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Partnering with SSM Health the Fond du Lac County Health Department has started COVID-19 vaccinations for Fond du Lac County first responders, including paramedics.  Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says she anticipates being able to vaccinate about 400 emergency medical responders by the end of this week.  Responding to criticism that the vaccine rollout in Wisconsin has been slower than other Midwestern states in distributing the vaccine, Mueller […]

The North Fond du Lac School District is starting the second half of the school year online, with plans to return to a blended learning model next week.  Superintendent Aaron Sadoff starting next week the district will be in a blended model through January, but says the district continues to look at different variables.   Sadoff says one of the biggest factors in being able to return to in-person learning is what is going […]

The Fond du Lac County executive says COVID-19 was the top issue facing the county last year and will continue to be the biggest challenge facing the county this year.  "It's frustrating for everyone out there and it's flat out frightening for a majority of the people,"  County Executive Al Buechel told WFDL news.  Buechel says vaccine distribution will be the next step.  But he warns that it will take time, […]

As a critical access hospital, Ripon Medical Center has received a free transport ventilator through the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.  The new Hamilton T-1 portable ventilator complements one generously donated in mid-2020 by the Ripon Medical Center Auxiliary, as the hospital identified this equipment necessity when planning initial responses to the COVID-19 crisis and potential surge of patients.   The two transport ventilators will support the care of critically ill […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s business community is coming out in support of a Republican-authored coronavirus response bill moving quickly through the Legislature that is opposed by public health officials and Democrats. The measure was approved Tuesday by the Assembly Health Committee but appears likely to be vetoed by Gov. Tony Evers. The Wisconsin Restaurant Association, the state chamber of commerce, the Wisconsin Grocers Association are among supporters. But the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers and Wisconsin’s top health official are defending the state’s rollout of coronavirus vaccine. They're urging patience and vigilance amid criticism that the process is not as organized or fast as it could be. As of Monday, 266,675 doses of vaccine had been shipped to Wisconsin and 85,609 had been administered. Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm says that for now, demand […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Court documents show that a Wisconsin pharmacist told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he believed the shots would mutate people's DNA. Police in Grafton, about 20 miles north of Milwaukee, arrested Advocate Aurora Health pharmacist Steven Brandenburg last week following an investigation into the 57 spoiled vials of the Moderna vaccine. Ozaukee County District Attorney Adam Gerol said during […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have introduced a COVID-19 relief bill the first day of the session. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said it will pass later in the week. But the measure got a lukewarm response from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Monday. His spokeswoman Britt Cudaback did not say whether Evers would sign or veto the measure. But she called it “disappointing” that lawmakers […]

A retired Ripon College economist says unemployment aid and small business loans are two of the major highlights in the latest pandemic relief package.   Economist Paul Schoofs says the new bipartisan bill adds $284 billion to the Paycheck Protection Program for small business forgivable loans as a way to help cover worker wages.   Schoofs says it should work even better than the first rollout of the PPP last spring.  The bill would target […]