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MADISON, Wis.— University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson today announced a series of decisions that reflect the immediate priorities of cost reduction and, as suggested by the Board of Regents, enhanced opportunities for underrepresented and underserved students.    “To be the University’s biggest advocate and toughest evaluator, I will be directing my leadership to identify administrative savings now while championing investments for underrepresented and underserved populations,” President Thompson said.  […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System administration will lay off an untold number of employees over the next two years as part of $10 million in cuts announced by interim President Tommy Thompson. The layoffs Thompson announced Tuesday affect employees of UW System Administration only. The system’s 13 universities are making their own reductions that were necessary due to a loss in revenue and state-ordered cuts due to […]

The Fond du Lac School Board is expected to vote in favor of a blended model for all grade levels when they meet in special session Wednesday evening.   Currently the reopening plan calls for in-person instruction five days a week at the elementary level, with a blended model of in-person and online instruction at the middle and high schools.  Interim superintendent Sharon Simon says the board is expected to vote in favor of […]

The president and CEO of Envision Greater Fond du Lac says she not heard negative feedback about a statewide mask mandate ordered by governor Evers to stop the spread of COVID-19.  Sadie Parafiniuk says almost everywhere she goes people are wearing masks and her office has not received any major pushback or negativity from Envision members regarding the order.   Parafiniuk says a lot of the larger businesses and employers already had mask […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new Marquette University Law School polls shows a wide majority of Wisconsin residents support requiring masks to be worn in all public places as concern about the coronavirus rises. The poll released Tuesday, when deaths from the coronavirus topped 1,000 in Wisconsin and positive cases grew to nearly 62,000. The poll was conducted just days after Gov. Tony Evers issued a statewide mask mandate, which […]

More than 1,000 people have died in Wisconsin since the coronavirus pandemic began in the state six months ago. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported Tuesday that there were 61,785 confirmed cases and 1,006 deaths.   There are eight COVID-19 deaths in Fond du Lac County with one more death reported Tuesday.   The statewide death count is the 28th highest in the country overall and the 37th highest per capita […]

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is leading a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to include Edith’s Bill in COVID-19 relief legislation. This bipartisan legislation would amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (VOCA) to include victims of senior fraud as eligible for reimbursement by the Crime Victims Fund for states that provide compensation to victims. Scam artists know that […]

Businesses responding to the latest UW-Oshkosh COVID-19 impact survey showed gains on several key indicators, but expressed extreme caution in their business and personal travel plans.  Interim director of the UWO’s Center for Customized Research and Services Jeffrey Sachse says firms added 249 new staff members in July.   Sachse says the survey results show  that while businesses are reporting growth,  more than half reported continued losses or no change.   Fifty five percent of respondents continued […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic leaders are hopeful that President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring states to pay for a quarter of expanded unemployment benefits won’t stand and that Congress will reach a deal on a broader relief package to help cash-strapped schools, governments and others. Democrats said Monday that keeping the unemployment order in place could be another big hit to a state budget that’s already been subject […]