Author Archives: Rob Sussman
State Officials Warn Against Producing, Purchasing Fake Vaccine Cards
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- State officials have a clear message for those thinking about creating or buying fake COVID-19 vaccination cards: Don't. Anthony Baize is the Wisconsin DHS Inspector General. He ...
Sep 14, 2021 PHOTO: Courtesy of ThedaCare
Thedacare CEO Sounds the Alarm as Just Two ICU Beds Remain at Neenah Hospital
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ) -- There are only two ICU beds remaining at Thedacare Hospital in Neenah as of Tuesday morning. CEO Imran Andrabi says that although the current COVID-19 surge is less deadly than pr...
Sep 14, 2021 Thedacare CEO, Dr. Imran Andrabi, during a virtual press briefing on 9/14/2021. (Screenshot)
Some Employers Seeing Increase in Applications as $300 Unemployment Supplement Ends
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- The head of Wisconsin Manufacturing and Commerce, the state's largest business organization, says there's some evidence that the end of the $300 per week unemployment benefit cou...
Sep 13, 2021
Bus Driver Shortage Causing Headaches for Bus Services, Schools
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- The severe bus driver shortage in the area is causing massive headaches for school districts and bus companies alike. "It's dire. It's so incredibly bad." That's how Cindi Lawl...
Sep 13, 2021 A Lamers school bus (Lamers)
ICU's Stressed By Space, Staffing, and Increase in COVID and Non-COVID Patients Alike
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Hospital ICU's are busy across the country. Locally, Bellin Health Chief Nursing Officer Laura Hieb says they're operating at greater than normal capacity. "We're running at ab...
Sep 13, 2021 PHOTO: Courtesy of Bellin Health
Downward Trend Appears in State COVID-19 Numbers
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The weekend saw COVID-19 numbers in Wisconsin as low as they had been in more than a month as signs of a downward trend emerge. The state Department of Health Services logge...
Sep 13, 2021 Yuri Samoilov / CC
Health Officials, Event Organizers Unsure About Vaccination Mandate Enforcement
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- Local health officials and event organizers aren't sure how vaccine requirements will be enforced. Brown County Health Officer Anna Destree says they're not sure what the feder...
Sep 10, 2021 Covid-19 vaccine. Image courtesy: ThedaCare.
As Job Searchers Hit the Streets, Employment Scams on the Rise
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -- There's been an increase in employment scams across the United States. Susan Bach of the Better Business Bureau says the problem has become worse than ever during the pandemic....
Sep 10, 2021
COVID-19 Seven-Day-Average Death Total Increases in Wisconsin
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The seven-day rolling average number of deaths in Wisconsin connected to COVID-19 continued to increase Friday. The state Department of Health Services reported the seven-da...
Sep 10, 2021 MWC
Woman Convicted of 'Slender Man' Stabbing to be Released
WAUKESHA, WI (WTAQ) -- One of the women convicted in the Waukesha County Slender Man stabbing case will be released from Winnebago Mental Health Institute on Monday. Anissa Weier, 19, spent nearly fou...
Sep 10, 2021 Anissa Weier (File photo)
