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SCALES MOUND–The Monday, July 19 Scales Mound School Board meeting, during which the return to school plan and masks were topics of conversation, was Dr. Marybeth DeLaMar’s first as …
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by Brandon Behlke
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7/26/21
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JO DAVIESS COUNTY–For the first time in months, the Jo Daviess County Health Department reported zero cases of COVID-19 in the county. As of Monday, June 14, no people were quarantined or in …
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6/14/21
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GALENA–Continuing a discussion that began at an earlier Jo Daviess County Board of Health meeting, the board spent time at its Wednesday, June 9 meeting talking about reimbursing Midwest …
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by Brandon Behlke
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6/14/21
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GALENA–The Jo Daviess County Health Department reports that as of Thursday, June 17, there has been one confirmed case of COVID-19 since this past Monday. There are two people in …
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6/1/21
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Jo Daviess County received some unexpected but welcome attention from The New York Times on May 15, as did Dane County, Wis., where Madison is located, in Badgerland.
Both counties, it seems are …
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by P. Carter Newton
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5/25/21
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GALENA–The Jo Daviess County Board of Health received a positive report from director of clinical services Lori Stangl at its Wednesday, May 5 meeting.
Stangl reported there had only been …
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5/10/21
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We’ve touched om this subject before and want to take another stab at it, because the vaccination statistics put forth by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) are not accurate, …
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by P. Carter Newton
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4/20/21
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SPRINGFIELD–In accordance with recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Illinois Department of Public …
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4/20/21
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GALENA–Jo Daviess County, along with the Illinois National Guard, will host a single dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 mass vaccination one-day clinic on Wednesday, April 7 at River Ridge …
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4/5/21
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GALENA–As COVID restrictions begin to loosen due to the increasing availability of vaccines and the decline in cases, more people began to breathe a sigh of relief and hoped that a return to …
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by Brandon Behlke
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3/29/21
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Getting the community vaccinated: Volunteers help with vaccination clinics at Midwest Medical Center
GALENA–It is an army of dedicated volunteers that spend at least one day a week at Midwest Medical Center that has been one of the strengths of the vaccination clinics. The clinics have been a …
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by Brandon Behlke
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3/29/21
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The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) of Jo Daviess has stepped up to the plate to assist as needed in the Jo Daviess County quest to mediate the ravages of the COVID pandemic.
After the horrendous …
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by Art Ricker
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3/22/21
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