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The interim Fond du Lac School district superintendent says she is hopeful the district will be able to return to a blended model after the Thanksgiving holiday.   Interim superintendent Sharon Simon says starting last Friday the district went to all online instruction because of a shortage of staff and substitute teachers due to quarantines and positive COVID-19 cases.  "As we go forward we're seeing more staff that are being islolated and quarantined,"  […]

A new daily record number of positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Fond du Lac County and another death has been reported for the third day in a row.   There were 294 positive cases confirmed Friday bringing the total number of cases in the county to 5,988.   There are now 27 COVID-19 deaths in Fond du Lac County following one confirmed death on Friday.   Also the Public Health Office reports a COVID-19 […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin health officials reported a new daily high of more than 7,000 new COVID-19 cases — another new daily record. Saturday’s total of 7,065 confirmed infections is more than 900 cases higher than the previous record, set Friday with 6,141 cases. The state first passed 6,000 daily cases on Friday, and Tuesday and Wednesday of this week also saw record-setting numbers of new cases. The seven-day average […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s chief health officer quit Thursday as COVID-19 continues to run rampant across the state. State Health Officer and Department of Health Services Interim Division of Public Health Administrator Stephanie Smiley announced her resignation effective Nov. 11 in a letter to local health departments. She wrote that her work has been difficult and she has accepted a position outside state service so she can focus on […]

Two more Fond du Lac County residents have died from COVID-19.  There are now 26 Fond du Lac County residents who have died from the virus since the start of the pandemic.   Wednesday the  Health Department reported a Fond du Lac man in his 70s had died from COVID-19.  Meanwhile, there were 97 new positive cases confirmed in the county bringing to 5,744 the total number of positive cases.  Forty people are hospitalized in Fond […]

Wisconsin health officials are reporting nearly 6,000 more COVID-19 cases in the state.  The Department of Health Services reported an additional 5,922 confirmed cases Thursday, just 17 caes shy of the daily record of 5,935 cases set Wednesday.  The department reported another 38 COVID deaths.  The state has now seen 249,924 cases and 2,194 deaths since the pandemic began in March.

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says the decision of the Fond du Lac School District to go to online instruction shows how difficult it is to keep staff and students healthy outside the school buildings.  The school district announced this week it would be going to online instruction starting Friday.  Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says she hopes the district can return to a blended model at the end of […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Enrollment at University of Wisconsin campuses across the state has dropped nearly 2% overall and even more for first-year students amid the coronavirus pandemic that forced most classes online. The UW System reported Thursday that only three of UW’s 13 campuses saw enrollment increases, while 11 saw drops. The biggest enrollment declines were Platteville, down 8.8%, and Milwaukee, down 5.4%. The flagship Madison campus saw enrollment […]

Another COVID-19 death has been reported  in Fond du Lac County.  There are now 24 coronavirus deaths in the county.   There were 131 positive cases confirmed in Fond du Lac County Wednesday.  There are 5,647 confirmed positive cases in the county.    Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the local cases and recent record daily COVID-19 cases and high positivity rate shows Wisconsin continues  to head in the wrong […]