Month: May 2020

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for this week in a lawsuit seeking to block an extension of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' stay-at-home order. Republican legislators filed the lawsuit directly with the high court last month after state Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm extended the order to May 26. The lawmakers say Palm lacked the authority to extend the order and asked […]

MADISON — Eleven specimen collection teams from the Wisconsin National Guard are operating across Wisconsin supporting local health departments and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to increase the state’s COVID-19 testing capacity.   The teams, comprised of more than 300 Citizen Soldiers and Airmen in total, established mobile testing sites at locations ranging from correctional facilities and health clinics, to private businesses, and community-based testing sites.   A number of specimen […]

As a result of the still-evolving COVID-19 pandemic,  Fond du Lac’s Moraine Park Technical College has decided to cancel its 2020 commencement ceremony.   MPTC president Bonnie Baerwald says  because the safety of  students, employees, and community is of the utmost importance and with so many unknowns and  safety at the forefront,   “ this is just the right thing to do.”   Additionally, Baerwald extended a personal invitation to the graduates to participate in […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says confirmed coronavirus cases increased by 460 on Friday. That is the second day in a row of record-high infections. The spike also marked the second day in a row that positive cases increased as a percentage of overall tests processed. Of the 3,632 tests processed on Thursday, 12.7% were positive. That came after a 10.8% increase the day before. […]

A Fond du Lac County man is the first donor of convalescent plasma at the Community Blood Center in Appleton helping in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.  Gregg Bartel of Malone, Wis., who was diagnosed with COVID-19 and has since fully recovered, was CBC’s first donor of convalescent plasma on Wednesday, April 29. This plasma can now be directly transfused to a patient currently suffering from COVID-19 as a potential treatment option.  Bartel said […]

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — An event that draws hundreds of thousands of people from all around the globe is the latest event to be canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual fly-in and convention say the uncertainty of COVID-19 has forced them to cancel the July 20-26 event. Approximately 642,000 people attended the convention last year when more than 10,000 aircraft arrived at Wittman […]