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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin will become one of only 10 states without statewide mask mandates if the Assembly votes as scheduled this week to overturn Gov. Tony Evers’ order. More than two dozen public health organizations, as well as state and local health officials, have urged the Republican-controlled Legislature to reconsider. The vote to repeal the mask order, planned for Thursday, comes as Wisconsin lags in distribution of the […]

Dear Fond du Lac School District Families, There are several important updates we want to share with you following last night’s Board of Education meeting and workshop. In-Person Platform Students: Move to Traditional Modified Model (Five Days of In-Person Learning) on February 15, 2021 The Board gave the District guidance to move to the Traditional Modified model for all students enrolled in the In-Person Platform on February 15, 2021. Traditional […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate has voted to repeal Gov. Tony Evers’ statewide mask mandate, despite warnings from virtually every sector of the health care community that doing so would impair efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate voted Tuesday to repeal the mandate. Both legislative chambers have to pass the resolution in order to undo the mask requirement. The Assembly scheduled it for a vote […]

The Fond du Lac County Health Department has a thousand doses of COVID-19 vaccine ready to administer to residents age 65 and older starting this week.  "This is so exciting,"  Public Health Officer Kim Mueller told WFDL news.  "This is what we've been waiting for."  Mueller says the first in a series of vaccine clinics will be held Wednesday at the Fairgrounds Expo Building.   "To me, to all of my staff, […]

More people will get vaccinated at a clinic this week at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds than originally thought.   The clinic is being offered for county residents aged 65 and older.  Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says that’s  the CDC now says there are six doses of the COVID-19 vaccine per vial instead of five.  Mueller says instead of 1,000 vaccine doses, there will be closer to 1,170 doses administered Wednesday.  Mueller says […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials say teachers and child care workers will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine in early March. The state Department of Health Services' website said Tuesday that educators and child care workers will be eligible around March 1. People enrolled in Medicaid long-term care plans, some public-facing essential workers, non-front-line essential health care workers and residents and staff in shared housing situations such as condominiums, […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin pharmacist accused of trying to spoil dozens of vials of COVID-19 vaccine has agreed to plead guilty in federal court. Forty-six-year-old Steven Brandenburg, of Grafton, is charged with two counts of attempting to tamper with consumer products. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years and a $250,000 fine on each count. Police arrested Brandenburg on Dec. 31 as part of an investigation into how […]

The Fond du Lac School District plans to go to full in-person instruction next month.   Following a workshop session Monday night the Fond du Lac School Board agreed to start a traditional five-day in class instruction model starting February 15.  At the regular meeting,  a couple of Fond du Lac residents spoke in favor of returning to in person instruction.   Interim superintendent Sharon Simon says the good news is the number of COVID cases […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Medical Society is opposing a Republican-authored resolution in the Legislature that would overturn the statewide mask mandate put in place by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to slow the spread of the coronavirus.  The board of directors for the medical society voted Saturday to support continuation of the mask mandate issued by Evers and oppose the GOP resolution. The resolution overturning the mask mandate has […]