Gov. Tony Evers Tuesday directed Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to issue a Safer at Home order that prohibits all nonessential travel, with some exceptions as clarified and defined in the order. The order is available here. The order is effective at 8 am on Weds., March 25, 2020 and will remain in effect until 8 am Fri., April 24, 2020, or until a superseding order is […]
The Fond du Lac Senior Center is working to make sure that area seniors can still get a hot meal each week day. After the congregate senior dining meal sites were closed last week, the Center worked with the county to start a drive-up option at the Senior Center. Senior Center director Cathy Loomans says reservations need to be made by noon to receive the meal the next day. Pick up is in […]
More than 2.6 million adult Wisconsinites are projected to be infected by COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic, according to a recent report from the Harvard Global Health Institute. Plus, around 560,000 adults in the state are expected to be hospitalized, the report shows. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says those figures are startling but not out of the ordinary. "With this spread continuing to […]
Wisconsin’s top health leader said Tuesday that without more restrictions to limit human interaction, up to 1,000 people in the state could die in two weeks. Over that same time period, models estimate 22,000 would contract the virus, said Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm. Palm released the projections on the same day that Gov. Tony Evers ordered the closure of nonessential businesses and restricted the reasons people can […]
As festival season rapidly rolls in, we’re constantly being reminded of the continuing lack of diversity on our lineups. With a recent study indicating 86 per cent of the lineups of 12 major music festivals last year including Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds and Creamfields were male, it seems that the ears at the top are still unwilling to break up the boys club that makes up our live music industry. […]
The Fond du Lac County District Attorney has confirmed that a member of the DA office staff is in self quarantine for symptoms similar to COVID-19. DA Eric Toney says the staff member is being treated for symptoms consistent with Covid-19 but was unable to be tested because of insufficient test kits. DA Eric Toney said on Monday that the doctor told him to "act as though he has Covid-19" but has not […]
The number of people filing for unemployment in Wisconsin continues to skyrocket. The Department of Workforce Development reports that on Monday, more than 21,000 people filed claims. That is the largest single day total since the coronavirus outbreak and subsequent orders to close schools and businesses to slow the pandemic's spread. Gov. Tony Evers is ordering even more businesses to close starting on Wednesday. Last year on the same day, there were just […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers isn't saying how his safer-at-home order to slow the coronavirus might apply to Wisconsin's spring election. Evers issued the order prohibiting nonessential travel Tuesday morning. It contains extensive exemptions but doesn't mention the April 7 election. Asked during conference call with reporters Tuesday afternoon whether it in effect prohibits in-person voting, Evers responded that his adminstration is “working hard to understand the issues […]
Gov. Tony Evers issued an order Tuesday closing businesses deemed to be nonessential, ordered no gatherings of any size and placed restrictions on travel across Wisconsin for a month in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Evers’ order has numerous exceptions, including for hospitals and other health care facilities, grocery stores, bars and restaurants offering delivery and carry out food, airports and other businesses offering essential services. The order […]
