There is community spread of the coronavirus in Fond du Lac County. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says two more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Fond du Lac County Tuesday. Mueller says there is no connection to another positive case so "these are our first two cases of community spread." Mueller says that doesn’t come as a surprise. "We anticipated that there is community spread […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has asked President Donald Trump to issue a major disaster declaration for the state of Wisconsin due to the coronavirus pandemic. The request Tuesday came as state unemployment claims hit a daily high. Also, the state's health secretary warned lawmakers that Medicaid enrollments were going to increase dramatically. Evers said he hoped the declaration would allow the state to access critical programs to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's chief medical officer for communicable diseases says that efforts to stay at home are helping to slow the growth of cases of the coronavirus in the state. Dr. Ryan Westergaard during a conference call Monday that “What we're doing is working.” He said the state is seeing a slowing in the increase in cases, but the next two weeks will be critical. As of Monday, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers and state health leaders say Wisconsin is preparing to open field hospitals in anticipation of a surge in COVID-19 patients, as the number of cases is expected to peak in a week or more. Evers said Monday that, “We are headed into the worst of this.” There have been more than 1,200 confirmed cases of coronavirus infections in the state as of Monday, […]
The Fond du Lac Senior Center director is warning area seniors about scams involving the new stimulus package. Cathy Loomans says these scammers prey on the elderly and most vulnerable. "Especially now because many of these people are isolated looking for anybody that's willing to talk to them," Loomans told WFDL news. "It would be very easy to call, befriend somebody , eventually get them to start trusting you and then […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers and state health leaders say Wisconsin is preparing to open field hospitals in anticipation of a surge in COVID-19 patients, as the number of cases is expected to peak in a week or more. Evers said Monday that, “We are headed into the worst of this.” There have been more than 1,200 confirmed cases of coronavirus infections in the state as of Monday, […]
Commnunity spread of COVID-19 is occurring in Dodge County. That according to Public Health Officer Abby Sauer. Sauer says community spread means there are people who have tested positive who have no exposures to a known case nor did they travel to a location where there is known community spread. Sauer says there are likely more cases in the county that they are able to confirm with a lab test. “There is simply not […]
There are more confirmed COVID-19 cases in Fond du Lac County and another death. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says three new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Fond du Lac County over the weekend bringing the total number of positive tests to 22. Mueller says 16 people have recovered from the virus. The county also recorded it’s second death from the virus. Mueller says the second death […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Wisconsin are nearing the 1,000 mark. The state Department of Health Services reported Saturday that there were 989 cases of the coronavirus in the state, up from 842 from the day before. The state has officially reported 13 deaths, but local health departments had confirmed 15 deaths as of Friday. Health officials say the number of people with the virus is […]