MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A local Republican group in northwestern Wisconsin is refusing to take down an online message urging conservatives to “prepare for war.” The St. Croix County Republican Party's website includes a message that reads “if you want peace, prepare for war." The message goes on to say that President Donald Trump changed the Republican Party and patriots need to continue the fight be counted as conservative warriors. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The National Guard has withdrawn from a southeastern Wisconsin city after protests over a decision not to charge a white police officer with shooting a Black man didn't materialize. Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley on Tuesday decided not to charge Kenosha Officer Rusten Sheskey for shooting Jacob Blake in the back this past summer. The shooting sparked chaotic protests that went on for several nights. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State health officials say police and firefighters in Wisconsin will be eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine starting Jan. 18. Gov. Tony Evers estimates in a letter made public on Monday that members of the general public won’t be vaccinated until June. Evers renewed his call for faster distribution of the vaccine from the federal government while state Republicans introduced a new response bill. The Assembly […]
The Fond du Lac School District will stay in a blended learning model for now with the goal of full in-person instruction before the end of the school year. Interim superintendent Sharon Simon says the school board feels it is still not safe for students or staff to be in class five days a week at this time. "We are hopeful that we will be back to five-day, in-person instruction. But […]
A lower number of COVID-19 cases and fewer people are getting tested in Fond du Lac County. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the Drive Through testing site at the Fairgrounds saw it’s fewest number of people last Thursday, since it first opened last fall. Mueller says the site has the capacity to test about 900 people, but only 278 people got tested Thursday. Mueller says if you look at a […]
The Waupun city administrator says COVID-19 will continue to be the biggest challenge for the city in the new year. "Nothing like we've ever seen before," city administrator Kathy Schlieve told WFDL news. "I joked with some of my friends that had I known this was going to be part of my job I'm not sure I would have signed up for it." Aside from the pandemic Kathy Schlieve says plans […]
The Fond du Lac Fire Chief says a construction worker is fortunate to escape with only minor injuries after he was electrocuted when a pole he was holding came in contact with an electrical line. The incident happened Monday morning at a residence on Forest Circle. "He was putting up siding on a house that was being renovated. There was a pole that came in contact with a primary (electrical) wire. He got […]
There were a record number of opioid overdose deaths in Fond du Lac last year. Fond du Lac Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says paramedics responded to 17 suspected opioid overdose deaths in 2020. O’Leary says more than 60 lives were saved with the use of NARCAN. O’Leary says he believes the pandemic was clearly a factor in the spike in cases. O’Leary says he wants people who have a drug […]
Red Cross blood donors could win a trip to next year’s Super Bowl by helping tackle a COVID-19 plasma shortage. American Red Cross Wisconsin chapter spokeswoman Laura McGuire says as rising COVID cases across the country has led to a shortage of convalescent plasma. Blood or platelet donors in January are automatically entered to win two tickets to next year’s Super Bowl in Los Angelas, and a large screen television and $500 gift […]