The vice president of Pharmacy Services with SSM Health Wisconsin Region says we may see COVID-19 cases start to rise again as a new coronavirus variant is making its way across the United States. New data releaseed this week shows the BA2 variant is spreading more quickly in the Northeast and West and appears to be on its way to becoming the dominant coronavirus strain, having roughly doubled each week for the past month. The […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A new study shows Wisconsin’s housing market is strong with the total value of homes and other property sold in 2021 increasing at the fastest rate in about 15 years. The Wisconsin Policy Forum study says revenue from fees on real estate sales totaled more than $132 million during the fiscal year ending June 30. That compares with nearly $97 million in revenue for the prior fiscal […]
A Fond du Lac County Sheriff's captain says authorities did a good job of directing traffic off Interstate 41 when a power pole snapped after catching fire. Sheriff's captain Bill Tadych says electrical wires were dangling over the Interstate Tuesday night south of Fond du Lac, resulting in the closure of the roadway for eight hours. Tadych says fortunately a detour of traffic onto Highway 175 went smoothly. "It takes an effort […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill that makes threatening a health care worker a felony. The bill makes it a felony punishable by up six years in prison to threaten health care workers in their official capacity or their families in reaction to something that happened at health care facility. Legislators drafted the measure in responses to stories from health care providers about patients threatening […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge is again voicing frustration that Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has not produced emails and text messages related to the investigation he ordered into the 2020 presidential election. Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn told Vos’s attorney on Wednesday that her patience was wearing thin as Vos has yet to produce deleted emails and other messages sought in the lawsuit brought by liberal watchdog […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul is going on offense against the two Republicans looking to run against him this fall. Kaul painted Adam Jarchow and Eric Toney as right-wing extremists during a question-and-answer session Wednesday with Wispolitcs.com. Kaul said Jarchow and Toney appear to be competing to get as far right as possible. He said they see the office in political terms, asserting they want to […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says the deaths of three children from the flu is a reminder of the importance of getting a flu shot. The state Department of Health Services last week confirmed the deaths of three children due to complications from the flu. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says every year there are pediatric deaths associated with influenza. Mueller says none of the children who died were […]
The Fond du Lac Soccer Association has received a major donation to construct an artificial turf soccer field at the Fond du Lac Soccer Complex. The National Exchange Bank Foundation is donating $500,000 for the turf field that will allow teams to play longer into the colder months of the year. Soccer association board member Andy Gill says it's a matching grant. Gill says the hope is to raise the remaining […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has thrown out Wisconsin state legislative maps that were preferred by the state’s Democratic governor and selected by Wisconsin’s top court, a win for Republicans that also makes it unclear what boundaries will be in place for the fall election. Republicans had complained that Gov. Tony Evers’ maps moved too many people to create more districts with a majority of Black and Hispanic voters […]