MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Allowing schools to open earlier and bolstering their summer school offerings are both being floated by Gov. Tony Evers as ways to help students catch up after a year of virtual learning during the coronavirus pandemic. Allowing schools to open before Sept. 1 for the 2021-2022 academic year would require a law change. The Legislature has balked at previous attempts to loosen the opening date under […]
Groundbreaking ceremonies are being held Wednesday for a new Fond du Lac homeless shelter. The Katherine Drexel homeless shelter will be located in the parking lot of the St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Store on North Peters Avenue. President of St. Vincent De Paul, Bob Hartzheim, says it will be a 20,000 square foot building. The director of Homeless Services with the Fond du Lac Solutions Center Amy Loof says the city’s homeless […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials have cleared the way for special voting deputies to return to nursing homes ahead of the April 6 elections. Wisconsin law allows municipal clerks to send deputies into nursing homes to help residents complete absentee ballots. The state Elections Commission directed clerks not to send deputies to homes in March 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. That policy has remained in place. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Teachers will be prioritized to receive the first shipment of about 48,000 doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine coming into Wisconsin next week, a bolster in supply that won’t be matched again for several weeks. Deputy state health secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk said Tuesday that about 30% of Wisconsin public school districts will be done vaccinating teachers by March 15. Also, nearly […]
On March 1, 2021 additional groups (listed below in priority order) became eligible for COVID-19 vaccination across the state. While these groups are now eligible for vaccine, due to the limited supply of vaccine doses, individuals age 65+, educators, and child care workers will be prioritized for the vaccine. Educators and child care providers should anticipate receiving vaccine in March and early April, and the remaining groups can anticipate to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin will receive 47,000 doses next week of the newly approved coronavirus vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, an amount Gov. Tony Evers calls a “game changer” in the state’s fight against COVID-19. The news came the same day that teachers, child care workers, grocery store employees and others in a group of about 700,000 became eligible for the vaccine. Under the increasing numbers, the state was […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state-run COVID-19 vaccine registry touted as a one-stop shop for people seeking vaccinations in Wisconsin is set to launch by the end of the day. The registry announced last month is going live Monday, just as teachers, child care workers and others in a group of about 700,000 become eligible for the vaccine. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services last month said the registry would […]
Green Bay Packers quarterback and reigning league MVP Aaron Rodgers has donated $1 million to help 80 locally owned business in or around his hometown of Chico, California. The businesses that Rodgers is assisting are all either in Chico or in Butte County, California. Restaurants and retail businesses with 20 or fewer full-time equivalent employees could apply for help.
A $1.9 trillion package aimed at helping the country rebuild from the pandemic is moving through congress with House approval Friday and the Senate expected to take up the package this week. Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says the relief bill embodies President Joe Biden’s drive to flush cash to individuals, businesses, states and cities suffering from the pandemic with $1400 direct payments to many Americans and help for those […]