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Month: July 2020

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7-16-20 wisconsin teams to wear university crest logo with black ‘w’

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin plans to have its sports teams wear a university crest logo with a black “W” to show solidarity with Black and other underrepresented communities on campus. School officials say the change would take effect whenever Wisconsin sports teams return to action. Several current and former Wisconsin athletes had publicly stated this summer that they wanted Badger teams to wear the university’s “Crest W” on their […]

todayJuly 16, 2020

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7-16-20 contact tracing

What is contact tracing, and how does it work with COVID-19?   Environmental  Health Supervisor with the Fond du Lac Health Department, Danielle Vollendorf, says the goal of contact tracing is  to alert people who may have been exposed to someone with coronavirus, so they won’t spread it to others.  The process is key to containing the virus and allowing places to reopen more safely, but it isn’t easy.   Vollendorf says after a person […]

todayJuly 16, 2020

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7-16-20 racial injustice-wisconsin statues

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Wisconsin legislators are introducing a bill that would make defacing or destroying statues a felony. Republican Rep. Rob Hutton and Democratic Sen. Tim Carpenter — who was physically attacked by protesters last month — announced the bill Wednesday. The measure would make damaging or defacing any structure, plaque, statue, painting or any other monument of historical significance on public property or maintained by the government […]

todayJuly 15, 2020

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7-16-20 director for center for suicide awareness says fdl hate crime case raises questions about mental health system

The director of the Wisconsin Center for Suicide Awareness says the horrific  case of a Fond du Lac man charged with a hate crime raises questions about our mental health system.  Authorities say Daniel Navarro intentionally crashed his pickup truck into a motorcyclist killing the operator, Phillip Theisen of Fond du Lac,  because he was white.   Navarro said he believed  people had poisoned and contaminated him, made racist comments and intentionally  drive by […]

todayJuly 15, 2020

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7-16-20 united for diversity board president asks residents to wait until all the facts come out in deadly pick-up vs. motorcycle crash

The president of the Fond du Lac United for Diversity Board says it’s too early to know all of the factors behind a deadly crash in Fond du Lac that has been charged as a hate crime.   Law enforcement and prosecutors say Daniel Navarro was charged with a hate crime enhancer because he said he targeted the motorcyclist because he was white.  Navarro is accused of intentionally veering into the oncoming lane of […]

todayJuly 15, 2020

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7-16-20 shortened fdl county fair starts thursday

A shortened  Fond du Lac County Fair gets underway Thursday with restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic.  Fair board secretary Matt Immel says the Fair Board discussed it’s options for several weeks to see if they could make it work.  Immel says he is confident steps that will be taken in terms of social distancing,  attendance and cleanliness will make the Fair safe for patrons.

todayJuly 15, 2020

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7-16-20 popular upper peninusla music festival cancelled

HERMANSVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A popular four-day music festival in the Upper Peninsula has been canceled due to the coronavirus. The Woodtick Music Festival in Hermansville, west of Escanaba, had planned to have 30 bands on two stages, starting July 30. It would have been the 27th annual event. On their website, Woodtick organizers say they've been shut down over concerns about mask compliance and adequate distance between spectators. The […]

todayJuly 15, 2020

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7-16-20 wisconsin virus outbreak-unemployment

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new audit says an unknown number of unemployed people in Wisconsin received too much, or not enough, in benefits from the state Department of Workforce in late April. The errors came as the department worked to process additional money in federal aid to help those suddenly out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Legislative Audit Bureau said Wednesday that the department should determine […]

todayJuly 15, 2020

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7-16-20 vice president mike pence to visit ripon

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence plans to speak at Ripon College on Friday before touring a dairy farm near La Crosse. President Donald Trump’s campaign announced the planned visit on Wednesday. Pence was last in Wisconsin in June for a school choice round table and a faith-based event, both in Waukesha County. Pence was scheduled to speak in Ripon about Trump’s agenda and “the rejection of socialist […]

todayJuly 15, 2020