CLOSENote: This story has been updated to provide more information about the county's decision to withhold business identities.GREEN BAY - Health officials are investigating dozens of Brown County workplaces and long-term care facilities where multiple employees have tested positive for COVID-19 infections, and in some cases where people have died.Investigations are under way at 54 workplaces, 20…
Stanislaus County is preparing to implement a mandatory face coverings in public order as a way to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, officials said Wednesday.Stanislaus County Board Supervisor Kristin Olsen said during the Stanislaus County Office of Emergency Services daily COVID-19 briefing that the order will go into effect on Monday. Details about…
Union County, the rural northeastern Oregon county home to the state’s largest coronavirus outbreak, voluntarily returned to Phase 1 of Gov. Kate Brown’s coronavirus reopening plan Wednesday. The county is the first in Oregon to step backward under the governor’s gradual reopening guidelines. The move came after the county recorded a giant spike in coronavirus cases,…
For the seventh straight day, Dallas County is reporting more than 300 new COVID-19 cases along with eight more deaths. Dallas County Health and Human Service confirmed 306 additional cases were added Tuesday, along with the deaths of seven people in Dallas and one in Hutchins, including: A Dallas man in his 30s who had…
Posted: Mon 8:07 PM, Jun 15, 2020  |  Updated: Mon 11:04 PM, Jun 15, 2020 LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU)-- The La Crosse County Health Department announced seven establishments where individuals may have been exposed to COVID-19. The risk is between the dates of June 5 and June 7 at Blue Moon in Onalaska, Pettibone Beach…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…