
"Uncle Mike" Vande Walle, Co-Owner of Uncle Mike's Bake Shoppe, Dead at 63
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ) -- Mike Vande Walle, the co-owner of the eponymous "Uncle Mike's Bake Shoppe", died Thursday after a battle with COVID-19, according to his family. The legendary Kringle maker was 6...
Dec 20, 2020 Mike Vande Walle (Photo: Uncle Mike's Bake Shoppe)
Packers Outlast Panthers at Lambeau
LAMBEAU FIELD (WTAQ) -- The Green Bay Packers were in control all game, finishing off the Carolina Panthers at Lambeau Field in a rare Saturday night game, 24-16. Aaron Rodgers threw one touchdown pas...
Dec 19, 2020 Purple Slog / CC
