Month: October 2020

The president of  the organization representing Fond du Lac County business and industry says she’s not sure how much impact the latest emergency health order will have locally.   Envision Greater Fond du Lac president Sadie Parafiniuk says the governor’s order limiting indoor public gatherings  to 25 percent capacity was already the recommendation of the County Health Department.  Parafiniuk says many businesses already have strict mask requirements and are taking steps to prevent spread of […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Fox Valley woman treated at the state field hospital for coronavirus patients in suburban Milwaukee says her decision to transfer to the facility wasn’t an easy one, but she says ultimately she received better care. Thirty-four-year-old Amanda Best not only tested positive for COVID-19, but was also diagnosed with double pneumonia and has asthma. She was a patient in an Appleton hospital where officials asked her […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Furloughs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will continue for the first six months of 2021 to offset losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. But Chancellor Rebecca Blank offered hope for next year, telling employees on Monday that “we expect to avoid the sort of dramatic cuts that many feared.” Blank told more than 21,000 faculty, staff and other employees in an email that the planned furloughs […]

Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst isn’t discussing quarterback Graham Mertz’s status following reports that the redshirt freshman has tested positive for COVID-19. Chryst did say he was confident the ninth-ranked Badgers’ game Saturday at Nebraska would go on as scheduled. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and Wisconsin State Journal both reported that Mertz had tested positive. Big Ten protocols say that athletes who test positive through point-of-contact daily testing must take a polymerase […]