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Fall may be in the air, but so is COVID-19.
The Jo Daviess County Health Department reported on Sept. 9 that the county had a high community level and high community transmission level of COVID. …
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by Murphy Obershaw
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9/20/22
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GALENA–The Jo Daviess County Board of Health heard a bleak COVID update from health department staff at the Wednesday, Jan. 5 meeting.
According to Lori Stangl, clinician, there were over …
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by Brandon Behlke
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1/10/22
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GALENA–Galena, River Ridge and Scales Mound are the latest schools struck by COVID-19 outbreaks.
As a result, after announcing a few elementary classses were remote last week, the River …
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by Brandon Behlke
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11/22/21
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SCALES MOUND–The Scales Mound School Board was updated by school nurse Annie Timmerman at the Monday, Nov. 15 meeting about the alarming spike in COVID in the district.
Timmerman reported as …
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by Brandon Behlke
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11/22/21
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GALENA–Jo Daviess County Health Department will be having a booster clinic at Midwest Medical Center on Thursday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Moderna and Johnson & Johnson will be …
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11/9/21
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GALENA–The Jo Daviess County Health Department is moving forward with plans for booster clinics in the county.
“We have done one Pfizer booster clinic and are planning one Moderna …
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by Brandon Behlke
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11/2/21
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HAZEL GREEN, Wis.–At its Wednesday, Oct. 27 special meeting, Superintendent John Costello presented the Southwestern School Board with a letter from the Grant County Health Department asking …
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by Brandon Behlke
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11/2/21
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EAST DUBUQUE–Superintendent TJ Potts shared with the East Dubuque School Board his plans for the return to school for 2021-22 at the Monday, July 26 board meeting.
Potts sent a survey to …
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by Brandon Behlke
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8/3/21
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BENTON, Wis.–As schools prepare to return for the 2021-22 school year, many questions have been raised by students, parents and community members about what in-person learning will look like …
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by Brandon Behlke
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8/3/21
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GALENA–The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Illinois Department of Public Health Vaccination Programs are planning to hold a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Recreation Park, 1721 …
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8/3/21
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GALENA–For the time being, members of the Galena School Board seem to be in agreement that masks will be recommended but not required for students and staff during the 2021-22 school year, …
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by Hillary Dickerson
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7/26/21
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STOCKTON–The Stockton School Board talked plans for the upcoming school year and beyond during its meeting on Monday, July 19.
As many school districts are still in flux with their return to …
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by Brandon Behlke
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7/26/21
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