The coronavirus outbreak has spread to 21 counties in Wisconsin and 155 people based on the latest figures from the state Department of Health Services. The latest figures released Thursday were up from 106 in 14 counties on Wednesday. Health officials say there is now community spread of COVID-19 in Brown County. There had been community spread identified previously only in Milwaukee, Dane and Kenosha counties. The state health department […]
The Fond du Lac County Circuit Court has issued new temporary guidelines in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Among the changes, all contested matters requiring in-person appearances, including jury trials are suspended. Clerks will schedule the proceedings as the court calendar permits. Any hearing that can be done by phone will proceed as scheduled. Small claims appearances in intake court are suspended until April 17. Weddings in a court room are permitted, subject to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature is telling a federal judge to leave the state's election laws alone during the coronavirus crisis. Gov. Tony Evers is urging people to vote in the April 7 spring election via absentee ballot. The state Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to relax a number of absentee voting rules and deadlines. The Legislature on Thursday […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Absentee ballot requests for Wisconsin’s April 7 presidential primary have hit record territory, with local clerks processing more requests than at any point in state history for a spring election. Total processed absentee requests topped 315,000, shattering the previous record for a spring election of 249,000 in 2016. Also on Thursday, Milwaukee-based Harley Davidson announced it was temporarily closing two manufacturing facilities in Wisconsin and one […]
A doctor at the Waupun prison has tested positive for the coronavirus. Prison warden Brian Foster said in a memo to staff that the Institution is taking the situation very seriously and have implemented a significant cleaning process throughout the institution. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says her office is working with prison officials in an effort to make sure the virus does not spread. Mueller […]
Nobody was injured in a fire that heavily damaged a Fond du Lac duplex. Shortly before 3am Thursday firefighters were called to the scene at 231 North Military Road, encountering heavy fire conditions. The duplex was unoccupied and no one was currently residing at duplex. The cause of the fire is under investigation. https://twitter.com/i/status/1240559703660408832
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin policy makers are scrambling to help displaced workers, shuttered bars and restaurants and others reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, even in the face of new cases and greater limitations. Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday ordered that child care settings have no more than 10 staffers and 50 children present at the same time. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported that 106 people had tested […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Seven members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation on Wednesday said the state was running “critically low” on needed medical equipment to combat the spread of the virus and asked the federal government for immediate help. The lawmakers sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to request respirators, surgical masks, face shields, surgical gowns, coveralls and gloves from the national stockpile. Everyone in […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers will comply with an open records request from a top Republican lawmaker who filed a lawsuit to force the release of material related to farmer mental health programs. The Wisconsin State Journal reported Wednesday that lawyers with the state attorney general's office, who represent Evers, filed a motion last week asking a Dane County circuit court judge to put the lawsuit on hold […]