Twenty-five new COVID-19 cases have pushed Fond du Lac County over the one-thousand mark for total positive cases. Since the pandemic began there have been 1,018 positive cases in the county. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says cases have shot up in the last couple of weeks as more people with symptoms have come in to get tested. Mueller says 10 people are hospitalized and there are 315 active cases. Mueller […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A lawsuit has been filed by a conservative law firm that seeks overturn Wisconsin’s statewide mask mandate issued by Gov. Tony Evers. The lawsuit filed by Tuesday in Polk County Circuit Court by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on behalf of three western Wisconsin residents argues that Evers did not have the legal authority to issue the order. It took effect Aug. 1 and […]
Republican congressman Glenn Grothman says he voted against emergency funds for the U.S. Postal Service because the agency doesn’t need it. The House passed a bill Saturday giving $25 billion to the Postal Service and reversing recent cost-cutting operational changes. Grothman says he disagrees with Democrats who contend the support is necessary to reinforce the agency ahead of the November election when many voters are expected to case main-in ballots due to […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Public Schools has suspended the start of regular season fall sports indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. The district announced the decision Monday. Administrators say the decision was made for the safety of athletes, staff and fans. MPS athletics director Bobbie Kelsey says district officials understand “the disappointment and frustration” with the delay in the start of sports, but says the district “must always make responsible […]
North Fond du Lac schools will start the school year online. Superintendent Aaron Sadoff says the school board made the decision to move from a blended model to all-virtual learning after the county moved back to phase one of it’s reopening plan following a recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Sadoff says the school district will be all virtual for the first two weeks, and says the district will re-evaluate the situation after […]
Fond du Lac County is closing in on a thousand COVID-19 cases with 19 new cases reported Tuesday for a total of 993 positive cases. There was also one new death bringing to ten the number of Fond du Lac County residents who have died from COVID-19.
The Fond du Lac School Board has voted to move all fall sports to the spring. Amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the last few weeks the school board voted unanimously at their meeting Monday night to move all fall sports to the alternative season in the spring. Athletic director David Michalkiewicz says the hope is that there will be a reduction in COVID-19 cases at that time and the possibility a […]
Fond du Lac County saw it’s highest jump in COVID-19 cases in one weekend since the pandemic began, pushing the county back into the first phase of it’s Safer Reopening plan. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says 80 new COVID-19 cases were reported over the weekend, bringing to 974 the total number of confirmed cases. Mueller says the recent surge in cases over the last couple of weeks has involved entire families […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A deputy with the Dane County Sheriff’s Office who is believed to have contracted the coronavirus while on duty has died. Sheriff David Mahoney said in a statement that Richard “Rick” Treadwell is believed to be Wisconsin’s first law enforcement officer to die from the virus after contracting it while on duty. Treadwell had been with the department since 1995 and worked as a recruiter and instructor. […]