A man has been arrested in connection with a drug overdose death in Fond du Lac. Fond du Lac police arrested Robert Harris Monday afternoon. He is being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail facing a charge of Second Degree Reckless Homicide.
Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam is offering a mobile flu clinic this fall. Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 7 the mobile unit will be located in the parking lot near Entrance B. The unit is designed to increase access to the flu vaccine and reduce traffic inside Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam facilities. Hospital officials say entering the first full flu season during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s more important than ever to have yourself inoculated […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers’ administration has issued a new order limiting the size of public indoor gatherings to stem the spread of COVID-19. Wisconsin has become one of the worst hot spots for the disease over the last month as colleges and schools reopened and fatigue over wearing masks and social distancing has grown. The order issued Tuesday limits public indoor gatherings to 25% of the room […]
Governor Tony Evers has announced a second round of grants to help small businesses and communities amid the coronavirus pandemic. The governor says the $100 million in investments include over $50 million of $5,000 “We’re All In” grants to more than 10,000 small businesses. Other investments target tourism, entertainment and cultural venues. The grants include $20 million for the lodging industry, $15 million for live music and performance venues and $10 million each for […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is reporting another coronavirus outbreak in a state prison. Officials say Oshkosh Correctional Institution has more than 300 active cases among inmates. Oshkosh Correctional has a large number of elderly inmates and is the state’s most populous prison with nearly 2,000 prisoners. The surge in cases comes as Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution reported 437 active cases of COVID-19 among inmates — […]
Republican congressman Glenn Grothman says rising COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin are alarming. Grothman was briefed on the situation last week during a meeting with representatives from the Wisconsin Hospital Association. Grothman says for six months Wisconsin had been safer than most other states, but right now hospitalizations are over 50 percent higher than the previous high, COVID deaths are climbing, and he says it’s focused in the Fox Valley. "Just remind people […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says the state’s approach to testing the COVID-19 positivy rate is accurate and the preferred method of calculating the rate. Kim Mueller was responding to a report from the conservative MacIver Institute that argued a fundamental flaw in how the state calculates the daily positive test rate was driving the recent explosion in that rate. The report asserts the state should be basing the calculation off the raw […]
Wisconsin health officials have reported nearly 1,700 new COVID-19 cases across the state. The state Department of Health Services reported 1,1696 newly confirmed cases on Monday, down from 1,865 on Sunday and a record 2,892 cases on Saturday. The state has now seen 134,359 cases since the pandemic began. The DHS reported four more people have died, bringing the death toll to 1,381. About 1.6 million people havenow been tested for the […]
Fond du Lac judge Gary Sharpe says it’s time for him to retire and let someone younger take over the position. The 70 year old Sharpe is retiring at the end of the year after more than a decade on the bench. "It is a very honorable position and a challenging position," Sharpe told WFDL news. "I think I've done all the things I've wanted to do and it's time […]