The number of COVID-19 cases in Fond du Lac County continues to rise. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says five new cases were reported Tuesday and one on Wednesday bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the county to 84. Sixty eight Fond du Lac County residents have recovered and there are 13 active cases according to the Public Health Department website. Statewide there are 8,566 cases and 353 deaths. […]
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers Tuesday detailed efforts for delivering on another primary component of the Badger Bounce Back Plan: contact tracing. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has already trained an additional 401 contact tracers over the last two months, but the program is scaling up to match Wisconsin’s expanded COVID-19 testing. “Our local health departments are already doing an excellent job with this work, and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Conservative justices who control the Wisconsin Supreme Court are raising questions about the legality of Gov. Tony Evers' administration's stay-at-home order. The court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit Republican legislators filed challenging the order. The Republicans argue that state Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm exceeded her authority when she extended the order until May 26. Justice Rebecca Bradley said during the arguments […]
A private Catholic college in Manitowoc says it will close for good, citing in part the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. Holy Family College, formerly known as Silver Lake College, will lay off employees in June and eliminate any remaining jobs by the end of August. The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Sponsored Ministries announced the decision on Monday. Leaders say enrollment and fundraising challenges were made more difficult with COVID-19. The […]
The secretary of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation says she is concerned about the future of hundreds of small businesses across the state. "Very concerned," WEDC secretary Melissa Hughes told WFDL news. "It's devastating not only for the business owners but also for the employees." Hughes says she is hopeful the state will be able to meet the criteria outlined in the governor’s Badger Bounce Back plan to reopen the economy […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders are talking with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers about opening some parts of Wisconsin less affected by the coronavirus pandemic sooner than others. Evers and Republican and Democratic legislative leaders met for the first time Monday to talk about the virus response. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says they discussed the possibility of a regional approach to reopening the state. The meeting comes a day […]
Republican state senator Dan Feyen of Fond du Lac says he’s concerned the criteria in the governor’s Bounce Back plan to reopen the state’s economy won’t be met for months. Feyen says under some scenarios the state may not meet the criteria to reopen until November. "If you really look at the criteria that was laid out in the Badger Bounce Back plan, we don't hit that criteria for a […]
Fond du Lac’s Saint Agnes Hospital is planning to resume elective procedures. Hospital president Katherine Vergos says the hospital is working through the process for bringing elective visits and procedures back in. Vergos says it will be done on a tiered approach. "We want to make sure, because we've had so many patients that needed to be put off for a while, we have a process for vetting through those […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers says that every nursing home resident and worker in Wisconsin will be tested for free for the coronavirus. The expanded testing is part of the state’s plan to ramp up testing to 85,000 per week. Evers said the state has the capacity to provide that many tests. Expanding testing to all residents and workers at all 373 nursing homes in Wisconsin is part […]