Author Archives: Rob Sussman
Green Bay Downtown Bridges to Face Closures This Week
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Green Bay's bridges over the Fox River Downtown will be taken out of commission on a staggered schedule this month for routine cleaning. Public Works Director Steve Grenier say...
Apr 15, 2022 The Bart Starr Memorial Bridge (Fox 11 Online)
Wisconsin Supreme Court Sides with Legislative Republicans, Adopts Assembly, State Senate Maps
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court has sided with legislative Republicans, adopting the assembly and state senate maps that they favor in a court battle over redistricting. The 4-3 deci...
Apr 15, 2022 The legislative maps proposed by the Republican-led state legislature. (Draw Your District)
School Janitor Gets Huge Surprise Ahead of Her 31st Boston Marathon
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- If you ask Principal Tanya Fenner, she'd say Kathy Waldron is quite the character around Sullivan Elementary School in Green Bay. "Kathy is our little ball of positive energy,"...
Apr 14, 2022 Janitor and Marathoner Kathy Waldron reacts as kids at Sullivan elementary line the halls, wishing her luck at her 31st Boston Marathon. (Rob Sussman/WTAQ)
United Way of Brown County Gets $1m for Community House
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Just months after the United Way of Brown County received their largest grant in history, the record has been broken again. The United Way has received $1 million worth of appr...
Apr 13, 2022 United Way logo
New Denmark, Green Bay Win Spring Voter Turnout Challenge
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- New Denmark and Green Bay are the winners of Project Vote's Voter Challenge for turnout during the Spring election. New Denmark had a turnout of 34.8% of registered voters to w...
Apr 13, 2022 Vote here. MWC file photo by Mike Leischner
Green Bay Restaurant Week Canceled; High Food Costs, Labor Shortage Cited
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Green Bay Restaurant Week is cancelled. In a social media post Wednesday afternoon, Discover Green Bay CEO Brad Toll says rising costs and a labor shortage made the event unfea...
Apr 13, 2022 Last year's restaurant week logo.
New York City Subway Shooting Suspect Arrested in Manhattan
BROOKLYN, NY (WTAQ) -- The man New York City Police say shot ten people on a crowded subway car on Tuesday has been arrested. That was reported originally by CNN on Wednesday afternoon. A Wisconsin Cr...
Apr 13, 2022 PHOTO: NYPD
Woman Accused in Grisly West Side Murder Found Competent
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- A woman who allegedly killed and decapitated a man is competent to stand trial -- but a defense request for a second psychiatric exam was granted Wednesday. Taylor Schabusiness...
Apr 13, 2022 Taylor Schabusiness (BCSO)
Severe Storms Roll Through Northeast Wisconsin
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- A severe thunderstorm warning was in effect for much of the listening area Tuesday afternoon as powerful rain and thunderstorms moved through the area. Severe Thunderstorm Warn...
Apr 12, 2022 Pea-sized hail seen in Bellevue April 12th, 2022 (Submission)
COVID Cases Rising, But Hospitalizations Stay Steady, Deaths Low
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- For only the second time in the past month (excluding a day on which backlogged cases were reported), Wisconsin health officials confirmed more than 600 COVID-19 cases in a ...
Apr 12, 2022 PHOTO: Courtesy of ThedaCare
