Mark Eugene Suppelsa (born June 25, 1962 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a retired journalist, who worked as an anchor and investigative reporter for WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois. Suppelsa served as the co-anchor of the "WGN Evening News" from 5–7 p.m. and the station's long-running primetime newscast "WGN News at Nine" following "WGN News at Ten" with Micah Materre. Suppelsa's last broadcast was December 8, 2017. Early life and education Born in Milwaukee, Suppelsa moved with his family to Libertyville, Illinois in 1972, and then moved to Frankfort, Illinois in 1978. He graduated from Lincoln-Way High School in New Lenox, Illinois in 1980, according to an article in the Chicago Tribune that appeared on September 26, 1993. Suppelsa graduated from Marquette University with a degree in journalism in 1984. He also had worked as a disc jockey and newsman for the campus radio station WMUR and was a news reporter and anchor for Marquette University television. He also did Marquette basketball play-by-play for the campus TV station as well. "I enjoyed the story," Suppelsa told the Chicago Tribune in an article that ran on June 29, 1997. "And something just hooked me. The deadlines, the writing, the video, the shooting it, the editing it. It all just swept me away." During Suppelsa's final year of college, he worked over the holidays at WAOW-TV in Wausau, Wisconsin. Professional career Suppelsa's first job out of college was at WFRV-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he became an anchor after six months on the job. In 1987, Suppelsa took a job at KSTP-TV in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, where he worked as an anchor and a reporter. In July 1993, Suppelsa joined WMAQ-TV in Chicago as a weekend anchor and reporter. He later became a late afternoon and early evening news anchor. In May 1997, Suppelsa memorably sparred with talk-show host Jerry Springer during WMAQ's 10 p.m. newscast, shortly after Springer resigned after a brief, controversial run as a commentator. In March 2003, Suppelsa quit WMAQ-TV to join WFLD-TV in Chicago as a reporter, fill-in anchor and investigative reporter. In September 2004, WFLD promoted Suppelsa to be the co-anchor of WFLD's Fox News Chicago at Nine in Chicago, at the same time demoting Walter Jacobson from the co-anchor position. On March 10, 2008, Suppelsa chose not to renew his contract with WFLD-TV. Suppelsa reportedly turned down a contract offer from Channel 32 that would have cut