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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a six-day extension for counting absentee ballots in Wisconsin. Absentee ballots are typically due at local clerks’ offices by 8 p.m. on Election Day. A lower court judge ruled that ballots that arrive up to six days after Election Day will count if postmarked by Election Day. That could mean the winner in Wisconsin won’t be known for days after […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers is urging people throughout Wisconsin to “get on the same team” and take steps to slow the spread of the coronavirus, as cases continue to soar at the state's highest levels since the pandemic began. Dr. Ryan Westergaard, Wisconsin’s chief medical officer, said Tuesday that the state is in “crisis.” Wisconsin on Tuesday recorded its highest single day increase in deaths from COVID-19 […]
There was one new COVID-19 death reported in Fond du Lac County Tuesday. There are now 14 coronavirus deaths in the county since the start of the pandemic. There were 25 new positive cases Tuesday bringing to 2,164 the total number of cases in the county. There are 613 active cases and 11 people are hospitalized in Fond du Lac County.
With more people than ever hospitalized in Wisconsin due to COVID-19 the president of St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac says that’s just one factor that threatens hospital bed capacity this fall and winter. There are currently 11 people hospitalized at St. Agnes for COVID 19. But Katherine Vergos says it’s not just the number of COVID patients in the hospital. She says one of the challenges is discharging patients to long term […]
The interim Fond du Lac school superintendent says she is pleased with the way the district has handled positive COVID-19 cases involving students and staff. The school district has been operating under a blended model since the start of the school year with students in class for a couple days a week and online learning the other days. Interim superintendent Sharon Simon says when students are in school, the District’s social distancing […]
The president of Envision Greater Fond du Lac says she is not surprised that the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development leader has resigned. Governor Tony Evers Office announced last month that DWD secretary Caleb Frostman had resigned amid an unemployment claim backlog. Envision president and ceo Sadie Parafiniuk says her office continues to hear that people who were laid off in April and May and have since returned to work still haven’t received […]
Construction on a renovated Fond du Lac Lakeside Park pavilion is expected to begin soon. Public Works director Jordan Skiff says Capelle Brothers and Diedrich were selected as the low bid contractor for the project. Skiff says the contract will be awarded soon followed by actual construction. The renovation project is taking place after the council reversed an earlier council decision to replace the pavilion with a much larger, new facility that would have included […]
The Fond du Lac city council holds a special meeting Wednesday night to consider a binding agreement with a business group for an alternate Lakeside Park master plan. The council will decide if the city should enter into the agreement before a feasibility study is completed and with a potential April referendum that would require voter approval before there could be any development on the lighthouse peninsula or Oven Island. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A failed search for a person to lead the University of Wisconsin System has cost taxpayers about $216,000, a cost unlikely to be recouped because of contract language with the company hired to help find the next president. According to records obtained by the Wisconsin State Journal, the UW paid about $214,000 to Storbeck Search and Associates. The contract with the company didn’t specify a refund […]
