Mass testing has resulted in finding nearly 200 new positive cases of COVID-19 at the Waupun Correctional Institution. The state Department of Corrections says 184 positive cases were confirmed Friday at Waupun Correctional. The DOC says testing at Waupun Correctional was completed this week for all staff and inmates. As of Friday results of approximately half of the tests had been received. The DOC says the majority of the individuals […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials have recorded nearly 20 more COVID-19-related deaths since Thursday. The state Department of Health Services says the number of deaths in the state as of Friday afternoon stood at 568, up 18 from the same time on Thursday. The total number of cases stood at 17,707, an increase of 733 from Thursday. Nearly 2,500 people have been hospitalized.
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Department is conducting additional tests in an effort to curb the spread of a COVID-19 outbreak at a Fond du Lac apartment complex. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says in an apartment-type setting the definition of an outbreak is two or more positive cases within 72 hours. Mueller says all of the residents of the apartment complex have been tested. There are 200 […]
The city of Fond du Lac is giving a break to bars and restaurants hit hard by the cornavirus pandemic. The city council has agreed to a 75 percent refund of the $600 Class B liquor license fee. City manager Joe Moore says Class B license holders were most affected by the Safer at Home order with their primary option being curbside pickup only. Some of them were able to operate in this […]
State Fair executive director Kathleen O'Leary will be a guest on AM 1170s Between the Lines program with Greg Stensland at 9:20am Friday WEST ALLIS, Wis. – May 28, 2020 – For several months the Wisconsin State Fair Park Board of Directors and staff have been working tirelessly analyzing all facets of the annual event, in hopes of being able to provide the Wisconsin State Fair experience that Fairgoers have come […]
Fond du Lac County resident Gregg Bartel has a message for residents…COVID-19 is real and it’s serious. Bartel says he first started feeling sick March 15. Bartel says the doctor told him test kits were scarce and he and his daughter didn’t fit the profile for COVID-19 so they gave his daughter an inhaler and told him to take Mucinex. Bartel says about a week later he had difficulty breathing […]
Doctor Todd Straus says he is hopeful that convalescent blood transfusions will be able to help successfully treat patients suffering from COVID-19. Dr. Straus is the Chief Medical Officer at The Community Blood Center in Appleton. The Community Blood Center is calling on those who have been diagnosed and since recovered from COVID-19 to consider making a plasma donation. Straus says the hope is that antibodies in the plasma will help […]
Republican Senator Majority leader Scott Fitzgerald says he feels confident the major Wiconsin professional sports teams will be able to resume their seasons this year. Fitzgerald made the comments after phone calls this week with representatives from the Milwaukee Brewers, Milwaukee Bucks and Green Bay Packers for updates on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their teams and what assistance from Wisconsin would be be helpful moving forward. "There's definately and eagerness to get back […]
The Fond du Lac County District Attorney says local judges are working on a plan to resume in-person hearings and jury trials. The Wisconsin Supreme Court last week issued an order allowing individual courts to resume in-person proceedings on a county-by county basis if each court prepares a plan that requires everyone in the courtroom to wear masks and clean frequently touched surfaces. District Attorney Eric Toney says he is hopeful that in-person […]