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Area community representatives are pleased with the governor’s latest order allowing nearly all nonessential retail stores to reopen with limits.   Under the order most nonessential retail stores can reopen as long as they serve no more than five customers at a time.  Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership director Amy Hansen says it’s really good news for downtown Fond  du Lac businesses.  "It's really good news coming out of the governor's office,"  Hansen […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nearly seven out of 10 Wisconsin residents still support the “safer at home” order issued by Gov. Tony Evers in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but that support is down from where it was six weeks ago. That's what the latest Marquette University Law School poll released Tuesday found. In March, 86% of respondents said the order that closed nonessential businesses, shut down schools and encouraged […]

The president of the Wisconsin Restaurant Association says it’s been brutal for restaurants in Wisconsin during the more than month-long shutdown during the coronavirus pandemic.  "Over 136,000 restaurant employees in this state alone have been laid off or furloughed,"  Association president Kristine Hillmer told WFDL news.   "...nationwide it's two out of every three restaurant employees lost their jobs.  To put that into perspective, the restaurant industry as a whole is the […]

Public health experts say a vaccine may be the best chance of stopping the coronavirus.    Yet even though it could be months or more than a year before a working vaccine is ready, groups that have spread misinformation about immunizations in the past are raising doubts, and that has health officials concerned.  Some claim vaccine trials will be dangerously rushed; others say better treatments are being ignored to enrich vaccine makers.  Then there are more […]

For the first time all Fond du Lac School District students  grades 4K through eighth  grade will advance to the next grade level for next school year.  In a letter to parents superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says during this unprecedented time of virtual learning, 4K through eighth grade teachers have focused on providing feedback, not grades.   As a result  Sebert says there will not be a final report card for students grades K-5.  "Grading […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Across Wisconsin, F-16 pilots from the Wisconsin Air National Guard are saluting health care workers and first responders on the front lines of the cornonavirus pandemic by flying over 17 cities. From Kenosha to La Crosse to Eau Claire and Green Bay, the salute called Wings Over Wisconsin, was held Tuesday evening. Four F-16s from the Wisconsin Air National Guard 115th Fighter Wing participated  in Operation […]

A Beaver Dam bar and  restaurant reopened this past weekend in protest of the governor’s Safer at Home order.  Dozens gathered Saturday at the 6th Gear restaurant to join the owner in a protest ride to the state Capitol.   The owner says all tables and bar stools are six feet apart, there are hand sanitizing stations and  he plans to stay open until someone shuts him down.

The president of Envision Greater Fond du Lac says she is pleased the governor’s office has released a best practices guidebook for businesses as they reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.  The governor released the guidelines Friday and then announced Monday that most non-essential businsses could reopen immediately.   Sadie Parafiniuk says she is thrilled the guidelines have been compiled for a wide array of businesses on how to safely reopen.  "This is something […]

The Fond du Lac School District is joining a majority of districts in Wisconsin asking the state Department of Public Instruction to waive it’s requirement on a set number of instructional hours due to the coronavirus.  Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says there is no way to track the hours after COVID-19 canceled in-person classes beginning March 18 for the remainder of the school year.  "We're all mostly going to be applying for […]