Four more Fond du Lac County residents have died from COVID-19. After several days without a death, four COVID-related deaths were reported over the weekend in Fond du Lac County. There have now been 77 COVID-19 deaths in Fond du Lac County since the start of the pandemic. There were72 new positive cases confirmed over the weekend, bringing to 11,345, the total number of confirmed cases in the county.
The number of residents getting tested at a Drive-thru site at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds remains down significantly from last fall when COVID-19 cases were spiking in the county. "Pretty consistent of what we've been noticing for traffic flow for probably the last month," Public Health Officer Kim Mueller, told WFDL news. Mueller says 222 people were tested at the site last Thursday. The testing site is open Thursdays from […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin health officials are reporting an additional 42 new deaths related to COVID-19, and more than 1,600 new cases of the virus. But the state is also seeing a decline in hospitalizations, after hospitals were overwhelmed in the fall. As of Friday, the Wisconsin Hospital Association reported 785 people were hospitalized, including 178 in intensive care. The number of hospitalizations is down 489 when compared with a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature will vote this week on a resolution that would end the statewide mask mandate designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Twenty-seven Republican lawmakers signed on to the resolution introduced Thursday. The Senate on Friday scheduled it for a vote on Tuesday. Both the Senate and Assembly would have to pass it in order to end the public health […]
Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam is now scheduling appointments for individuals aged 65 and older after the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced they will be eligible beginning Monday, Jan. 25. Those 65 and older who would like to schedule their COVID-19 vaccine at Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam should call 1-855-908-5029 between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. There has already been a significant demand for the vaccine […]
Marshfield Medical Center Beaver Dam’s family medicine clinic in Horicon, 610 Washington St., is reopening on Monday, Jan. 25. The clinic closed early during the COVID-19 pandemic when all Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam primary clinics were consolidated into one location at the Beaver Dam clinic. Dr. Andrew Guminski and Ruth Grams, APNP, will provide care at the clinic and will be available to help patients with their health and wellness […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay police and the Brown County Tavern League are working together to make sure bars and restaurants are enforcing coronavirus protocol for Sunday’s NFC championship game. Police Cmdr. Kevin Warych says he saw some “pretty alarming pictures on social media,” during last Saturday’s Green Bay Packers game. Posts showed patrons without masks packed into bars and restaurants. Warych says they want "people to have […]
Fond du Lac County seniors who called to register for Wednesday’s Covid-19 vaccination clinic, but didn’t make the list will get another opportunity in a couple of weeks. The clinic was limited to a thousand people, and quickly filled up. "I think it just shows how important it is for individuals to get," Public Health Officer Kim Mueller told WFDL news. "It did break our phone lines for a period […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers is defending Wisconsin’s vaccination efforts in the face of increasing Republican criticism while urging patience as the number of people eligible to be inoculated will exponentially expand next week. Everyone over age 65 will be eligible for the vaccine starting Monday, about 700,000 people. The state Department of Health Services is considering a recommendation that teachers, grocery store workers, transit workers and others […]