More than a 23 percent of the Fond du Lac County residents who got a free COVID-19 test at the Fairgrounds last week tested positive for the virus. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says more than 400 people total used the drive-thru testing site last Thursday. Mueller says a little under 250 Fond du Lac County residents tested negative for the virus while 83 tested positive. The drive […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Deaths from the coronavirus are nearing 1,900 in Wisconsin, as an outbreak on the University of Wisconsin football team caused it to cancel an upcoming game and a new poll showed continued concerns about the virus heading into next week’s election. Meanwhile, as the approval rating for the Republican-controlled Legislature plummets and Election Day nears, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he would be open to passing […]
Wisconsin has canceled its scheduled game at Nebraska on Saturday and paused all team activities for at least seven days after a dozen people within the program including coach Paul Chryst had tested positive for COVID-19. School officials said athletic director Barry Alvarez and chancellor Rebecca Blank made the decision in consultation with Big Ten officials. The game with Nebraska won’t be rescheduled.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers is pleading with Wisconsin residents to voluntarily stay home and limit their interactions amid new statewide daily records for confirmed coronavirus infections and deaths. State health officials reported 5,262 cases on Tuesday. They also reported that the virus was a factor in 64 additional deaths, another daily record. Evers told reporters during a teleconference that he wants people to limit their interactions to […]
There are now more than 4500 positive COVID-19 cases in Fond du Lac County. Eighty-eight new positive cases were confirmed Tuesday. There are 1,712 active cases. Meanwhile, 83 Fond du Lac County residents tested positive during last week’s drive-thru testing at the Fairgrounds.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The World Championship Cheese Contest set for February 2021 in Madison has been postponed for a year because of the coronavirus. Contest chief judge Jim Mueller said in a release issued Tuesday that the competition in Madison has been rescheduled to March 2022 in order to protect the welfare of the judges, industry volunteers and attendees. The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association plans to fill the void […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has reached a disturbing milestone as the coronavirus pandemic continues to surge unchecked across the state. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 2,883 newly confirmed cases on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the state since the pandemic began in March to 201,049. Agency officials tweeted that it took seven-and-a-half months to reach 100,000 cases and only 36 days to double that […]
A key element of Wisconsin’s plan to help contain the coronavirus pandemic is proving to be difficult. Contact tracers have become overrun. Wisconsin saw an average of 3,400 daily cases reported in the last week. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller issued a Health Alert Friday due to very high COVID-19 activity levels. Some Wisconsin counties are no longer able to reach out to an infected person’s contacts, […]
The president of the organization representing Fond du Lac County business and industry says she’s not sure how much impact the latest emergency health order will have locally. Envision Greater Fond du Lac president Sadie Parafiniuk says the governor’s order limiting indoor public gatherings to 25 percent capacity was already the recommendation of the County Health Department. Parafiniuk says many businesses already have strict mask requirements and are taking steps to prevent spread of […]