MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials say labs in the state are closing in on Gov. Tony Evers’ coronavirus testing goal. Evers’ plan to reopen businesses hinges on being able to test at least 85,000 people a week. That equates to about 12,140 tests a day. State Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm said during a video conference Thursday that 48 labs are now testing and the daily […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says a warning from the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of a potential second wave of the novel coronavirus is a reminder that preparation is essential. The CDC director said this week there’s a possibility that the assault of the virus next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through. Fond du lac County Public Health […]
Fond du Lac city and county leaders hope a local task force can help provide direction to help local businesses plan for reopening when a Safer at Home order is lifted. The task force, under the direction of Envision Greater Fond du lac, holds it’s first meeting Friday afternoon. Fond du Lac city manager Joe Moore says the group will be comprised of between 20 to 30 individuals in the […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors say a defendant charged with killing a Green Bay man inflicted 175 stab wounds on the victim. Twenty-two-year-old Andres Garcia-Saenz is being held on $500,000 bond on a charge of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of 73-year-old Douglas Campbell. Police were asked to check on Campbell March 17 when he failed to show up for work. Police say the house appeared to be […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison hospitals say they are “slowly resuming” postponed procedures and nonurgent surgeries put on hold since mid-March as levels of coronavirus cases level off. The Wisconsin State Journal reported Thursday that UW Health, SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital and UnityPoint Health-Meriter also said people should use their emergency rooms if needed. Hospitals in Madison and across the state, including Fond du Lac, postponed elective procedures in […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With legions out of work, Republicans across the critical battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin are increasingly laying blame for the economic wreckage of the coronavirus outbreak on the stay-at-home orders or business shutdowns imposed by Democratic governors. They are ramping up a political strategy that is likely to shape the debate in the run-up to the presidential election. It comes as some governors, mostly […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Party chairman Tom Perez says he expects to hold an in-person convention in Milwaukee to nominate Joe Biden for president, though he didn't rule out the potential that portions of the event would be conducted virtually. The convention is slated for the week of Aug. 17. It was postponed from July 13-16 amid the coronavirus pandemic. Perez told reporters on a telephone call Thursday that they […]
Nobody was injured in a fire that heavily damaged the second floor of a Fond du Lac duplex. Firefighters were called to the scene at 22 East Seventh Street shortly before 12:30pm Thursday. The occupant who escaped was alerted of the fire by a passing motorist who banged on the door to woke the resident. Fire chief Pete O’Leary says there were flames shooting out of a second story window when […]
Nobody was injured in a fire destroyed a milk house on a Fond du Lac County farm. Shortly after 3:30am Thursday firefighters were called to the Stuart Joas farm on County Highway D to find the milk house attached to the barn engulfed in flames. The fire was extinguished before it could spread to the barn. No livestock were injured. The milk house contained milking equipment which was destroyed in the fire. The fire was believed […]