Month: May 2021

The Dodge County Public Health Department is offering the Pfizer vaccine this week to children 12 years and older.    A vaccine clinic was held Wednesday and will be held Thursday at the Hustisford High School gym and Friday at the Mayville High School gym from 3:30 pm to 6pm.  Dodge County Public Health Officer Abby Sauer says you do not have to be a Dodge County resident to get a vaccine.   Sauer says […]

The Fond du Lac County Board has officially terminated the county’s declaration of a public health emergency.    Fond du Lac County executive Al Buechel declared in the emergency March 13, 2020.  The county board approved a resolution at Tuesday night’s meeting terminating the declaration and reinstating  the rules of the County board that had been suspended when the emergency was declared.   Buechel says he’s pleased to be at this point.  "They estimate we […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison woman who was fully vaccinated has died of coronavirus complications, according to her sons who say her underlying health conditions likely made her more vulnerable to infection. Seventy-five-year-old Olivia Kingree had diabetes and a kidney condition, among other health issues. She died Sunday while in hospice at a Madison nursing home. One son, Dr. Seth Kingree, says the combination of medications she was taking […]

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer  is praising new guidelines that allow people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to shed their facemasks in most situations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines Thursday saying the fully vaccinated can resume normal activities and don't have to wear masks outdoors or indoors except in crowded environments such as on public transportation or inside hospitals, prisons and […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans say they want to end the $300-per-week federal unemployment supplement because it hurts businesses that are struggling to fill vacancies as customers return amid loosened coronavirus restrictions. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Sen. Howard Marklein, chairman of the Legislature’s budget committee, called on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to support the bill they unveiled Tuesday with the support of a couple of Wisconsin business […]