MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin Hospital performed a record 548 organ transplants last year, even though the COVID-19 pandemic forced a temporary closure of part of its transplant program. Mike Anderson is executive director of UW Organ and Tissue Donation. He said the hospital had 173 deceased donors last year, up from the previous record of 150. He said part of that was due to an increase […]
An Illinois man is in custody following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac County. The chase started shortly before 2am Sunday after a sheriff’s deputy attempted a traffic stop on Highway 26 at Olden Road for a vehicle for a speeding violation. The nearly 20 mile long chase reached speeds of over 100 miles an hour and continued onto Highway 151 into Dodge County ending when the vehicle crashed in a ditch at […]
Mercury Marine is installing solar panels at it’s world headquarters campus in Fond du Lac. The new array sits atop a segment of the company’s warehouse roof and comprises 320 panels, each measuring 6 feet wide and 4 feet tall. The array will generate enough electricity to light the company’s warehouse operation in Fond du Lac for the next 30 years. Mercury launched its first solar project in 2017 with the installation of a 2,000‑panel […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin corrections officials say two additional inmates have died from coronavirus in the state’s prison system, bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths to 25. The additional deaths come as more than half of the state’s roughly 20,000 prisoners have been infected. Department of Corrections spokesman John Beard say inmates who have tested positive have been medically isolated and those exposed have been quarantined “as space […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers are making about 6,000 tickets available to season-ticket holders for their divisional playoff game, which will mark the first time they will have paying spectators at home this season. Seats will be arranged in socially distanced pods of two, four and six tickets throughout Lambeau Field. They’ll be available to season-ticker holders who didn’t opt out of the opportunity to purchase […]
Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputies made 11 OWI arrests during the recent Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. In addition to arrests for drunken driving there werer 67 citations issued for speeding violations, and six felony drug related arrests including possession with intent to deliver cocaine.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has broken 500,000 positive cases of the coronavirus, two days after the state eclipse 5,000 dead. As of Friday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reports that 502,012 people have tested positive for COVID-19 and 5,119 have died. Wisconsin’s death count is the 22nd highest in the country overall and the 32nd highest per capita at 94 deaths per 100,000 people. Over the past two […]
The COVID-19 vaccination program will follow prioritization guidelines and recommendations set forth by the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the WI State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee (SDMAC). In anticipation of increased vaccine availability locally, Fond du Lac County Health Department is putting out a call to independent healthcare workers who need a COVID-19 vaccine and are not employed by a facility who can vaccinate them. Currently, rollout […]
A psychiatrist and licensed nurse from Fond du Lac face up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine if convicted of illegally distributing controlled substances. The U.S. Attorney's Eastern District of Wisconsin office says a federal grand jury issued the indictment against 74 year old psychiatrist John Whelan, and 58 year old nurse Tina Montezon. According to the indictment, the pair prescribed controlled substances outside their professional practice from a home […]