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Fond  du Lac County officials are taking steps to try to help businesses impacted by the coronavirus.   The Fond du Lac County Finance committee has approved offering disaster microloans for up to 40 businesses on a first-come, first-serve basis.  County executive Al Buechel says any Fond du Lac County business that was forced to shut down or curtail business because of the COVID-19 restrictions would be eligible to apply.   The loan […]

Gov. Tony Evers Tuesday directed Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to issue a Safer at Home order that prohibits all nonessential travel, with some exceptions as clarified and defined in the order. The order is available here.    The order is effective at 8 am on Weds., March 25, 2020 and will remain in effect until 8 am Fri., April 24, 2020, or until a superseding order is […]

More than 2.6 million adult Wisconsinites are projected to be infected by COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic, according to a recent report from the Harvard Global Health Institute.   Plus, around 560,000 adults in the state are expected to be hospitalized, the report shows.   Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says those figures are startling but not out of the ordinary.  "With this spread continuing to […]

Wisconsin’s top health leader said Tuesday that without more restrictions to limit human interaction, up to 1,000 people in the state could die in two weeks.  Over that same time period, models estimate 22,000 would contract the virus, said Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm.   Palm released the projections on the same day that Gov. Tony Evers ordered the closure of nonessential businesses and restricted the reasons people can […]

Gov. Tony Evers issued an order Tuesday closing businesses deemed to be nonessential, ordered no gatherings of any size and placed restrictions on travel across Wisconsin for a month in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus.  Evers’ order has numerous exceptions, including for hospitals and other health care facilities, grocery stores, bars and restaurants offering delivery and carry out food, airports and other businesses offering essential services.  The order […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Organizers of the music festival that draws hundreds of thousands of people to Milwaukee's lakefront each summer has postponed the event for the first time in its 52-year history. Summerfest was scheduled to run from June 24 to 29 and June 30 to July 5. But because of the uncertainty over the coronavirus, Milwaukee World Festival has cut the event to nine days across the first three […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he will order the closure of all non-essential businesses starting Tuesday due to the coronavirus outbreak. He's also urging people to stay at home to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus that has killed four people in the state and infected at least nearly 400. Evers tweeted Monday that he would be signing the order on Tuesday. It comes after […]

Dodge County has recorded it’s first two confirmed cases of the coronavirus.   Dodge County Public Health Officer Abby Sauer says two people tested positive for COVID-19 and are being isolated in their homes.   Sauer says they will remain at home until authorized by Public Health to return to normal activities.   Health officials are conducting a contact investigation to identify and follow-up with any people who had close contact with these individuals. Public Health […]

The first death from the coronavirus in the state of Wisconsin is from Fond du Lac County.   Governor Tony Evers says a male in his 50s from Fond du Lac County is the first death from COVID-19 in Wisconsin.   The second death was a male in his 90s from Ozaukee County.   Evers says  “Our hearts go out to all the loved ones affected by these deaths, and to all those suffering from […]