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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison's chancellor is telling Dane County's top leader to stop wishing students would go away and start cracking down on large gatherings at bars as COVID-19 continues to spread unchecked. Dane County Executive Joe Parisi has repeatedly urged Chancellor Rebecca Blank to shut down campus because student infections are spiking the county's case numbers. He asked her again on Sunday to move classes […]

Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam is expanding its visitation restrictions beginning Monday, Sept. 21. A no visitor policy was previously enacted for its inpatient unit, and this policy is now being extended throughout the remainder of the facilities. All medical services remain open, and clinics will continue to care for patients by appointment only. The exceptions to the no visitor policy are:  One birth partner per delivering mother  End-of-life […]

The Dodge County Public Health Department says the COVID-19 health crisis continues to grow. To date, Wisconsin has a confirmed case count of 97,279 individuals who have contracted the virus. In Dodge County,  to date, there are 1,538 confirmed cases, with 256 currently active.  Due to increased Covid-19 activity and hospitalizations, Dodge County will transition back to Phase 1. Phase 1 recommendations include: - Limiting capacity in "non-essential" businesses, bars, […]

Fond du Lac County saw it’s highest one day total for COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic on Friday, and one new death.   Sixty nine new cases were reported Friday.   There are now 1,651 total cases in the county, 567 active cases and 14 people are hospitalized.  There was one death reported Friday, bringing to 13, the number of Fond  du Lac County residents who have died since the pandemic started.

SUAMICO, Wis. (AP) — A high school teacher in northeastern Wisconsin has died after being hospitalized with COVID-19.  Officials with the Howard-Suamico School District sent a letter to its students’ families notifying them that Heidi Hussli had died Thursday. The letter said the Bay Port High School German teacher was hospitalized briefly before her death. The 47-year-old Hussli was a native of Beaver Dam and taught German at Bay Port […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Health officials say 42 players and staff with the Wisconsin football team have tested positive for COVID-19 as the Big Ten makes plans to get the season started. Public Health Madison & Dane County says the 42 people tested positive since June when athletes and staff returned to campus. Twenty-nine of the 42 positive tests were from Sept. 1 through Sept. 15. The Big Ten Council […]

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says Chicago health officials are doing what’s in the best interest of Chicagoans by cautioning travel to Wisconsin.   The Chicago Department of Public Health stopped short this week of adding Wisconsin to its travel advisory list, but warned about travel to Wisconsin,  citing a recent COVID-19 spike in the Badger state.  Kim Mueller says people traveling anywhere need to be aware of who they are […]

A retired Ripon College economist says it doesn’t look good for another federal  coronavirus relief package after House Democrats this week blocked Republican efforts  to pass a smaller version.  Economist Paul Schoofs both sides seem to have really dug in their heels and optimism for a compromise appears to be unfounded at this point.  Schoofs says there doesn’t seem to be any give on either side, and he says that doesn’t […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson said Thursday he’s been placed in quarantine after being exposed to someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. Johnson said he has no symptoms and tested negative for the virus, but canceled plans to travel with President Donald Trump and attend Trump’s campaign event Thursday evening in Mosinee. Johnson said he was tested late Wednesday for the virus because of his plans […]