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.
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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…
Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of vaccines being administered in the City of Beloit by the Beloit Health System followed by Dec. 27 …
Local health officials are urging area residents to visit a COVID-19 vaccination clinic to get protection from the virus as the holidays draw closer.
Rock County reported 1,110 new cases of COVID-19 in the past week as virus transmission remains high in the state line area ahead of Christmas…
Jacob Taylor of Beloit will not run for re-election to his seat on the Rock County Board of Supervisors.
The active cases of COVID-19 in Rock County continue to climb, similar to a spike a little over a year ago in November of 2020. As of Thursday…
With much of the attention from public health officials focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, it is easy to forget that influenza can have serious…
HealthNet of Rock County announced Wednesday that it is kicking off a $3.25 million capital campaign called “Families Supporting Families” to …
Milton's Northside Intermediate School will transition to virtual instruction Thursday, Dec. 16, following an COVID-19 outbreak at the school.
Rock County Board incumbent Stephanie Aegerter has decided not to run for reelection in the spring election, the Rock County Clerk’s office an…
The Milton School District is working with the Rock County Health Department to determine if two schools with COVID-19 outbreaks will have to …
The number of children infected with COVID-19 in Rock County is considered "high" according to Rock County Health Department officials.
The Milton School District’s Board of Education voted 4-3 on Monday night in favor of optional masking for staff and students in grades 7th th…
The last two years have been some the deadliest years for law enforcement officers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the passing of a Be…
After six years of serving on the Rock County Board of Supervisors, Bob Yeomans has chosen not to run for reelection in 2022.
Last year, the COVID-19 impatient census peaked at 74. There are currently 57 community members who are receiving inpatient care due to COVID-19.
The state of Wisconsin is requesting medical reserve teams from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist with staff-strapped hospital…
Darien native and Clinton resident Ellen Schutt wants to make a difference in her community, and that's why the 26-year-old said she is seekin…
New COVID-19 cases among children age 4 to 14 are at their highest levels in Rock County since the pandemic began.
As the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus arrives in Wisconsin, the number of active COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Rock County, more …
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said Saturday that the state has confirmed one case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in Wisconsin.
According to a press release issued by the Rock County Clerk’s Office on Wednesday, Vice Chair Wes Davis filed paperwork declaring he will not…
The Edgerton Hospital Milton Clinic added Department of Transportation physicals to its services provided.
More than 400 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Beloit and Janesville last week as new virus cases remain elevated in the area.
After serving in the Wisconsin Legislature for over a decade, Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, has announced she will run for Wisconsin Secreta…
Local hospital officials and an epidemiologist for Rock County say COVID-19 hospitalizations have been on an uptick here recently, and it come…
The state-operated COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the former Rock County Job Center in Janesville will expand its hours of operation starting Tues…
A former Edgerton doctor last week received a sentence of 4½ years in a federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare of $13 mil…
The total number of estimated active COVID-19 cases in Rock County has reached levels not seen since late last year with more than 1,200 estim…
After a recent period of virtual learning at a Milton School District elementary school, an effort to change the Milton School District's Milt…
If the current pace of early vaccinations in children aged 5-11 is any indicator, area schools could see a boost in vaccination rates in as so…
State public health agencies in Illinois and Wisconsin recommend all those 18 and older get the COVID-19 vaccine booster dose following a fede…
Based on Nov. 17 figures posted on the district’s online dashboard, 33 active COVID-19 cases were reported, and 17 additional students are und…
Rock County’s number of active COVID-19 cases is the highest it has been since January, according to public health data published by the Rock …
Seventy UW System students, including eight from UW-Whitewater, were selected for $7,000 scholarships after they were vaccinated against COVID…
McDonald's locations in Beloit and Janesville will host free COVID-10 vaccine clinics Nov. 18, Dec. 2 and Dec. 16. There will be no vaccines f…
More than 500 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Rock County since Nov. 8 as virus transmission in the region remains high, Centers f…
A longtime Beloit Police Department patrol officer has died due to complications from COVID-19, according to a news release issued Monday afte…
Milton High School will host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic Tuesday, Nov. 16. The clinic is open to children ages 5 and up. Guardian and/or par…
HealthNet of Rock County plans to turn every $1 donated into $6.60 worth of care. This past year, HealthNet has provided 9,148 patient visits …
The Rock County Public Health Department says new cases of COVID-19 are rising slightly in Rock County as health officials prepare for an incr…
Human error by a contractor delivering pool chemicals was behind a hazardous materials incident Wednesday at the Beloit College Powerhouse, ac…
Walworth County's Division of Public Health announced Thursday it will be hosting COVID-19 vaccine booster clinics throughout November.
Drugmaker Pfizer requested federal approval Tuesday for its booster shot to be available to all adults age 18 and older. More than 25 million …