Month: May 2020

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says there was another significant jump in COVID-19 cases over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.   Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says there were 25 new cases reported over the weekend bringing to 182, the total number of positive cases in Fond du Lac County.   Mueller says a lot of the people who tested positive were already quarantining themselves because of their exposure […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin circuit courts can to resume in-person hearings and jury trials if they create plans to protect participants and observers from the coronavirus. The state Supreme Court suspended in-person hearings and jury trials in March, ordering judges to move trials to a date after May 22. The court late Friday allowed circuit courts to resume in-person proceedings on a county-by-county basis if each court prepares a […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin health officials have  reported 400 new cases of the coronavirus and three additional deaths. The Department of Health Services update on Sunday shows that the number of COVID19 cases across the state is 15,277. The total number of hospitalizations was 2,315, an increase of 23 from Saturday’s report. The number of deaths related to the coronavirus in Wisconsin is 510. Statewide, 186,206 tests have come back […]

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says she is hoping not to see a spike in COVID-19 cases following the long Memorial Day Holiday weekend.    Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says encouraged residents to postpone or cancel all nonessential travel including travel to private or rental cabins,  and avoid gatherings of 10 or more people.  "We're just urging everybody, please take it seriously,"  Mueller told WFDL news.  […]

It was a different look over the Memorial Day holiday weekend at the Dodge County Fairgrounds and the events that follow this year during the coronavirus pandemic.   The vendor fair was lined with unique items and collectibles and socially-distanced visitors – something that has not been observed for weeks in Beaver Dam or anywhere else.    While the community attempts to navigate a “new normal” as Wisconsin transitions  out of  the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources says state parks resumed normal hours this weekend but visitors won't have access to bathrooms until next month.   Most state parks have been operating with reduced hours and no bathroom access as the state grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. Those parks resumed normal hours starting Saturday.   Visitors will have limited access to bathrooms beginning June 3.  All campsites will remain […]