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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Josh Kaul is telling the state Supreme Court that Gov. Tony Evers' administration has broad authority to issue a stay-at-home order to protect state residents from the coronavirus. Republican legislators asked the court earlier this month to block the stay-at-home order, arguing state Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm needed legislative approval before she issued it. Kaul filed a response with the court […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Josh Kaul is telling the state Supreme Court that Gov. Tony Evers' administration has broad authority to issue a stay-at-home order to protect state residents from the coronavirus. Republican legislators asked the court earlier this month to block the stay-at-home order, arguing state Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm needed legislative approval before she issued it. Kaul filed a response with the court […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected a request from labor unions to join a lawsuit challenging Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' stay-at-home order. Republican legislators asked the state Supreme Court on April 21 to block the order. The Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association, Madison Teachers Inc., SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 998 filed a motion with the court Tuesday morning seeking to intervene in the […]

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says she expects to see more positive COVID-19 cases in the county with increased testing.   The Health Department announced last week that Agnesian HealthCare was expanding testing to patients experiencing minor COVID-19 symptoms to help understand how the virus is circulating in the community.  Mueller says the increased testing  serves  an important public health purpose of the state’s response to the virus, which will require […]

The Wisconsin Department of Tourism secretary-designee says Wisconsin residents can honor the Safer at Home order and still find adventure and support communities during the covid-19 outbreak.   Sarah Meaney says travelers can find resources and virtual adventures at TravelWisconsin.com.  Meaney says SlowTV is launching this month, a series of videos featuring Wisconsin airing on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram TV.   She says residents can also gather around a “virtual campfire” hosted on the department’s […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Thirty-four Wisconsin state parks and recreational areas closed for three weeks will be able to reopen Friday as temperatures increase across the state and cases of coronavirus level off. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers announced the reopenings on Tuesday. Evers ordered the closure of 40 state parks and recreational areas on April 10. The closures included some of the state’s most popular hiking and camping destinations, all […]

SSM Health has announced it is placing approximately 2,000 employees or five percent of it’s workforce on furlough across it’s four state health system including Wisconsin.  SSM Health says the furloughs come as the company invests in supplies and tools needed to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, while volumes across their health system have decreased by roughly 50 percent.  When normal operations resume SSM says it intends to provide a special one-time Return to Work […]

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says a new report from a Harvard panel of health, science and economic experts show how daunting the task will be to reopen the economy.   The report says the U.S. will need to administer 20 million tests for the novel coronavirus each day by mid-summer to fully remobilize the economy in a safe fashion.  Public Health Officer Kim  Mueller says  if she feels Fond […]

Golf is back and Fond du Lac area residents took advantage of nice weather over the weekend to play area courses.   Even though the Safer at Home order has been extended until May 26, golf courses were allowed to reopen Friday under certain restrictions.  Rolling Meadows Golf Course manager David Brandenburg says there were over 600 starts over Friday, Saturday and Sunday, which is up from a normal opening weekend.  "Opening weekend […]