Fond du Lac County is closing in on 5,000 positive COVID-19 cases. There were 149 positive cases confirmed Friday, bringing to 4,952, the total number of cases in the county. There were three more COVID-19 deaths in Fond du Lac County last week. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says 22 Fond du Lac County residents have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
MADISON, Wi. (AP) — Wisconsin reported an all-time high for new coronavirus cases in a single day on Saturday as 5,278 people tested positive. Deaths from the virus also passed 2,000 as the Department of Health Services reported 59 more deaths, bringing the total to 2,031. The state saw more deaths during October than any other of the pandemic, with 704 of the state’s 2,031 COVID-19 deaths marked this month. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin says the number of active COVID-19 cases within the football program had increased to 16 as of Thursday morning. School officials said they learned of one more positive polymerase chain reaction test result late Wednesday, and that two more were confirmed Thursday. The three additional people to test positive included two staff members and one player. This news comes one day after Wisconsin announced it […]
Another Fond du Lac County resident has died from COVID-19. The 72 year old man died at Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh. There are now 20 COVID-19 deaths reported in Fond du Lac County. Meanwhile, 149 new positive cases were confirmed in Fond du Lac County Thursday, bringing to 4,803, the total number of cases in the county.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin will open scores of additional COVID-19 testing sites to help deal with the state’s surge in coronavirus cases. Gov. Tony Evers announced Thursday that the state's health department will open 71 more community testing sites and operate them through Dec. 10 using federal coronavirus relief dollars. Wisconsin National Guard troops will staff the sites and administer the tests. Testing will be free and open to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison will resume enrolling patients for a coronavirus vaccine trial next week. Thirty-six people had received the first of two shots before the study at the School of Medicine and Public Health was paused in September. The study is for a coronavirus vaccine produced by Oxford University and the British pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca, which announced last Friday that testing would resume after it […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says about 400 National Guard troops will be activated to plug any shortages at polls on Election Day, as coronavirus cases surge in the presidential battleground state. Meagan Wolfe, who heads the Wisconsin Elections Commission, said Thursday that she expects there will be few gaps to fill on Election Day. She says there is a shortage of about 200 poll workers out […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has refused to go along with a request from two counties to allow them to fill in a ballot misprint so that as many as 13,500 ballots can be processed more quickly without having to duplicate them on Election Day. The four conservatives on the court on Thursday rejected the request from Outagamie and Calumet counties for an order telling them […]
The Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership is encouraging residents to shop local this holiday season to help struggling retailers during the COVID-19 pandemic. This holiday season, the DFP and Fox Valley Savings Bank are offering shoppers an opportunity to win up to $1,000 in downtown Fond du Lac gift certificates with the what’s called the Shop Small Sweepstakes promotion. Downtown Partnership director Amy Hansen says every $10 spent at a downtown […]