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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Director Chis McIntosh has contracted COVID-19 and will miss the Badgers' bowl game in Las Vegas. The Wisconsin State Journal reported Friday that McIntosh has tested positive for the disease and will miss the Las Vegas Bowl on Thursday. The Badgers will face Arizona State. UW-Madison's men's basketball team was forced to cancel its game Thursday night against George Mason because of […]

Wisconsin has recorded its first death of a child under the age of 10 from COVID-19.  Children's Hospital of Wisconsin said the death occured last week.   Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the news is "devastating."    Mueller says there is still more vaccine hesistancy in the 5-11 age group compared to older children and adults.  The statee Department of Health Services says six deaths have been […]

Fond du Lac County has reached another milestone in the pandemic.  Fond du Lac County has topped 20,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.  Eighty six new cases were confirmed Tuesday bringing to 20,052 the total number of  confirmed cases in the county.   In the past week there have been ten more COVID-19 deaths reported in Fond du Lac County, bringing to 172 the total number of deaths related to the virus […]

The new omicron variant speeding around the world threatens to further stretch hospital workers already struggling with a surge of delta cases and upend holiday plans for the second year in a row.  Vice president of Pharmacy Services with the Wisconsin region for SSM Health, Mo Kharbat, says omicron, even if it proves milder on the whole, may disarm some of the life-saving tools available and put  immune-compromised and elderly people at particular […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials and Gov. Tony Evers are urging residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and take other precautions, such as wearing masks and keeping holiday gatherings small. The warning Monday comes as the new omicron variant is expected to create a surge in cases over the coming weeks. Evers is urging everyone who hasn't already been vaccinated and received their booster dose to do so […]

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise the Fond  du  Lac County Health Department is expanding it's free COVID-19 testing for residents in Ripon.  Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the Health Department is partnering with Accelerated Clinical Laboratories to offer testing every Tuesday beginning December 21 at Alliance Laundry Systems from 10am to 5pm.   You do not need to be experiencing symptoms to be tested.  The PCR tests are free.

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise the Fond  du  Lac County Health Department is expanding it's free COVID-19 testing for residents in Ripon.  Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the Health Department is partnering with Accelerated Clinical Laboratories to offer testing every Tuesday beginning December 21 at Alliance Laundry Systems from 10am to 5pm.   You do not need to be experiencing symptoms to be tested.  The PCR tests are free.

The Fond du Lac School District superintendent says the number of students and staff testing positive for COVID1-9 have steadily increased since the Thanksgiving break.  Superintendent Dr. Jeff Fleig updated the school board at their meeting Monday night.  Dr. Fleig says as a result of the increase in cases four elementary  schools in the district are now requiring masks.   Dr. Fleig admits there were discussions about virtual learning when COVID cases were spiking […]

The number of patients hospitalized in Fond du Lac County with COVID-19 continues to remain high.    According to the Fond du Lac County Public Health Office dashboard, 23 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.   Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says that places a strain on hospitals that are already short-staffed.  Last week Wisconsin's top health official said 270 Wisconsin health care facilities have requested staffing help and the state has asked for medical […]