Two more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Fond du Lac County. There have now been 93 COVID-19 deaths in the county since the start of the pandemic. There were 16 new positive coronavirus cases reported Friday bringing to 11,824 the total number of cases in Fond du Lac County.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials may send voting deputies back into nursing homes ahead of the April elections. The state Elections Commission banned deputies from entering nursing homes in March 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic was taking hold. That ban remains in place despite urgings from Republicans to lift it. Earlier this month the Legislature's GOP-controlled rules committee ordered the commission to promulgate the ban as an emergency […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The days of paying cash on the Illinois Tollway are gone forever. The tollway announced Thursday it's permanently eliminating cash toll collections and will accept only I-Pass, E-ZPass or online payments. Customers unable to pay online can pay by check or money order. The move comes nearly a year after the tollway suspended cash tolls in mid-March because of the coronavirus outbreak. The tollway also says it […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed into law a bipartisan bill to begin the work of updating the state’s unemployment claims processing system that contributed to many people waiting weeks or months to get paid during the coronavirus pandemic. Evers signed the bill Thursday after the Assembly passed it unanimously on Tuesday. The Senate approved it last week on a 27-3 vote. It is the first […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It may be no surprise that outdoor activity in Wisconsin increased last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum attempts to quantify just how much more state residents were getting out of the house. The report released Thursday shows that park visits, sporting goods sales and fishing licenses all increased last year in the face of canceled indoor events […]
Fond du Lac School District students are in class five days a week for the second full week this week as COVID-19 cases continue to decline across the county. Interim superintendent Sharon Simon says so far, so good. Simon says most students and staff are excited to be back in class five days a week. She says the district continues with mitigation strategies of masking, hand washing, and social distancing when possibile. The […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Teachers at Wisconsin schools with a higher percentage of students at risk for catching the coronavirus will be prioritized for vaccinations when they become eligible next week. The deputy secretary of the state Department of Health Services said Thursday that all teachers will be vaccinated over the next six weeks. Teachers belong to a group of 700,000 people who become eligible for the vaccine on Monday, […]
The CEO of the Wisconsin Hospital Association is calling for more urgency from those responsible for COVID-19 vaccine production and distribution. Eric Borgerding says Wisconsin hospitals can vaccinate many more people, but the supply isn’t keeping up with demand. Borgerding tells WFDL news vaccination appointments are being cancelled or delayed because they are not receiving enough vaccine for their communities. Borgerding says the supply coming into Wisconsin increased this week, with about 115,000 […]
The Fond du Lac County Health Department will be part of a new online COVID-19 vaccine registry when it launches next month. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the registry will help people determine if they’re eligible for a shot, let them know where they can get it and allow them to schedule an appointment. A number of local health departments are testing the system in their registry this week, with […]