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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin prison officials have decided to end their ban on in-person visits as the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. The state Department of Corrections announced Monday people can resume scheduling in-person visits on June 16. The Archdiocese of Milwaukee filed a lawsuit in May demanding that the department relax restrictions and allow ministers to visit inmates. The DOC didn't mention the lawsuit in its announcement but did say […]

Walleye Weekend Festival goers can get the COVID-19 vaccine this weekend.  The Fond du Lac County Health Department and Agnesian HealthCare-SSM Health are offering a Walleye Weekend walk-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic.   Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller  the Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer vaccines will be available on Saturday.  The clinic will be offered to anyone 12 years of age and over who has not received the vaccine yet.  […]

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says she has a lot of questions about when and if a COVID-19 booster shot will be needed in the next year.   Dr. Anthony Fauci said recently we don’t know if or when we will need booster shots, but it would be foolish not to prepare for them.   Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says her Department has not received any information […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nearly half of the people in custody in Wisconsin's prisons and youth facilities are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The rate exceeds the vaccination rate for Wisconsin as a whole, after initially lagging behind. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections shows nearly 9,000 people, or 47.2%, of the eligible prison population, have been fully vaccinated as of Tuesday. That's compared with 41.7% of eligible state residents overall.

The executive director of the Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership is encouraging Fond du Lac small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic  to apply for new grant money.   Governor Tony Evers announced this week that applications for up to $420 million in Wisconsin Tomorrow Small Business Recovery grants are being accepted through Monday June 7.  Downtown Fond du lac Partnership director Amy Hansen says the grants will provide as many as 84,000 Wisconsin small […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of COVID-19 deaths has now surpassed 7,000 in Wisconsin, but data that shows the number of coronavirus cases declining and more people being vaccinated offered some hope in the yearlong pandemic. The state Department of Health on Wednesday reported five new deaths and 330 new cases of COVID-19, which has now claimed the lives of 7,003 people in Wisconsin. The average number of cases […]

Wisconsin has reached two more milestones in the coronavirus pandemic with over five million vaccine doses administered and 40 percent of the state’s population fully vaccinated.   Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says in Fond du Lac County nearly  40-percent of the population has received at least one dose of the vaccine.  Monday and Tuesday the Public Health Department went into Fond du Lac County schools to vaccinate children 12 […]

It’s another sign that things are slowly getting back to normal.  There will be a senior prom and in-person graduation at Fond du lac High School this year, with some restrictions.  Interim superintendent Sharon Simon says an “Evening Under the Stars” Senior  Banquet/Prom will be held on Saturday June 5, followed by a dance.  Simon says a modified graduation ceremony will take place Thursday June 10.  Each graduate will receive two tickets to the […]

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A priest in Wisconsin who has been ignoring COVID-19 gathering restrictions at his masses and has criticized Democrats for their stance on the virus and vaccines says the leader of the Diocese of La Crosse has asked him to resign. The Rev. James Altman announced the development during his sermon at St. James the Less Catholic Church in La Crosse on Sunday, which was recorded […]