Author Archives: Rob Sussman
Police Say They're Keeping Vigilant Amid School Threats
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- In the wake of a deadly shooting at a Texas School, local police say they're keeping vigilant. Green Bay Police Commander Kevin Warych says they work with other area agencies t...
May 27, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
COVID Transmission Waning Ahead of Memorial Day Weekend
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- The number of Wisconsin counties with high COVID-19 spread is shrinking heading into the Memorial Day weekend. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map on Friday s...
May 27, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
After Two Years Away, Celebrate De Pere Returns in Force
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ) -- Celebrate De Pere is back after a long hiatus. The annual Memorial day festival returns after two years away during the pandemic. "It wasn't fun. They weren't easy decisions," sa...
May 27, 2022 Claude Allouez Bridge over the Fox River in De Pere, seen Sept. 17, 2018. (PHOTO: Courtesy of Fox 11 WLUK)
Kiel Schools Receive Fourth Consecutive Daily Bomb Threat Amid Gender Pronoun Stir
KIEL, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- There's another bomb threat in Kiel. Nobody is at the school today, they've been virtual for days. It's the fourth consecutive day that they school has been targeted by a bomb ...
May 27, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
State Officials Share Data on COVID-19 Infection Post-Vaccination
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- State health officials have begun sharing statistics on COVID-19 infection after vaccination and booster shots. Those numbers show that those who are vaccinations and boosted act...
May 26, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
Local Schools, Police, Aim to Soothe Worry Following Texas Shooting
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Even though Northeast Wisconsin is over 1,500 miles away from a town in Texas in which 14 students and a teacher were senselessly murdered this week, emotions locally are ...
May 25, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of WLUK
New Public Camping Grounds to Open Up in June at Brown County Reforestation Camp
SUAMICO, WI (WTAQ) -- A new public camping ground is opening next month at the Brown County Reforestation Camp. Parks Director Matt Kriese says the camp will bring a major boost to the area and take a...
May 24, 2022 Brown County gives the media a sneak peek of its new Reforestation Camp campground next to the NEW Zoo in Suamico, May 24, 2022. (Fox 11 Online)
15 Killed in Texas elementary school shooting
(Reuters) - A gunman opened fire at an elementary school in South Texas on Tuesday, killing 14 students and one teacher, Governor Greg Abbott told reporters. Abbott said the suspect, who the governor ...
May 24, 2022 Police
Flyer Advertising Hate Group is a Hoax and Harassment Campaign, Neenah Police Say
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ) -- A flyer being distributed in the Fox Valley with derogatory slurs and Nazi imagery is not what it appears to be, police say. The flyer, distributed in Neenah and Oshkosh, lists tw...
May 24, 2022 A flyer advertising the phony "White Voice" hate group. The flyer, police say, is part of a targeted harassment campaign against the people listed as contacts for the fake hate group. (Submitted photo)
Ribbon Cut on New Pedestrian Bridge over Baird Creek
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- A ribbon was cut this morning on a $309,000 pedestrian bridge over Green Bay's Baird Creek. The bridge allows people to cross between the Baird Creek Trail and the south parkin...
May 23, 2022 The new pedestrian bridge over Baird Creek on May 23th, 2022. (Rob Sussman, WTAQ.)
