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The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Fond du Lac.  Saint Agnes Hospital received it’s first doses Wednesday and Ripon Medical Center and Waupun Memorial Hospital are expected to receive vaccine doses this week.  Ripon Medical Center and Waupun Memorial Hospital president DeAnn Thurmer even though the vaccines are not mandatory for hospital staff she anticipates a high percentage to eventually get the vaccine.  Thurmer says about 60 percent […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's top health official says nearly 200 health care workers in the state had been vaccinated for COVID-19 as of Wednesday. Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm also says no spike in coronavirus cases were reported following the Thanksgiving holiday, but urged people to continue to remain vigilant with the Christmas and New Year’s holidays approaching. Wisconsin’s case numbers spiked in mid-November and have been […]

The number of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to remain low in Fond du Lac County, but there was another death reported.   There are now 58 deaths due to COVID1-9 in Fond du lac County.   There were 57 confirmed cases on Wednesday bringing to 9,668, the total number of cases in the county.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s downward trend in new positive COVID-19 cases is continuing, just as the first doses of vaccine were being administered to frontline healthcare workers across the state. Wisconsin reported 3,501 new positive cases and 54 deaths on Tuesday. That brings the total number of cases to 442,396 and 4,122 deaths. The seven-day average of new cases as of Tuesday was 3,421, nearly half of what it […]

The president of Envision Greater Fond du Lac says while a recent round of COVID-19  grant money is certainly helpful, it’s really only a stop-gap measure to help businesses survive this winter.   Governor Evers recently announced grants for Wisconsin’s Live Music and Entertainment venues and the lodging industry.   Envision president Sadie Parafiniuk says the money won’t be able to cover a lot of staffing expenses for example.  Parafiniuk says another round of […]

A former Wisconsin resident who was part of a COVID-19 vaccine trial says he hopes everyone gets a vaccine when it becomes available to the general public.   J.D. Garfield  says he was selected to participate in the trial last summer and received his first shot in August, not knowing if it was a placebo or the real thing.  "A nurse came in with a very nondescript syringe.   I wasn't sure […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The football game between rivals Minnesota and Wisconsin will be played after all. Big Ten officials announced Sunday that the contest that was called off last month due to concern over COVID-19 cases within the Gophers program is scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison. It would be the 130th meeting between the teams, which is the longest-running uninterrupted series in Football […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Health care workers in Wisconsin have started to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The first 10,000 doses started to arrive in Wisconsin on Monday and about 35,000 more are expected by the end of next week. The first doses are going to front-line health care workers, and to nursing home residents in a couple of weeks. The general public will not get the vaccine for months, leading […]

Moraine Park Technical College has extended both their public access restrictions and mask-wearing requirements for all campuses- which will remain in effect indefinitely - but,  at least  through the end of June 30, 2021.  The College will remain closed to the general public, and masks will continue to be required on all campuses- even if the statewide mandate ends.   MPTC president Bonnie Baerwald says COVID-19 exposure remains low on campus.   She says the […]