A vaccine clinic for students age 12 and up is set for June 28 at Wilson Elementary School in Janesville.
The state announced Monday it plans to reduce hours at its Blackhawk Technical College COVID-19 vaccination site until closing the operation in July.
Walworth County has moved to Phase Four of reopening and the end of its COVID-19 Phase Guidance.
A small number of patients have received treatment for acute respiratory symptoms related to the Chemtool fire in Rockton, according to a Belo…
Milton School District Superintendent Rich Dahman earlier set the date for the Milton School District to go to a mask-optional policy for July 3.
Mercyhealth will administer free COVID-19 vaccines during Music at the Marv on Tuesday, according to a Mercyhealth news release.
Janesville's SHINE Medical Technologies has announced a “multiyear” partnership with the University of Missouri Research Reactor in Columbia, …
Private and public health officials say that the fight against COVID-19 is becoming more surgical, as health care groups begin to focus grassr…
Although it has only been a few days after the Rock County health department discontinued its reopening plan, the county’s epidemiologist said…
State agencies issued new fish consumption guidance Wednesday for bodies of water that lead into Rock County after testing showed high enough …
Beginning July 3, face masks for Milton School District students and staff will be optional indoors and outside.
The Janesville School Board voted Tuesday night to lift its mask mandate ahead of the start of summer school sessions.
Rock County’s health department on Thursday announced that it will be discontinuing its phased reopening plan effective Tuesday, June 8, givin…
Mosquito populations are starting out low this spring, but health officials are expecting populations to grow and bring the risk of West Nile …
First doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be available every Friday in June at Dean Medical Group-Janesville East.
Blackhawk Technical College is extending COVID-19 testing through July 29.
Beloit College is requiring COVID-19 vaccines for all students during the upcoming 2021-2022 school year, as other higher education institutio…
Last week, Rock County averaged about 22 new COVID-19 cases a day, which is a decrease from previous weeks when the average was about 40 cases a day.
The local unmasking continues. The next chapter: this coming week at Janesville’s City Hall and other municipal buildings.
The Rock County Public Health Department asks residents to remain cautious when considering summer travel plans following the recent change in…
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Masks are no longer required in Whitewater.
SSM Health and Blain’s Supply are partnering to offer a mobile vaccination clinic May 21 at Blain’s Supply Inc.
The manager of Woodman's Food Market in Janesville said customers were inquiring all day Friday whether they still had to wear masks in the st…
UW-Whitewater released numbers Friday that illustrate what the school had to do, from testing to vaccines, to finish a school year during the …
The Milton School District has made minor change in mask rules.
The Rock County Health Department has lifted the county’s COVID-19 mask orders, giving its blessing for people to go without face coverings in…
SSM Health is partnering with Blain’s Supply, Inc. for a mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic Friday, May 21.
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A Rock County Board committee wants the county to eliminate a COVID-19 vaccine mandate at its Rock Haven nursing home and reinstate several nu…
The Jefferson County Health Department plans to offer a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic for children age 12 to 15 on Thursday, May 20.
Barrett Memorial Library is holding a COVID-19 vaccine clinic from 10 a.m. to noon May 18 in the Library Community Room.
A group of parents asked the Milton School Board on Monday night to lift the district’s mask mandate for students, saying the time had come an…
Anyone wishing to be vaccinated at Evansville High School is asked to fill out a form by May 11.
An attorney has served Rock County with notice of lawsuits that would seek $550,000 in damages for 11 workers the county laid off at its Rock …
Rock County health authorities warned Wednesday that the pandemic is not over and reported a rise in hospitalizations.
For many years, Cassilyn Brown’s home in Madison has housed three generations, including her husband, three children and father-in-law.
Walworth County’s health department is holding free walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinics this week in Elkhorn and Whitewater.
Walworth County health officials say they will not consider political identities when doing COVID-19 vaccine outreach despite nationwide data …
A new mask order issued in Rock County eliminates the mandate for wearing masks outdoors and says it is OK for fully vaccinated people not to …
The Rock County Public Health Department plans to offer two community vaccine clinics for anyone ages 18 and older in early May.
The COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Blackhawk Technical College is now accepting walk-ins, according to a social media post from the state Departme…
The Janesville School Board on Tuesday voted to allow more spectators at some athletics contests.
The county will accept walk-in appointments Wednesday and Thursday, April 28 and 29 from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. while supplies last.
Officials at SSM Health, the host of Sunday's vaccination clinic, wanted the event to feel intimate and community-based as a way of welcoming …
The relationship between public health and racism was the topic of this year's Stand Against Racism Day, an annual campaign from the YWCA Rock…
Two more coronavirus variants have been detected in Rock County—one first discovered in travelers from Brazil and the other from South Africa,…
Ava Pennycook is a COVID-19 long-hauler, and her haul has gotten even longer since she spoke with The Gazette for the first time in September.
A Beloit man is suing the company that owns the Birds Eye food processing plant in Darien because he says unsafe working conditions led to him…
Milton school officials are limiting some students' access to "alternative fall" homecoming out of COVID-19 concern.
Rock County health officials say they worry a coronavirus variant strain might be driving a jump in local COVID-19 hospitalizations.
A Rock County Jail captain said Monday she believes the string of COVID-19 cases that emerged last week has been “contained,” and the number o…
Rock County is offering free rides to those who need to get to their vaccine appointments during the week, according to a news release shared …
If the hospital was a cake, volunteers would be the icing on top, says Dona Hohensee, director of the St. Mary's Hospital Foundation.
Four Rock County Jail inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last two days, a jail official said Friday afternoon, news that comes o…
Community Action's Kids Learning Center in Janesville is temporarily closed until mid-April in the wake of two confirmed COVID-19 cases at the…
Rock County public health officials say they are concerned about the potential for widespread variant coronavirus strains, especially after sp…
Walworth County Department of Health & Human Services officials say a glitch last week in its software for scheduling COVID-19 vaccine app…
SSM Health is now offering online scheduling for COVID-19 vaccine appointments, according to a news release.
The Rock County Jail will offer single-dose coronavirus vaccines to inmates Saturday thanks largely to HealthNet of Rock County, which a jail …
Beloit Health System will offer vaccination clinics Wednesday through Friday, April 7-9, in the Beloit Memorial Hospital auditorium, 1969 W. H…
Mark Goelzer, medical director at Mercyhealth, said having a majority of seniors vaccinated has started to ease the pressure on health care st…
The United Way Blackhawk Region has launched rockcountyshot.com, a website with local information and resources regarding COVID-19 vaccine acc…
A Feb. 4 order from the Rock County Public Health Department mandates face coverings for everyone ages 5 or older when indoors in public or in…
Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday all Wisconsinites older than 16 will be eligible to receive vaccine beginning Monday.
UW-Whitewater on Monday announced plans to have 2021 graduates walk across the stage this spring, but loved ones will not be allowed to attend…
Rock County is experiencing a rise in new COVID-19 cases as a variant strain of the novel coronavirus has been detected in the county, accordi…
The Rock County Public Health Department has removed COVID-19 vaccine registration forms from its website and advises nonvaccinated people to …
Rock County health officials say they are "not overly concerned" about recent increases in COVID-19 activity and are not changing their recomm…
One year after contracting COVID-19, Caron Eaton is eager to get back out into the world, to travel and to spend time with those she loves. Bu…
Rep. Bryan Steil is decrying what he sees as a low level of funding for Janesville under the new federal COVID-19 relief act.
SSM Health Dean Medical Group- Janesville East has COVID-19 vaccine appointments available for those eligible, some as soon as this weekend.
COVID-19 vaccine scheduling processes are likely to remain much the same next week after thousands more people are deemed eligible in Rock Cou…
Whitewater saw “a number of large gatherings” over the weekend, which prompted UW-Whitewater’s vice chancellor for student affairs to plead wi…
Rock County on Monday held its first jury trial since the pandemic started more than a year ago, and court officials had to juggle safety guid…
Walworth County sent 907 emails to vaccine registrants in February, disclosing their email addresses to everyone on that list.
State health officials hope new plans for future vaccine eligibility will help bridge race and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 vaccination that…
Rock County health officials said Thursday they do not know when local providers might receive Johnson & Johnson vaccine. When they do, th…
SSM Health and Edgerton Hospital and Health Services have changed their visitor policies to allow more people into the hospitals and clinics.
Hormel's Beloit food processing plant has begun offering on-site COVID-19 vaccines to its 400 employees, a representative said.