The number of COVID-19 cases in Fond du Lac County continues to rise. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says five new cases were reported Tuesday and one on Wednesday bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the county to 84. Sixty eight Fond du Lac County residents have recovered and there are 13 active cases according to the Public Health Department website. Statewide there are 8,566 cases and 353 deaths. […]
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers Tuesday detailed efforts for delivering on another primary component of the Badger Bounce Back Plan: contact tracing. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has already trained an additional 401 contact tracers over the last two months, but the program is scaling up to match Wisconsin’s expanded COVID-19 testing. “Our local health departments are already doing an excellent job with this work, and […]
Nobody was injured in a Fond du Lac apartment fire. Firefighters were called Tuesday to 691 E. Scott St for a report of a fire on a second floor balcony of an 8-unit apartment building. Crews quickly extinguished the fire. There was smoke and heat damage to the unit and smoke throughout the second floor. All of the occupants were safely evacuated. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Conservative justices who control the Wisconsin Supreme Court are raising questions about the legality of Gov. Tony Evers' administration's stay-at-home order. The court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit Republican legislators filed challenging the order. The Republicans argue that state Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm exceeded her authority when she extended the order until May 26. Justice Rebecca Bradley said during the arguments […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Workforce is reporting that nearly 512,000 people have filed for unemployment since the coronavirus outbreak began in March. The latest figures track filings made through Monday. Thirty-six members of the Republican state Assembly sent DWD Secretary Caleb Frostman a letter on Monday calling for the department to look at all possible options to process unemployment claims more quickly. A preliminary analysis by […]
A private Catholic college in Manitowoc says it will close for good, citing in part the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. Holy Family College, formerly known as Silver Lake College, will lay off employees in June and eliminate any remaining jobs by the end of August. The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Sponsored Ministries announced the decision on Monday. Leaders say enrollment and fundraising challenges were made more difficult with COVID-19. The […]
The secretary of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation says she is concerned about the future of hundreds of small businesses across the state. "Very concerned," WEDC secretary Melissa Hughes told WFDL news. "It's devastating not only for the business owners but also for the employees." Hughes says she is hopeful the state will be able to meet the criteria outlined in the governor’s Badger Bounce Back plan to reopen the economy […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders are talking with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers about opening some parts of Wisconsin less affected by the coronavirus pandemic sooner than others. Evers and Republican and Democratic legislative leaders met for the first time Monday to talk about the virus response. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says they discussed the possibility of a regional approach to reopening the state. The meeting comes a day […]
Republican state senator Dan Feyen of Fond du Lac says he’s concerned the criteria in the governor’s Bounce Back plan to reopen the state’s economy won’t be met for months. Feyen says under some scenarios the state may not meet the criteria to reopen until November. "If you really look at the criteria that was laid out in the Badger Bounce Back plan, we don't hit that criteria for a […]