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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin will open four more community vaccination clinics across the state amid a a push to inoculate people for the coronavirus in underserved areas. One clinic is already running in Janesville. Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday that new community clinics will be in La Crosse, Racine and Marathon counties, with a fourth split between Douglas and Barron counties in northwest Wisconsin. They are all expected to […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly has overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill designed to jump-start updates to the state’s antiquated unemployment claims processing system. Gov. Tony Evers has promised to sign the bill which the Senate passed last week on a 27-3 vote. The Assembly passed it Tuesday 89-0. Evers has taken intense criticism for months over a backlog of unemployment claims stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. He has […]

No COVID-19 deaths have been reported for a second day in a row in Wisconsin for the first time since early September. The last time Wisconsin went two or more days without a single reported death from the coronavirus was the three-day stretch of Sept. 6 through Sept. 8.  Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says it's the trend we're seeing.  "We know the less people that test […]

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 will  start testing the system in their registry this week, […]

A new survey shows  Wisconsin small businesses are not optimistic for a quick rebound this year during the coronavirus pandemic.  National Federation of Independent Businesses state director in Wisconsin Bill Smith says small business owners expecting better business conditions in the next six months declined seven points to the lowest level since November of 2013.   Smith says the pandemic’s impact on small business in Wisconsin has been very uneven.  Smith says 74 percent […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison has warned of a recent spike in COVID-19 cases. The university health services email came Friday, a day after a more contagious variant was detected in the county. Jake Baggott, the head of University Health Services, warned of a “significant increase” in COVID-19 cases among students on and off campus. He says there were 112 confirmed cases reported Wednesday and 99 more […]

Two more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Fond du Lac County.  There have now been 87 deaths related to the virus since the start of the pandemic.  There were 16 new positive cases Friday, bringing to 11,734, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Fond du Lac County.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate has approved a bipartisan bill designed to begin updating the state’s antiquated unemployment insurance system that Gov. Tony Evers has blamed for causing delays in the processing of claims filed during the coronavirus pandemic. Evers signaled that he would sign it. The measure approved Thursday also includes portions of a COVID-19 bill that Evers vetoed. It would waive the one-week waiting period to […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has signed into law a bill that cuts taxes by nearly half a billion dollars for Wisconsin businesses that accepted loans to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. Evers signed the bill Thursday. The new law makes loans administered through the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program tax deductible under Wisconsin’s tax code. The loans are already tax deductible under federal law but not […]