State Fair executive director Kathleen O'Leary will be a guest on AM 1170s Between the Lines program with Greg Stensland at 9:20am Friday WEST ALLIS, Wis. – May 28, 2020 – For several months the Wisconsin State Fair Park Board of Directors and staff have been working tirelessly analyzing all facets of the annual event, in hopes of being able to provide the Wisconsin State Fair experience that Fairgoers have come […]
Fond du Lac County resident Gregg Bartel has a message for residents…COVID-19 is real and it’s serious. Bartel says he first started feeling sick March 15. Bartel says the doctor told him test kits were scarce and he and his daughter didn’t fit the profile for COVID-19 so they gave his daughter an inhaler and told him to take Mucinex. Bartel says about a week later he had difficulty breathing […]
Doctor Todd Straus says he is hopeful that convalescent blood transfusions will be able to help successfully treat patients suffering from COVID-19. Dr. Straus is the Chief Medical Officer at The Community Blood Center in Appleton. The Community Blood Center is calling on those who have been diagnosed and since recovered from COVID-19 to consider making a plasma donation. Straus says the hope is that antibodies in the plasma will help […]
Republican Senator Majority leader Scott Fitzgerald says he feels confident the major Wiconsin professional sports teams will be able to resume their seasons this year. Fitzgerald made the comments after phone calls this week with representatives from the Milwaukee Brewers, Milwaukee Bucks and Green Bay Packers for updates on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their teams and what assistance from Wisconsin would be be helpful moving forward. "There's definately and eagerness to get back […]
The Fond du Lac County District Attorney says local judges are working on a plan to resume in-person hearings and jury trials. The Wisconsin Supreme Court last week issued an order allowing individual courts to resume in-person proceedings on a county-by county basis if each court prepares a plan that requires everyone in the courtroom to wear masks and clean frequently touched surfaces. District Attorney Eric Toney says he is hopeful that in-person […]
The Fond du Lac County Dairy and Livestock extension agent says a Wisconsin Farm Support program unveiled last week by governor Tony Evers is welcome news for dairy farmers. Extension agent Tina Kohlman says the program provides $50 million in direct payments to Wisconsin farmers and a $15 million Food Security Initiative to combat hunger in Wisconsin. Kohlman says the direct cash relief will help Wisconsin farmers who have been hit especially hard during […]
Republican state representative Joan Ballweg says her office is helping residents who have been waiting for weeks to receive their unemployment benefits. While the state’s unemployment soared to 14.1 percent in April, so has Republican criticism over the speed in processing claims for benefits. As of last week more than two million weekly claims had been filed, but more than 675,000 were unpaid. Ballweg says her office is stepping in to help residents […]
It’s June in Wisconsin, and that means June Dairy Month. From my days working in a cheese plant, I’ve never missed the chance to support our state’s dairy industry, which now contributes $45.6 billion to Wisconsin’s economy. I know things have been hard for dairy farmers these past several years, and this June won’t be any easier. Even though you might not be headed out to a crowded dairy breakfast […]
RHINELANDER, Wis. (AP) — Two days after a country music festival in northern Wisconsin got the green light to hold four days of concerts expected to attract thousands, organizers have canceled the event. The Hodag Country Festival in Rhinelander won approval from the Oneida County public safety committee on Tuesday, overcoming opposition voiced from the public and the county health department. But on Thursday, organizers posted on the festival’s website […]