A memorial fund has been set for a Fond du Lac police officer who died this week from COVID-related complications.
The police department says Officer Joseph Kurer is the second law enforcement officer in the state to die of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. His death on Wednesday came a day after his wife gave birth to their second child.
According to a Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s report, Kurer tested positive for COVID-19 on August 4. After running a fever for six days, he went to the St. Agnes Hospital emergency department with shortness of breath, cough and chills. He was transferred to Froedert Hospital two days later, and has been on a ventilator since August 22. He’ll be an organ donor.
