Month: December 2020

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12-22-20 truck to trunk

Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam is coordinating a fourth free Truck to Trunk meat, dairy, fruit and produce distribution event.  The drive thru food distribution will be held Tuesday, Dec. 22 from 2-4 p.m. as supplies last at the Dodge County Fairgrounds.  The event is a collaboration between Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam, Feeding America Eastern  Wisconsin, the United States Department of Agriculture, and Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin and will provide residents with surplus fruit, produce, […]

todayDecember 22, 2020

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12-22-20 packers with seven pro bowlers

Led by their star quarterbacks, the Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers each had seven players selected to the Pro Bowl. The Baltimore Ravens also had seven players chosen. Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes joins Buffalo’s Josh Allen and Houston’s Deshaun Watson as the AFC quarterbacks. For the NFC, it’s Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers, Seattle’s Russell Wilson and Arizona’s Kyler Murray. Mahomes and Rodgers are the starters, though […]

todayDecember 22, 2020

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12-21-20 wisconsin covid-19 cases

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin health officials are confirming more than 1,800 positive COVID-19 tests in the last day and 18 new deaths due to complications from the coronavirus. The Sunday update increased the total number of cases to 457,177 since the start of the pandemic. The COVID Tracking Project reports that Wisconsin ranks 26th in the country for new cases per capita over the last two weeks. One in every […]

todayDecember 21, 2020

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12-21-20 shirley abrahamson dies

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Shirley Abrahamson, the longest-serving Wisconsin Supreme Court justice in state history and the first woman to serve on the high court, has died. She was 87. Abrahamson's son Dan told The Associated Press that his mom died Saturday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Long recognized as a top legal scholar nationally and a leader among state judges, Abrahamson wrote more than 450 majority opinions and […]

todayDecember 21, 2020

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12-21-20 garage fire-rienzi road

Nobody was injured in a garage fire in Fond du Lac County.  Firefighters were called to the Burt and Alysia Steffes home on Rienzi Road Sunday evening.  The fire began in a garbage can, which contained ash from a wood burning fire place, then spread to a portion of a detached garage before it was extinguished through a combined effort of the homeowners, a passerby, and fire department officials. The fire was contained to a […]

todayDecember 21, 2020

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12-21-20 fdl doctor says vaccine is next step in controlling spread of disease

Fond du Lac St. Agnes Hospital emergency medicine physician Dr. Mark Kermgard says getting the COVID vaccine is the next step in controlling the spread of the disease and getting back to some normalcy.   Last week Dr. Kermgard became the first Fond du Lac resident to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.  Despite a report of a health worker in Alaska suffering an allergic reaction after receiving the shot Dr. Kermgard says he […]

todayDecember 20, 2020

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12-21-20 covid vaccine

The Dodge County Public Health Officer says even with the initial COVID-19 vaccine doses arriving in Wisconsin last week, distribution to the general public is still probably months away.  Public Health Officer Abby Sauer says initial vaccination plans will focus on health care workers and nursing home residents.  Sauer says it remains to be seen if the virus becomes a seasonal illness with an annual COVID-19 vaccine, just like a flu […]

todayDecember 20, 2020

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12-21-20 virus outbreak-wisconsin spending

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An Associated Press analysis has found that Wisconsin spent at least $99 million on personal protective equipment and ventilators during the chaotic early months of the coronavirus pandemic. Data the AP obtained from states shows Wisconsin officials paid suppliers with in-state facilities only about $10 million for gear as they scoured the country to build a stockpile of supplies quickly. They paid high prices as states […]

todayDecember 20, 2020

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12-21-20 foxconn, wisconsin nearing agreement

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group has told Wisconsin state officials that it is willing to accept a reduction in state tax credits “in exchange for a flexible business environment in Wisconsin.”   The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation this fall determined Foxconn was not eligible for tax credits in 2020 for hiring and investments made in 2019. The state has been pushing Foxconn to amend the contract to reflect that […]

todayDecember 20, 2020