MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nearly all of the classes being taught currently on University of Wisconsin campuses are in person, bouncing back from last year when nearly all went remote as COVID-19 spread across the state. Interim UW System President Tommy Thompson announced the results Tuesday, Thompson in February set a goal of having 75% of classes taught in person starting this fall, after the COVID-19 vaccine was widely available. […]
The North Fond du Lac School District has implemented a 15 day masking requirement for students and staff following a recent spike in COVID-19 cases. Superintendent Aaron Sadoff says the requirement went into effect Tuesday. Sadoff says the masking requirement was implemented after the District met the threshold for COVID in-school spread, and the number of District residents who have contracted the virus. Sadoff says not everyone is happy with the decision. […]
BEAVER DAM, Wis. (AP) — A Beaver Dam Unified School Board member has resigned, citing safety concerns over his support for mandating masks for students in the district’s schools. Tony Klatt has twice voted in favor of the mask mandate for Beaver Dam school and says he still feels strongly that it was the right decision based on “facts at hand.” Klatt, who has been on the board since April […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state Sen. Andre Jacque has been discharged after a five-week hospital stay that included being intubated and placed on a ventilator due to pneumonia caused by COVID-19. Jacque spokesman Matt Tompach said Tuesday that Jacque is “doing much better.” Jacque is one of the Legislature's most conservative lawmakers who opposed mask and vaccine mandates. The 40-year-old Jacque was intubated and placed on a ventilator Aug. […]
Wednesday is the first official day of autumn. National Weather Service meteorologist Marcia Cronce says thunderstorms that moved through Wisconsin Monday night ushered in cooler temperatures for at least the rest of this week. High temps for the rest of the week are forecast for the low 60s. Meanwhile, Cronce says this past summer will be remembered as warmer and more humid than normal.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The battle over drawing new political boundary lines in Wisconsin is heating up. A panel of three federal judges told the Legislature and Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday that it wants to have new maps enacted by March and it needs to prepare to have the court draw those maps if Republican lawmakers and the Democratic governor can’t agree. Judge James Peterson said he wants to […]
Six Native American tribes are suing Wisconsin to try to stop its planned wolf hunt in November. They assert that the hunt violates their treaty rights and endangers an animal they consider sacred. The Chippewa tribes say treaties give them rights to half of the wolf quota in territory they ceded to the United States in the mid-1800s. But rather than hunt wolves, the tribes want to protect them. Hunters […]
A retired Ripon College economist says a decision by the Federal Reserve to slow aid for the economy later this year is good news. Fed chair Jerome Powell says the Federal Reserve will start dialing back its ultra-low interest rate policies this year as long as hiring continues to improve. Economist Paul Schoofs says it signals the beginning of the end of the Fed’s extraordinary response to the pandemic recession. Such a move […]
Fortunately there were no serious injuries were reported in two separate weather-related crashes in Fond du Lac County Monday night. Sheriff's captain Bill Tadych says heavy rain appears to be a factor in crashes on Ashford Drive and another crash on Interstate 41 near Highway 151. "One individual in the town of Auburn struck a tree," Tadych said. "There was a semi on 151 and 41 that lost control and went into the […]