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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Colleges across the country are struggling to salvage the fall semester as campus coronavirus cases skyrocket and tensions with local health leaders flare. Schools have locked down dorms, imposed mask mandates, barred student fans from football games and toggled between online and in-person classes. No one is happy, it seems. Faculty at the University of Michigan took a no-confidence vote in President Mark Schlissel this week […]

Fond du Lac’s Moraine Park Technical College is revising their reopening plan amid the coronavirus pandemic.   The college has extended their limited campus accessibility restrictions until at least January 4, meaning the campus will remain closed to the general public.  The revision will not affect MPTC classes, events and activities.   In early June, Moraine Park announced  it’s five-phased Reopening plan and is still expected to entire phase five on October 1.  Moraine Park president Bonnie […]

MADISON, Wisc. (AP) — Wisconsin has hit a record for coronavirus cases reported in a single day as the Department of Health reported 2,817 people have tested positive for the virus. The state has seen some of the nation’s fastest coronavirus spread over the last two weeks. The rolling average number of daily new cases has increased by 950, an increase of nearly 97%, according to Johns Hopkins researchers. Over […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is forcing millions of American voters worried about their health to scramble to vote by mail for the first time. But a requirement in a handful of states, including presidential battleground North Carolina and Wisconsin, that a witness or notary public sign a ballot envelope is tripping up some voters early. That’s worrying voting rights advocates weeks before an unprecedented election. The requirement […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s newly reported COVID-19 cases has grown again, just shy of the highest daily total since the pandemic broke out. The state Department of Health Services reported 2,504 new cases Friday, short of the record set exactly one week ago of 2,533 new cases. On Thursday, there were 2,392 new cases. In total, Wisconsin has had nearly 111,000 people test positive and 1,274 deaths. People hospitalized […]

In response to the new emergency health directive related to the mandatory mask order, Representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt (52nd-Fond du Lac) released the following statement:   “Statistics show that Wisconsin’s mask mandate has been ineffective in controlling the spread of the virus.  The medical knowledge of coronavirus is far advanced from a few months ago. Wisconsin residents have been well educated on how to handle the coronavirus and who is most […]

Data obtained by The Associated Press shows Postal Service districts across the nation are missing the agency’s own standards for on-time delivery as millions of Americans prepare to vote by mail. The lag times are especially pronounced in key regions of some battleground states, where delivery times are below the national average. That raises the possibility that scores of mailed ballots could miss deadlines for reaching local election offices if […]

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says she is disappointed to hear that some parents  have knowingly sent their children who have coronavirus back to school, which could lead to potential school shutdowns.   The Washington-Ozaukee County Health Department said they’ve had multiple cases where parents are dishonest about their child’s illness and who they’e come in contact with.   Fond  du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says that’s exactly […]

Wisconsin’s daily count of COVID-19 cases has hit its second-highest total to date, while the seven-day average topped 1,900 for the first time. The state Department of Health Services reported Thursday that Wisconsin has seen more than 108,000 positive cases of the coronavirus and 1,265 deaths. The 2,392 new cases reported Thursday was second only to 2,533 new cases reported less than a week ago on Sept. 18. The seven-day […]