MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A top Wisconsin health official says there will be enough coronavirus vaccine in Wisconsin by the end of June to immunize 80% of those age 16 and over in the state, hitting a key target to achieve herd immunity for COVID-19. Deputy state health secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk made the forecast Thursday. Currently, more than 23% of Wisconsin residents have received at least one dose […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers' administration says implementing a new call center to help unemployed people 24 hours a day, seven days a week is moving ahead with the signing of a $1.2 million contract. The state Department of Workforce Development received a $2.4 million federal grant that it is using to begin overhauling the 50-year-old computer system. It announced the signing of a $1.2 million contract […]
Republicans have delayed approval of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed $2.4 billion budget for state building projects, employing the same tactic they used two years ago before they pared back the spending. The evenly-divided State Building Commission deadlocked 4-4 Wednesday on recommending the projects effectively moving the decision to the state Legislature’s GOP-controlled budget committee. That’s the same move Republicans employed last legislative session. Republican co-chair of the legislatures Jt. Finance committee, State representative Mark Born of […]
The president of Fond du Lac’s St. Agnes Hospital says it has been a long year. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Katherine Vergos says sometimes it seems like a year and other days it seems like five years. Vergos says one of the biggest challenges was how little was known early on about the novel coronavirus. "A lot of stress, a lot of change, a lot of unkown," Vergos […]
A National Weather Service meteorologist says overall this has been a mild winter in Wisconsin. Meteorologist Marcia Cronce says aside from the bitter cold temperatures toward the end of February, it’s been a great winter. "As a Wisconsin resident I'd say we escaped, and had a great winter,' Cronce told WFDL news. "We had a mild early part of winter. We had one big cold snap." The first official day […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal authorities have destroyed Burnett County game farm's deer herd after one of the animals tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced Thursday that federal agriculture officials destroyed 14 deer on at Schultz Whitetails on March 3. The state agency said the move came after a four-year-old buck at the farm tested positive for CWD in October. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a man who opened fire at a Wisconsin grocery distribution center and the two co-workers he killed were long-time employees, but a motive for the attack remains unclear. Police said during a news conference Thursday that the man who carried out Tuesday's night's attack at the Roundy’s distribution center in Oconomowoc, west of Milwaukee, was 41-year-old Fraron Cornelius, of Wauwatosa. The men he killed […]
A faulty vent fan is being blamed for a fire that damaged a bathroom in a Fond du Lac home. Shortly before 4:30am Thursday firefighters were called to the scene at 411 West Scott Street and found a fire smoldering in the bathroom. The fire was contained to the bathroom. Nobody was injured. Photo: fdl fire and rescue
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials say the state is “woefully behind” in cleaning up COVID-19 data and a renewed emphasis on making sure the case counts are more accurate has resulted in swings in previously reported numbers. Wisconsin Department of Health Services officials said Wednesday that they're concerned the public won’t understand why the numbers are changing, even though they say it’s part of a routine process that […]