Month: June 2020

Citing  recent mandates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,as well as Habitat International, the Fond du Lac County Habitat for  Humanity ReStore has announced it is closing.   The ReStore is a resale thrift store of hard goods that donates to Habitat for Humanity  to assist in fulfilling the mission of the organization.  According to a  press release new requirements regarding staff and cleaning standards have made the cost-benefit of that mission no […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reports that the state's unemployment rate dropped to 12% in May. The state's “safer at home” order closing most nonessential businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic was in effect for two weeks that month before being struck down. The survey of businesses was conducted the week the order was ended, so only a couple days worth of job gains after […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has announced two population health studies that are designed to better understand where COVID-19 is in the state, identify communities at risk for a future outbreak and help prevent the spread of the virus. Health officials said Wednesday that the first study led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Survey of the Health of Wisconsin will determine the prevalence of COVID-19 […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say they will open as scheduled this fall with a mix of in-person and online courses. The university announced Wednesday that classes will begin as scheduled on Sept. 2. In-person classes will be held in larger classrooms to facilitate social distancing. Class will shift to online after the Thanksgiving break to ensure students who become infected with the coronavirus while […]

The president of the Wisconsin Grocers Association says he expects safety measures implemented at grocery stores across the state during the pandemic are here to stay.   Brandon Scholz  tells WFDL news grocery store owners realize while the Safer at Home order is no longer in place the virus still is. Scholz says you can expect to see the changes put in place like the sneeze guards,  facemasks, one-way  aisles, and sanitizing […]

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says the latest models showing the number of COVID-19 deaths nearly doubling by September is scary and sad.  A Harvard health expert said he expects the U.S to surpass 200,000 deaths sometime in September.   The main model used by officials estimates the death toll at more than 193,000 by the end of September.  Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says that’s exactly […]