MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is tracking a new variant of COVID-19 with more than two dozen cases in the state. The Delta strain has been elevated to a “variant of concern” in Wisconsin. The strain is fueling the coronavirus surge in the United Kingdom and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is more contagious and more resistant to vaccines. DHA says […]
The Fond du Lac County executive says he is proud of the job the county has done to protect the health of county residents during the coronavirus pandemic. Al Buechel was responding to some members of a Facebook group who showed up at a recent County Board of Health committee meeting, critical of the Public Health Department and skeptical of the COVID vaccine and pandemic in general. Some members of the […]
Fond du Lac's Agnesian HealthCare’s Behavioral Health is teaming up with the Boys and Girls Club of Fond du Lac, the Children’s Museum and YMCA to offer a series of programs designed to reduce stress in children’s lives. Director of Outpatient Behavioral Health Matt Doll says the program, Mindfulness, Resiliency and Beyond features a series of programs to help children learn how to deal with the sometimes significant life changes brought on […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a Republican-backed bill that would prohibit businesses, colleges and universities, governments and anyone else in the state from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination. The measure banning so-called vaccine passports must also pass the Senate and be signed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers before becoming law. Evers has signaled that he will veto the bill. The Assembly passed it on a 60-37 […]
Fond du Lac County is getting more state assistance to help with the coronavirus pandemic. The county board has approved a resolution authorizing the acceptance of Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Enhancing Detection funds from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services for any expenses related to COVID-19. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the grant money will help ensure that if the county needs to do any more mass vaccination […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The superintendents of Wisconsin’s five largest school districts are telling members of the Legislature that they’re “dismayed” that $2.3 billion in federal aid is at risk because of low funding for K-12 schools. The heads of the Milwaukee, Madison, Racine, Kenosha and Green Bay districts urged legislators in letter sent Tuesday to set aside partisan differences to do what is best for the state’s schools. The […]
A little more than a year since the beginning of the pandemic Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers says he feels good about how the state has responded. On AM 1170s Between the Lines program the governor says he feels good about the state’s public health response and the public’s resilience. "Obviously politics played a role in it unfortunately with people fighting over whether they should wear masks or socially distance, but at […]
The chairman of the Assembly education committee says he is confident the state will not lose federal coronavirus relief money for K-12 schools. The legislature’s budget office last week released a memo that said Wisconsin was at risk of losing $2.3 billion in federal dollars for schools. The money is at risk because Republicans on the Jt. Finance committee have not committed enough new state money for schools to meet federal requirements to qualify […]
Nobody was injured in a fire that damaged a Fond du Lac County home. Shortly before midnight Sunday firefighters were called to the David and Paulette Smit home on Lori Lane in the town of Waupun for a report the kitchen ceiling was blistering hot. Firefighters located a fire in the attic and extinguished the fire. The cause of the fire is believed to be electrical.