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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Rising coronavirus cases in key presidential battleground states are the latest worry for election officials and voters a little more than two weeks before Election Day. The prospect of poll workers backing out at the last minute because they are infected, quarantined or scared of getting sick has local election officials in Midwest states such as Iowa and Wisconsin opening more early voting locations, recruiting backup […]

JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — People attending President Donald Trump’s rally Saturday at the Janesville airport had to park over two miles away and take a shuttle bus to the event. The rally took place as coronavirus cases soar in Wisconsin. The state hit a record daily high for newly reported cases on Friday, with 3,861. It was the third time in one week that a record high was hit. Hospitalizations […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has hit a new daily high for positive coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, a surge that the state’s chief health officer is calling a crisis. There were 3,747 new cases reported Thursday, breaking the record of 3,279 set on Tuesday. To date, the state has had more than 162,000 positive cases and 1,553 deaths since the pandemic started. Hospitalizations were at a daily high of 1,017 […]

The Fond  du Lac County Health Department’s COVID-19 database won’t be updated this weekend as the computer system gets an upgrade.   Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says during the maintenance the health department will not be getting any positive or negative test results into the system.  Mueller says health departments across the state use what’s called the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System.  The system will go down for maintenance Friday afternoon, […]

The Fond du Lac city manager says the city of Fond du Lac and Fond du  Lac County are going in the wrong direction with rising COVID-19 cases.  City manager Joe Moore says we need unity on this effort and right now we don’t have that.  "It seems like every couple of weeks we're arguing about what we should or shouldn't be doing.  We are yet seeing the positives of […]

The Fond du Lac County executive is reacting to a temporary restraining order halting the governor’s emergency order that limited public gatherings as the state deals with a COVID-19 outbreak.  Al  Buechel says his reaction is not one of surprise anymore.  "The fact that there are people who have no alternative answers other than to do nothing,"  Buechel told WFDL news.  "I understand the impact on business but I wish […]

A Fond du Lac church is asking the community to help stock the Fondy Food Pantry.  Redeemer Lutheran Church pastor James Borgwardt says last weekend over 40 church volunteers distributed 1,100 grocery bags in Fond du Lac,  asking residents to fill those bags with non-perishable food items.  Volunteers will be collecting the filled bags Friday and Saturday.   Pastor Borgwardt says during the pandemic  it seems that people are in need […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State education officials say enrollment at public schools in Wisconsin has dropped by 3% this year. The state Department of Public Instruction says the numbers decline could further hurt districts already in a financial pinch because of the extra costs associated with COVID-19 pandemic, such as more laptops and internet hotspots for students and cleaning supplies. Some state aid to districts is decided on a per […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Only about 180 poll workers out of roughly 30,000 are still needed to staff polling places in battleground Wisconsin on Election Day, despite a surge in coronavirus cases in the key battleground state. The Wisconsin Elections Commission reported Thursday that there are shortages in 51 municipalities. That is up from just 13 the day before. Wisconsin's top elections official Meagan Wolfe says the number will be […]