Another COVID-19 death has been reported in Fond du Lac County. There are now 24 coronavirus deaths in the county. There were 131 positive cases confirmed in Fond du Lac County Wednesday. There are 5,647 confirmed positive cases in the county. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the local cases and recent record daily COVID-19 cases and high positivity rate shows Wisconsin continues to head in the wrong […]
For the second time in two weeks a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds had to close early because of demand. Cars lined Martin Avenue last Thursday when the site opened at 11am. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the site is scheduled to be open until 7pm, but for a second week in a row ran out of test kits by 2:30pm. Mueller says the Health […]
A huge voter turnout in Fond du Lac County this week. County Clerk Lisa Freiberg says 93 percent of registered voters cast ballots both absentee and then in-person on Tuesday. Freiberg says more than 29,000 people voted absentee and nearly the same number voted in person. She says while poll workers were able to process absentee ballots during the day on election day it would have been nice to be able to do that […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court is refusing to consider whether to reinstate Gov. Tony Evers' order limiting the size of public indoor gatherings. Evers' administration issued the order in early October, sparking a lawsuit from the Tavern League of Wisconsin. A Barron County judge upheld the mandate, spurring an appeal from Pro-Life Wisconsin and a bar in Amery. The 3rd District Court of Appeals blocked the order […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Dane County judge has ruled a measure meant to protect crime victims’ rights was improperly enacted and should be rescinded, but he allowed the law to remain in effect pending an appeal. Voters adopted what’s known as Marsy’s Law as an amendment to the state constitution in April. Dane County Circuit Judge Frank Remington, in a 36-page ruling Tuesday, said the question presented to voters […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump campaign says it has filed lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states. President Donald Trump has slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden in the hunt for the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. Suits in the three states are demanding better access for campaign observers to locations where ballots are being processed and counted. The campaign […]
The AP called Wisconsin for Democrat Joe Biden after election officials in the state said all outstanding ballots had been counted, except for a few hundred in one township and an expected small number of provisional ballots. Trump’s campaign has requested a recount. Statewide recounts in Wisconsin have historically changed the vote tally by only a few hundred votes; Biden leads by .624 percentage points out of nearly 3.3 million […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Several of the key players who helped fuel dominating San Francisco wins over Green Bay last season won't be available for the NFC title game rematch. Jimmy Garoppolo, George Kittle, Raheem Mostert, Nick Bosa and Richard Sherman are among the players out injured for the defending NFC champions. Both teams are also dealing with coronavirus issues with the Packers missing three players and the Niners […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats have beaten back Republicans' bid for a legislative supermajority, preserving Gov. Tony Evers' veto powers in the upcoming session. Republicans needed to flip three seats in the Assembly and three in the Senate in Tuesday's elections to achieve a two-thirds majority in each chamber. That would give them enough votes to override any Evers veto, allowing them to advance their agenda at will. As […]