Month: September 2020

The Washington-Ozaukee County Health Department says a Washington County youth football coach exposed players and fellow coaches to COVID-19 by attending practice and a scrimmage while he was symptomatic and positive for the virus.   The coach, who lives in Fond du Lac County, was immediately relieved of his duties.  Washington County executive Josh Shoemann says he has not found anyone who agrees with the coach’s decision to attend practice and scrimmage while waiting for […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Colleges across the country are struggling to salvage the fall semester as campus coronavirus cases skyrocket and tensions with local health leaders flare. Schools have locked down dorms, imposed mask mandates, barred student fans from football games and toggled between online and in-person classes. No one is happy, it seems. Faculty at the University of Michigan took a no-confidence vote in President Mark Schlissel this week […]

Fond du Lac’s Moraine Park Technical College is revising their reopening plan amid the coronavirus pandemic.   The college has extended their limited campus accessibility restrictions until at least January 4, meaning the campus will remain closed to the general public.  The revision will not affect MPTC classes, events and activities.   In early June, Moraine Park announced  it’s five-phased Reopening plan and is still expected to entire phase five on October 1.  Moraine Park president Bonnie […]

MADISON, Wisc. (AP) — Wisconsin has hit a record for coronavirus cases reported in a single day as the Department of Health reported 2,817 people have tested positive for the virus. The state has seen some of the nation’s fastest coronavirus spread over the last two weeks. The rolling average number of daily new cases has increased by 950, an increase of nearly 97%, according to Johns Hopkins researchers. Over […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is forcing millions of American voters worried about their health to scramble to vote by mail for the first time. But a requirement in a handful of states, including presidential battleground North Carolina and Wisconsin, that a witness or notary public sign a ballot envelope is tripping up some voters early. That’s worrying voting rights advocates weeks before an unprecedented election. The requirement […]