Author Archives: Rob Sussman
No Jump In Hospitalizations Locally As COVID-19 Subvariant Spreads
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- There's a new variant of COVID-19 that's overtaken the Omicron variant as the dominant strain in the United States. Bellin Health's Dr. Robert Mead says the BA.5 subvariant of ...
Jul 12, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of Bellin Health
Red Cross Taps 'Shark Week' to Promote Blood Donation
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- It's July, and that means the Red Cross is looking to stave off a summer blood shortage. When you think of July, the first thing you think of, of course, is shark week. That wi...
Jul 07, 2022 (File Photo)
Nationwide Search to be Held to Replace Green Bay Fire Chief
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Green Bay Fire Chief David Litton is calling it a career, and the decision makers are already working to decide who will replace him. Police and Fire Commission Chair Rod Goldh...
Jul 05, 2022 A Bellevue Fire Engine faces a Green Bay Fire Engine. (WTAQ/Rob Sussman)
One Firefighter Hurt, $1,000,000 in Damages Estimated in Baird Street Fire
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- One firefighter was hurt and taken to the hospital while responding to a two-alarm fire early this morning at a Baird Street industrial facility. Green Bay Firefighters were ca...
Jul 05, 2022
Schabusiness Pleads Not Guilty in Grisly Green Bay Murder
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- A woman accused in the grisly murder of a man on Green Bay's west side is pleading not guilty to charges of first-degree intentional homicide. Prosecutors say 24-year-old Taylo...
Jul 05, 2022 Taylor Schabusiness in court June 2, 2022. (Fox 11 Online)
State Supreme Court Upholds Green bay Murder Conviction
MADISON, WI (WLUK) -- The state Supreme Court has upheld the conviction in a Green Bay homicide case, overturning a lower court's order for a new trial. Richard Arrington is serving a life prison sent...
Jul 01, 2022 Richard Arrington (DOC)
Four Arrested in Connection with Fraudulent Check Scheme in Kewaunee County
CASCO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Four men have been arrested for allegedly trying to cash a fraudulent check at two Kewaunee County banks. Sheriffs officials say Thursday afternoon they were called to the Ban...
Jul 01, 2022 File Photo
After Two Pandemic Years 'Fire Over the Fox' Is Back To Big Booms
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Fire Over The Fox is returning to Green Bay's Broadway District this Independence Day, and not in a scaled back, limited version like last year's outing. "It's back to its full...
Jul 01, 2022
Wisconsin Officials Report First Monkeypox Case
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- There's Monkeypox in Wisconsin. That coming down from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Friday. It's been detected in a Dane County resident. DHS officials say the r...
Jul 01, 2022 Wisconsin DHS Logo
Nude Pro-Choice Protesters March in Downtown Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- If you were driving through downtown Green Bay on Friday, you might've gotten more than you expected to see near the Brown County Courthouse. Two women protesting the overturni...
Jul 01, 2022 Nude protesters walk in downtown Green Bay on July 1st, 2022. (Casey Nelson/WTAQ)
