MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has temporarily blocked an order that prevented most students in Dane County from attending school in person, restrictions issued by health leaders to help control the spread of the coronavirus. The court, a 4-3 vote, agreed Thursday night to hear a lawsuit challenging the Public Health Madison and Dane County order. The court’s conservative justices were in favor of hearing the case, […]
A new study shows among small metro areas in the United States, Fond du Lac is the eighth best paying for construction workers. The report analyzed new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the Fond du Lac metropolitan area, the adjusted median annual wage for all construction workers is $63,513. At the state level, the Midwest claims the highest median wages for construction workers. After adjusting for cost […]
The Agnesian HealthCare Foundation’s Charity Open has surpassed it’s fundraising goal. This year’s virtual event, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, raised just over $300,000 topping the $250,000 goal. The money goes to the Hospice Home of Hope. In 2019 , just under 1,000 hospice patients in the Fond du Lac and surrounding communities received hospice care with 30 percent of these patients receiving financial assistance for the length of their care - approximately 65 days on […]
The Dodge County Highway Commission is hosting an open house at the new Reeseville Highway shop on North Main Street Saturday. The open house is being held from 10am to noon. Residents are welcome to stop in for a tour of the new facility. Highway Committee members and Highway Department staff will be present to greet visitors and answer questions.
An Oshkosh man is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly nursing home resident. Attorney General Josh Kaul says 58 year old Terry Lynn Culver is accused of stealing over $427,000 from a 92-year-old resident of a nursing home, while acting as a power of attorney for the victim. The charges are the result of a joint elder abuse and tax fraud investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice and Wisconsin Department […]
After starting the school year online, the North Fond du Lac School District hopes to have students gradually return to the classroom this month. Superintendent Aaron Sadoff says based on the data points, the district plans to go with a blended model of in-person and online classes starting the week of September 21. Sadoff says he feels confident the district has a good plan in place that when a student gets sick, the district […]
The Reopen Fond du Lac County Task Force met this week with students back in school for the second week of the school year. Envision Greater Fond du Lac president Sadie Parafiniuk says she is confident K-12 schools and area colleges and universities have good plans in place. "They all have excellent plans in place. When they catch it early they can shut down just a portion, not the entire school," Parafiniuk […]
Veterans and military families are divided about reports that president Donald Trump made disparaging comments toward the military. Some service members bristle at the remarks and others question whether they happened. Fond du Lac County Veterans Service Officer Rick Patton says at this point he doesn’t know what to think, but says after reading the article it doesn’t look good for the president. Patton says he has been cynical about reports in […]
The Environmental Health supervisor with Fond du Lac County says she hopes steps taken by local colleges and universities will help prevent what’s happening at UW-Madison. More than 1,000 UW Madison students and several employees have tested positive for COVID-19. Danielle Vollendorf says she agrees with the University of Wisconsin-Madison moving all classes online and quarantining students in two of its largest dorms as it deals with rising cases of COVID-19. […]