The BA4 and BA5 subvariants of the COVID-19 virus have become the dominant strain across the country.
Monday was National HIV Testing Day, and Rock County health providers are offering free testing and showcasing different testing opportunities…
Dozens of people rallied outside the Rock County Courthouse in Janesville in anger and frustration after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Frida…
The dashboard launched earlier this week after a seven-month planning and implementation process that involved narrowing to eight focus areas …
The Rock County Public Health Department is gearing up to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to children under the age of 5 after the Food and Drug A…
As Rock County sees a dip in COVID-19 activity, including hospitalizations for the virus, the Rock County Public Health Department has now dow…
Mercyhealth and about 140 employees say they came to a contract agreement Thursday night, hours before workers were poised to walk off the job…
The office of U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil is accepting nominations for health care workers to be considered for the First Congressional District's H…
Mercyhealth employees represented by a local labor union are poised to walk off the job Friday if the local health care system and the employe…
The Rock County Health Department was among providers that started offering Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to children age 5 to 11 on Tuesday.
HealthNet of Rock County has finished raising the money it needed to open its new Janesville facility, the free clinic's CEO Ian Hedges announ…
COVID-19 activity in Rock County has moved up from “low” to “medium,” under federal criteria for measuring the disease's transmission, accordi…
Many Stateline Area residents may be dealing with mental health issues in a post-pandemic world. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, which i…
Citing accreditation rule changes and a staffing crunch, Mercyhealth officials say the hospital group has shelved its manned, MD-1 emergency v…
The number of people hospitalized in Rock County with COVID-19 has been at or below 10 for about two months, including no patient admissions a…
As SHINE Technologies moves toward medical isotope production in Janesville, the company is fast pivoting into other areas. Most recently, the…
Rock County wants public input on how to use its coming $8 million share of settlement money awarded to the state of Wisconsin as a result of …
Wendell Severson has hosted more than 100 consecutive Friday driveway parties outside his town of Janesville home since the COVID-19 pandemic …
As part of a research project on human trafficking for their AP Government class, five Craig High School seniors recently coordinated a drive …
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The county has nearly 20% fewer mental health providers per resident than the national average. The report also identified substance use and q…
The new Pain Management Center at Edgerton Hospital and Health Services will offer diagnosis and treatment for many chronic pain conditions, t…
New COVID-19 cases in Rock County continue to decline, but the number of hospitalizations in the county increased slightly in the past week.
Edgerton hospital is using $3.8 million in grant funding it was awarded by the state of Wisconsin to create more space for a new, comprehensiv…
Two years after the spread of COVID-19 began shutting down institutions across the country, local health officials are expressing some optimis…
Fewer than 40 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Janesville and Beloit last week.
Grocery store chain Schnucks announced masks are no longer required for customers, teammates and vendors.
As the two-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic nears, Rock County public health officials say there’s reason for optimism heading into t…
Residents in Rock County can “take a break from mask-wearing in most situations” following new federal COVID-19 guidelines as the Rock County …
The COVID-19 pandemic might be thawing, and that brought good news for two late-winter public events: An international film festival in downto…
Campus officials say they’re wading into mask choice on both the Whitewater and Janesville campuses of UW-Whitewater in a move set to roll out…
The Janesville School District will move away from universal masking to a mask-recommended policy starting at 4 p.m. Wednesday after a unanimo…
Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of the Rock County Public Health Department’s partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Health Se…
A policy change approved at Monday's school board meeting means Milton School District students and staff will have the option to wear COVID-1…
New COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to trend down in Rock County as Janesville and Beloit combined reported fewer cases last week compared …
While the number of daily new COVID-19 cases in Rock County remains high, Rock County Public Health Department officials said Thursday the are…
New cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations due to the disease continue to trend downward both statewide and locally, though there still are 8,…
The Milton School District will host vaccine clinics Feb. 3, 5, 24 and 26. The clinics on the 5th and 26th will be walk-in and no appointment …
Cases between Jan. 22 and Jan. 28 in Rock County and Winnebago County are down between 46 and 55% from the previous week as new COVID-19 omicr…
Blackhawk Technical College is hosting two COVID-19 vaccine clinics Monday, Jan. 31 and Tuesday, Feb. 8.
Edgerton and Evansville schools credit vaccine clinics and supportive parents for having the highest COVID vaccination rates among children ag…
As COVID-19 booster dose rates decline nationwide, the rate of booster doses administered in Rock County has also shown signs of decline, acco…
As part of the Biden Administration’s effort to make the highly-coveted respirators more widely available, it was recently announced the feder…
Two school board members talk about recent disrespect they've seen toward school board; Superintendent provides COVID-19 update and talks 2022…
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Rock County reached 8,157 on Monday, bringing the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 33,…
Flu cases are decreasing in Wisconsin, according to health officials.
Reported COVID-19 hospitalization numbers in Rock County have recently dropped, according to admission data from the Rock County Public Health…
A blood drive will be held 1-6 p.m., Feb. 3, at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital-Janesville in the Garden Level conference rooms at its 3400 Rac…
A data map made by a Rock County Public Health Department Epidemiologist shows that Edgerton School District boasts the largest COVID-19 vacci…
As COVID-19 cases continue to remain high due to the spread of the highly contagious omicron variant, the Rock County Public Health Department…
Here, in Rock County, one local nonprofit blood bank, the Rockford, Illinois-based Rock Valley Blood Center, reports that there are days when …
Rock County Public Health Department, in partnership with Summit Clinical Laboratories, will open a new COVID-19 testing site Monday, Jan. 24 …
Rock County residents are being encouraged to use the free COVID-19 test kits being offered by the federal government as local testing facilit…
A trusted COVID-19 testing site could backfill Janesville pop-up site that shuttered amid complaints
Public health officials say they're working to set up a new COVID testing site with a private company after another pop-up testing site run by…
A recent backlog of COVID-19 test results coupled with an increase in cases likely caused by the omicron variant has led to a sharp rise in re…
In Janesville, the site of a defunct hot dog restaurant at 320 N. Parker Drive where a free COVID-19 testing site popped up late last year is …
The VetsRoll trip planned for this year has been cancelled due to the spike in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations due to the rapid sprea…
COVID-19 cases continue to increase, particularly among the young, as the number of hospitalizations in Rock County set a record Thursday.
Rock County Clerk Lisa Tollefson released on Wednesday the list of candidates for each of the 29 Rock County Board of Supervisors seats up for…
Beloit’s COVID-19 vaccination rate continues to lag behind neighboring municipalities and the Rock County rate as the omicron variant surges i…
The Janesville School District announced it is implementing quarantine and isolation guidelines recommended by the Rock County Public Health D…
The number of Rock County COVID-19 hospitalizations is approaching the pandemic all-time record it hit in late 2020.
Janesville School Board members Cathy Myers, Jim Millard and Michelle Haworth seats are the three seats available for the upcoming election Ap…
Three motions pertaining to COVID-19 protocols in the Milton School District passed at a Milton School Board meeting Monday night.
Rock County hit a new record of active COVID-19 cases at 3,673 and the Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction is urging schools to ini…
The Janesville and Milton school districts have so far held off on making any wholesale changes to their COVID-19 isolation policies for teach…
While nearly 60% of Rock County residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Rock County Public Health Department announced Thursday l…
The Janesville School District expects to implement its new quarantine protocols for COVID-19 next week.
Rock County reported a record number of active COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as two new medications have arrived in the county to combat the virus.
Nothing emerged in a Tuesday meeting of the Janesville Plan Commission that would prevent a developer from building a 40-bed stroke and heart …
In an email to parents Monday afternoon, the Milton School District said it would not be changing quarantine and isolation protocols for those…
Following the CDC's decision to shorten it's isolation period for people with COVID-19 over winter break, the Milton School District sent an e…
Beloit residents Stephanie Delatorre and Jesse Robinson welcomed their son Thaddeus Jeffery Robinson on Jan. 1, 2022, making their son the fir…
Restaurants and local venues are holding New Year's Eve bashes to welcome the new year, however, the RCPHD recommends Rock County residents ke…
The state Department of Health Services reported Wednesday that Wisconsin has passed more than 10,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the pandemic.
Public health authorities in Rock and Winnebago counties said they are aware of the new federal public health guidance shortening the isolatio…
Airlines have been canceling flights during the busy holiday travel season because flight staff have been stricken by the COVID-19 virus.
The total number of new cases reported in Rock and Winnebago counties shows that, while COVID-19 transmission remains high, the total number o…
Following a year riddled with issues inmates raised over coronavirus-related restrictions and fluctuating cases in the jail, vaccination rates…