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5-25-21 covid-19 positive cases remain low in fdl county

Fond du Lac County continues to trend in the right direction when it comes to new positive COVID-19 cases and deaths.  After 13 new positive cases were reported over the weekend there were only four new COVID-19 cases reported on Monday. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says it’s reminiscent of  the beginning of the pandemic.  There have been 111 COVID-19 deaths reported in Fond du Lac County since the beginning of the pandemic.  […]

todayMay 25, 2021

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5-25-21 fdl county health department receives friend of education award

The Fond du Lac County Health Department is this year’s Fond du lac School District Friend  of Education Award winner.  The award was presented at Monday night’s School board meeting to Public Health Officer Kim Mueller.  Interim superintendent Sharon Simon says over the course of the past year  the Health Department helped guide the district during the pandemic, meeting with school leaders on a weekly basis.  Simon says  the  Health Department deserves […]

todayMay 25, 2021

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5-24-21 fdl county health department selected as friend of education

The Fond du Lac School District has announced that the Fond du Lac County Health Department has been selected for the 2020-21 Friend of Education Award.  The Fond du Lac School District in partnership with the Fond du Lac Education Association select an individual or group each school year to recognize as a Friend of Education.  “We wanted to recognize the Fond du Lac County Health Department for the many […]

todayMay 22, 2021

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5-20-21 republicans move to reinstate work-search requirement

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers have reinstated a requirement that unemployed people look for work to qualify for benefits. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers suspended the requirement in March 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic was taking hold in the state, forcing businesses to close. Lawmakers have extended the suspension for months by passing emergency rules. The Legislature's Republican-controlled rules committee voted Wednesday to reinstate the requirement beginning next week. The […]

todayMay 19, 2021

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5-20-21 school mask mandates

Fifty Wisconsin School Districts have lifted mask mandates in schools in the final weeks of the school year, despite recommendations from health officials not to do so.   In our listening area masks are optional in the Rosendale-Brandon School District.   Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says school boards are making the decisions not based on public health recommendations.  Mueller says there’s a big difference between a business  that employs adults who […]

todayMay 19, 2021

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5-20-21 dodge county youth vaccine clinics

The Dodge County Public Health Department is offering the Pfizer vaccine this week to children 12 years and older.    A vaccine clinic was held Wednesday and will be held Thursday at the Hustisford High School gym and Friday at the Mayville High School gym from 3:30 pm to 6pm.  Dodge County Public Health Officer Abby Sauer says you do not have to be a Dodge County resident to get a vaccine.   Sauer says […]

todayMay 19, 2021

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5-19-21 fdl county board terminates emergency declaration

The Fond du Lac County Board has officially terminated the county’s declaration of a public health emergency.    Fond du Lac County executive Al Buechel declared in the emergency March 13, 2020.  The county board approved a resolution at Tuesday night’s meeting terminating the declaration and reinstating  the rules of the County board that had been suspended when the emergency was declared.   Buechel says he’s pleased to be at this point.  "They estimate we […]

todayMay 19, 2021

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5-19-21 fully vaccinated wisconsin woman dies of covid-19

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison woman who was fully vaccinated has died of coronavirus complications, according to her sons who say her underlying health conditions likely made her more vulnerable to infection. Seventy-five-year-old Olivia Kingree had diabetes and a kidney condition, among other health issues. She died Sunday while in hospice at a Madison nursing home. One son, Dr. Seth Kingree, says the combination of medications she was taking […]

todayMay 19, 2021

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5-19-21 cdc mask guidance

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer  is praising new guidelines that allow people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to shed their facemasks in most situations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines Thursday saying the fully vaccinated can resume normal activities and don't have to wear masks outdoors or indoors except in crowded environments such as on public transportation or inside hospitals, prisons and […]

todayMay 19, 2021