One of the biggest one day totals in positive COVID-19 cases in Fond du Lac County since the start of the pandemic has pushed the total number of cases over 1500. Fifty two new cases were reported Wednesday bringing the total number of cases to 1,542. There are 516 active cases and 14 people are hospitalized.
Citing rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in and around Dodge County and with the flu season right around the corner Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam is indefinitely restricting inpatient visitation. Effective immediately no visitors will be allowed into the hospital inpatient unit. Hospital CEO Angelia Foster says there are some some exceptions including one birth partner per delivering mother, two adult visitors for end of life situations and a minor child patient may be accompanied by […]
The interim Fond du Lac school superintendent says early reports are positive for the district’s blended model to start the school year. This is the third week that students are in class for a couple days a week and online for the other days. Interim superintendent Sharon Simon says the district has been able to continue with the model with three positive COVID-19 cases in the district. Simon says the first two […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials have decided to stay with their decision not to allow special voting deputies into nursing homes to help residents cast absentee ballots out of fears of spreading the coronavirus. The state Election Commission banned voting deputies from entering nursing homes in March as the pandemic was taking hold. Commissioner Robert Spindell earlier this month asked commission staff to look into lifting the ban […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has forced an iconic Wisconsin Dells-area water ski show to shut down forever. Tom Diehl, president and co-owner of the Tommy Bartlett Show, said Wednesday that the show can't recover from the revenue loss this summer and will have to close down permanently after 69 years in business. The show didn't operate at all this summer due to the pandemic and Diehl says […]
The Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after the conference announced it would push football and other fall sports to spring because of the pandemic, the conference changed course. The Big Ten plans to begin its season the weekend of Oct. 24 with an eight-game schedule for each team. The Big Ten says its Council of Presidents and Chancellors voted […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials are cautioning city residents about travel to Wisconsin, citing a recent COVID-19 spike in Illinois' neighbor to the north. The Chicago Department of Public Health stopped short Tuesday of adding Wisconsin to its travel advisory list. There are more than a dozen states on the list, including Utah, which was added Tuesday. City officials say Chicagoans who travel to any of the states must quarantine […]
Republican U.S. senator Ron Johnson says he thinks president Donald Trump has done a fantastic job dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Johnson was responding to comments by Trump acknowledging he played down the projected impact of the deadly coronavirus early this year because he meant to avoid creating a panic. Johnson says he was concerned about the thin line between civilized behavior and anarchy when the pandemic began. "I remember you couldn't buy […]
What should you look for in a hand sanitizer? When picking a hand sanitizer, opt for one that contains mostly alcohol and has few other ingredients. Fond du Lac County Health Department Environmental Health supervisor Danielle Vollendorf says the CDC says hand sanitizers should be at least 60 percent alcohol. Vollendorf says use hand sanitizer only when you can’t wash your hands with soap and water.