Author Archives: Rob Sussman
State of Wisconsin Awards $2.5 Million Grant for Green Bay Visitor's Center
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ) -- The State of Wisconsin has awarded a multi-million dollar grant to Discover Green Bay to go towards the construction of a new visitor's center. Governor Tony Evers was on han...
Feb 02, 2022 DGB President Brad Toll (L) receives a check from Governor Tony Evers (R) on Wednesday. (Fox 11 Online)
Prosecutors: Mendez-Ramos Killing Was Over Drug Debt
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Prosecutors say they know why Jason Mendez-Ramos was killed in Green Bay on Sept. 27th of last year. The murder was due to an $80,000 drug debt, one witness told police, a...
Feb 02, 2022 (L to R) Alexander Burgos-Mojica and Pedro Santiago-Marquez. (Brown County Jail)
Four Indicted in Federal Court in Summit Contracting Fraud Case
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) -- A federal grand jury has indicted four people in connection with what officials say was a wide ranging contract fraud scheme based in Brown County. Now, 38-year-old Chad and 36...
Feb 02, 2022 Joe Gratz
January Was Very Cold, Unusually Dry
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - January was a very, very cold month. Taso Kallas with the National Weather Service in Green Bay says it wasn't just cold, it was dry, too. "We didn't have that much snow. For ex...
Feb 01, 2022 Snowfall in Bellevue. (Rob Sussman/WTAQ)
GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Kevin Nicholson Details School Choice, Anti-Critical Race Theory Platform
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- One of the candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Governor is going into further detail on his policy proposals. Kevin Nicholson, a US Marine vet who ran for senate i...
Feb 01, 2022 Kevin Nicholson
New Bill Would Lower Threshold for Felony Theft in Wisconsin
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ) - A new bill proposed by De Pere State Senator Andre Jacque would lower the dollar amount threshold for felony theft in Wisconsin. As the law stands, theft in Wisconsin doesn't rise...
Jan 31, 2022
LISTEN: NASA Astronaut Makes Virtual Visit to Green Bay Elementary School
BELLEVUE, WI (WTAQ) -- Students at Green Bay's Christa McAuliffe Elementary got an out-of-this-world virtual visitor on Friday. Mark Vande Hei, a NASA Astronaut aboard the International Space Station,...
Jan 28, 2022 Astronaut Mark Vande Hei speaks to students from the International Space Station. (Rob Sussman/WTAQ)
Ray Nitschke Bridge to Reopen Today
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge in downtown Green Bay will open as planned Today. It's been closed for around four weeks for repairs. Public Works Director Steve Grenier says ...
Jan 28, 2022 The Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge in Green Bay.
Local Health Leaders Look Inward on Pandemic Messaging
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Local healthcare leaders are looking back on how healthcare messaging has been done during the pandemic. Dr. Raul Mendoza with Aurora Baycare says that, while hindsight is 20/2...
Jan 27, 2022 A scene from the early months of the pandemic: a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at Prevea Health in Ashwaubenon in July of 2020. (PHOTO: WTAQ News)
Former Senate Candidate Kevin Nicholson Enters Governor's Race
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- A former Marine who once made an unsuccessful bid for US Senate is making another shot at public office. Kevin Nicholson is seeking the Republican nomination for Governor. He joi...
Jan 27, 2022 Kevin Nicholson
