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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nearly 200 Walgreens pharmacies across Wisconsin are expecting to receive coronavirus vaccines directly from the federal government starting this week. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Thursday announced the beginning of the program that targets underserved areas. The state health department says the vaccinations will be provided for free under the state and federal partnership. Initially, about 17,800 doses of vaccine will be sent to […]

Fond du Lac School officials are putting the final touches on plans to open schools to full in-person instruction for the first time this school year.  Interim superintendent Sharon Simon says starting next week Fond du lac schools will be open for full in-class instruction five days a week.  Simon says 17 percent of parents have opted to have their child continue to learn remotely.   Simon says the number one thing for parents […]

One spin-off impact of the coronavirus pandemic is the significant drop in the number of flu cases.   Normally this time of year public health officials would be talking about the flu season peaking.  Not this year.  Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the Health Department does not receive reports of flu cases, but does get reports of hospitalizations and pediatric deaths related to flu…and so far this flu […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new legal challenge to Gov. Tony Evers’ latest mask mandate is before the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The challenge was filed less than a week after the Legislature struck down a previous order and the Democratic governor quickly issued a new one. Prominent Republican donor Jere Fabick asked the court late Tuesday to issue a temporary injunction to block the mask order that Evers issued on […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Legislature's finance committee have decided to give more federal aid to scores of school districts that decide to reopen to in-person instruction. State education officials had planned to distribute $65 million in federal coronavirus relief dollars across 172 school districts and two charter schools to offset federal aid going to poorer districts in the state. Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee voted […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former Wisconsin pharmacist has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges that he tried to spoil dozens of vials of COVID-19 vaccine. Prosecutors in January charged 46-year-old Steven Brandenburg, of Grafton, with two counts of attempting to tamper with consumer products. Brandenburg pleaded guilty to both counts in a video conference with U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig in Milwaukee on Tuesday. He could face up […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A second case of a new, more contagious form of the COVID-19 virus has been detected in Wisconsin, less than a month after it was first seen. The variant was first detected on Jan. 12 and was identified again on Sunday by lab partners of the state Department of Health Services. Wisconsin chief medical officer Dr. Ryan Westergaard calls the development “concerning” and says there are […]

Republican state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt of Fond du Lac wonders why the state Supreme Court has not ruled on a case that could settle the issue over whether the governor has the authority to issue a statewide mask mandate.  On Thursday Governor Tony Evers issued a new statewide mask order an hour after the Republican controlled legislature voted to repeal his previous mandate.  Republicans who voted to repeal the order say Evers has exceeded […]

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says she was pleased governor Tony Evers issued a new state mask order shortly after the Republican-controlled legislature voted to repeal his previous mandate.    Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says regardless of what happens in Madison, nothing should change in Fond du Lac County when it comes to wearing masks.  Mueller says wearing masks is the biggest reason why the number of positive COVID-19 cases have […]