Fond du Lac County has recorded another death from the coronavirus. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says a Fond du Lac County man in his 70s died Wednesday morning. There are now three deaths in Fond du Lac from COVID-19 and 60 positive cases. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Wisconsin governor Tony Evers says Wisconsin is flattening the curve, but residents need to continue to do what they are doing to keep the coronavirus from spreading. Evers says the state is about where he thought it would be after he issued his Safer at Home order March 25. "We're pleased that we're finding a way to slow the growth and hopefully we'll be reaching our top point in […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly has approved a sweeping coronavirus relief bill in the Legislature's first virtual session. About two-thirds of the Assembly's 99 members participated in Tuesday afternoon's session via videoconference out of fears of contracting the virus. A handful of lawmakers sat in the Assembly chamber, all separated by at least 6 feet. The session got off to a slow start as the chief clerk tried […]
The latest statistical models show a glimmer of hope, forecasting fewer deaths in the U.S. from the coronavirus pandemic before August. In Wisconsin, health officials say the latest models predict the virus will peak May first. No model is perfect, but experts say the good ones give a glimpse into the future, however nebulous, and governments need that to plan. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says there’s a […]
The Fond du Lac school superintendent says he is proud of how students, staff and parents have coped with a new on-line learning program in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic. Following the governor’s order to close all schools, the Fond du Lac School District began online classes the week of March 23. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert he’s still hopeful that students will be able to return to the classroom before the […]
John D Bunch Birthday: November 19, 1951 Race: White Height: 5’ 11” Weight: 205 Hair: Brown (graying) Eyes: Blue The Fond du Lac Police Department has been notified by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections on a change of address for John D Bunch. Bunch was released back into the Fond du Lac Community on February 18th, 2020 after serving 26-years prison time for 4 counts of 1st Degree Sexual Assault […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Both parties are mining the results of Wisconsin's election for lessons on how to mobilize voters during a pandemic. Statewide turnout for the Supreme Court election and presidential primary was a strong 1.5 million, the second-highest turnout for a Supreme Court election in 20 years. That was no doubt helped by a stunning jump in mail-in voting, from 12 percent of votes cast last year to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Turnout in Wisconsin’s chaotic spring election held during a pandemic last week topped 34% of the voting-age population, the highest for an April vote since 2016. The 34% turnout is higher than last year, when turnout was 27% in an election where the Supreme Court race was the biggest draw. Of the more than 1.5 million people who voted, about 71% of ballots were cast absentee. […]
This was supposed to be rebound year for dairy farmers embattled by at least four years of depressed milk prices and then the coronavirus hit. Schools, restaurants, institutions, and universities have closed to help slow the spread of the virus. That has wiped out much of the food service market which makes up for a big chunk of the dairy business. Now farmers and cooperatives from Florida to Wisconsin to […]