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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republican Sen. Ron Johnson from Wisconsin has been suspended from uploading videos to YouTube for seven days, after the company said he violated its COVID-19 “medical misinformation policies.” The issue stems from statements Johnson made during a June 3 Milwaukee Press Club event. In his statements, posted to YouTube, he criticized the Trump and Biden administrations for working against using cheap, generic drugs to treat COVID-19. A […]

Walleye Weekend Festival goers had an opportunity to get the COVID-19 vaccine over the weekend.  The Fond du Lac County Health Department and Agnesian HealthCare-SSM Health  offered a Walleye Weekend walk-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic Saturday.    The clinic was offered to anyone 12 years of age and over who has not received the vaccine yet.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that local health departments do not have the authority to close schools due emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic. The conservative majority of the court, in a 4-3 decision Friday, also ruled that a school closure order issued last year by Public Health Madison & Dane County infringed on religious rights. The ruling is yet another victory for conservatives who challenged […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers expect to fill Lambeau Field’s entire seating capacity for games this season and also plan to welcome fans to training camp and their annual shareholders meeting this year. Fully vaccinated fans won’t need to wear masks. Unvaccinated fans will be asked to wear masks. Proof of vaccination won’t be required. The shareholders meeting is scheduled for July 26 at Lambeau Field. […]

Six more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Fond du Lac County.   According to the Fond du Lac County Health Department two men, ages 56 and 94, and four women, ages, 60, 84, 93,  and 94 died from complications due to COVID-19.  There have now been 119 COVID-19 deaths in Fond du Lac County since the beginning of  the pandemic.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Wisconsin governors Jim Doyle and Scott Walker don’t agree on much, but they are joining together to call for people to get the COVID-19 vaccine in a new public service television advertisement released Thursday. The spot produced by UW Health features the Republican Walker placing a Zoom call to Doyle, a Democrat. In the spot, Walker asks Doyle to do an ad with him promoting […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature has voted to eliminate a $300-a-week federal bonus for unemployed people, a measure that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has made clear he’s likely to veto. The federal payment, approved to help the unemployed during the coronavirus pandemic, is scheduled to end on Sept. 6. Twenty-five other states have already approved ending it early, saying it has exacerbated worker shortage problems. That’s the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Marquette University will require students to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend classes this fall. The university made the announcement on Monday. The school says students will need to get vaccinated by Aug. 1 to attend classes. Marquette is the third private university in the state to mandate vaccinations for students. The University of Wisconsin System hasn't mandated student vaccinations but UW-Madison officials are considering a […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A former pharmacist in Wisconsin who purposefully ruined more than 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine has been sentenced to three years in prison. Steven Brandenburg, of Grafton, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in February to two felony counts of attempting to tamper with a consumer product. He had admitted to intentionally removing the doses manufactured by Moderna from a refrigerator for hours at Aurora Medical Center […]