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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Fox Valley woman treated at the state field hospital for coronavirus patients in suburban Milwaukee says her decision to transfer to the facility wasn’t an easy one, but she says ultimately she received better care. Thirty-four-year-old Amanda Best not only tested positive for COVID-19, but was also diagnosed with double pneumonia and has asthma. She was a patient in an Appleton hospital where officials asked her […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Furloughs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will continue for the first six months of 2021 to offset losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. But Chancellor Rebecca Blank offered hope for next year, telling employees on Monday that “we expect to avoid the sort of dramatic cuts that many feared.” Blank told more than 21,000 faculty, staff and other employees in an email that the planned furloughs […]

Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst isn’t discussing quarterback Graham Mertz’s status following reports that the redshirt freshman has tested positive for COVID-19. Chryst did say he was confident the ninth-ranked Badgers’ game Saturday at Nebraska would go on as scheduled. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and Wisconsin State Journal both reported that Mertz had tested positive. Big Ten protocols say that athletes who test positive through point-of-contact daily testing must take a polymerase […]

Fond du Lac County is currently experiencing very high levels of COVID-19 and significant spread in our community. Friday alone we have received notification of approximately 240 cases. We have seen a rapid increase in the number of daily new cases in past weeks, and the number of cases continue to accelerate upwards.   Due to the escalation in cases, case investigation and contact tracing efforts to effectively identify and control […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Statistics from Minnesota health officials show that the 10 counties with the fastest growth in coronavirus cases since the beginning of October are all in rural areas, many of which border surrounding states. The  the rate of new cases per capita across 56 counties in greater Minnesota tripled between early September and early October. That compares with a doubling of the rate across the seven-county Twin Cities […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials are reporting nearly 4,400 newly confirmed coronavirus cases. The state Department of Health Services reported 4,378 new cases on Friday. The daily record is 4,591, set on Tuesday. The state has now seen a total of 190,478 cases since the pandemic began in March. DHS also reported 42 more people have died, bringing the state's death toll to 1,745.   There were 241 new […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's medical school has found that the state's  high school sports has not contributed to an increase in COVID-19 infections among athletes. The study surveyed 207 schools representing 30,000 athletes that restarted sports in September. They study found that the case rate among those athletes was lower than what's been reported for children ages 14-17. The study also found […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Coronavirus cases among American Indians in Wisconsin have tripled since Sept. 1 as the state continues to grapple with the pandemic. Data showed 59 new cases and one additional death among American Indians in Wisconsin as of Wednesday. That raised the total to 2,333 Native Americans testing positive. Twenty-three American Indians have died due in Wisconsin to COVID-19 this year. Shannon Holsey, president of the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican […]

There were long lines at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds Thursday for free drive-thru COVID-19 testing.  The testing site was scheduled to be open until 7pm but had reached it’s capacity by 2:30pm.   The testing site will be open Thursdays  through December 10.   Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the National Guard is conducting the tests.   People should remain in their vehicles throughout the process.  Masks are required and no appointment […]