Author Archives: Rob Sussman
UPDATED: Two More Area Business Announce Permanent Closures, Citing COVID-19 Hardship
ADDENDUM 10/12: A previous version of this article included a picture of a number of downtown Washington-street businesses including Stir-Ups Parlor & Saloon that are not closing as a result of CO...
Oct 10, 2020
Appleton Man Reunited With Colonial-Era Money Collection
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) -- John Hale last saw his collection of colonial era paper currency ten years ago, before putting it in a safety deposit box at a local bank. A few years later, when he went to ret...
Oct 09, 2020 A two-thirds of a dollar certificate from the colonial era (Wisconsin DOR)
Friday Update: New COVID-19 Cases Approach 3,000
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsin DHS is confirming 2,998 new cases of COVID-19 Friday, just under Thursday's record-breaking 3,132 cases. There were also 11,834 negative tests Friday. Since the st...
Oct 09, 2020
Aurora Baycare: 'We're Ready' for Ongoing COVID-19 Surge
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Area hospitals are bracing for more and more COVID-19 patients locally as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit new heights. Aurora Baycare Chief Medical Officer Dr. Brian ...
Oct 09, 2020 (Aurora Baycare)
State's Largest Business Group Speaks Out Against Evers' Capacity Order
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- The state's largest business group is speaking out against Governor Tony Evers' latest emergency order restricting bars, restaurants, and retailers to 25% of their normal capacit...
Oct 08, 2020
AARP Wisconsin Poll: 50+ Voters Still Up for Grabs in 2020 Election
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- A recent poll of Wisconsinites over the age of 50 shows that the older demographic is still up for grabs in the upcoming Presidential Election. While the latest AARP poll is tigh...
Oct 08, 2020 Jay Phagan / CC
FBI thwarts plot to kidnap Michigan governor: affidavit
LANSING, MI (WTAQ-Reuters) - The FBI stopped a plot to overthrow the Michigan state government and kidnap its governor, Gretchen Whitmer, that involved reaching out to a militia group, according to a ...
Oct 08, 2020
Brookfield Man Arrested in Fatal Ashwaubenon Hit-and-Run
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ) -- A 63-year-old man has been arrested for a fatal hit-and-run crash in Ashwaubenon. John Parnon of Brookfield is currently in custody in the Waukesha County Jail on charges of ...
Oct 08, 2020
Marquette Poll: Debate Didn't Move the Meter in Trump/Biden Showdown
MADISON, WI (METRO) -- A new Marquette Law School poll finds little change in presidential preferences following the first debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The poll of over 800 likely Wiscon...
Oct 07, 2020 President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden debate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29th, 2020. (Reuters)
Wednesday Update: COVID-19 Case Surge Continues in Wisconsin
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The surge in new coronavirus infections is continuing in the state of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin DHS is confirming 2,319 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday. That's an increase fr...
Oct 07, 2020
