Posted on: January 20, 2021
With the State of Wisconsin’s announcement Tuesday that all adults 65 and over will be eligible to begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine next week, the Kenosha County Division of Health looks forward to announcing more information about the local...
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Posted on: January 14, 2021
Individuals and organizations that fall within Tiers 1a and 1b of the COVID-19 vaccination schedule are now urged to fill out an online form to help link them with a local vaccine provider, Kenosha County Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit said today.
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Posted on: January 2, 2021
Two changes to the COVID-19 testing landscape in Kenosha County took effect recently.
The Kenosha Community Health Center moved its drive-thru testing facility from Gateway Technical College to the former Chase Bank drive-thru at 5506 Seventh Ave. in downt...
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Posted on: December 30, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health is now helping to provide the COVID-19 vaccine to frontline health care personnel, with an initial emphasis on emergency medical services workers, Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit said today.
Freiheit said Kenosha Count...
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Posted on: December 18, 2020
Citing a marked uptick in case volume in her office in recent months, Kenosha County Medical Examiner Patrice Hall is strongly urging people to stay home and avoid gatherings this holiday season as COVID-19 continues to claim lives.
“The numbers ...
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Posted on: December 15, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health is working actively with the Kenosha County Emergency Operations Center, health care providers and other partners to coordinate local distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Local health officials are following up on a p...
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Posted on: December 12, 2020
In response to community questions about COVID-19 quarantine protocols and testing processes, the Kenosha County Division of Health is providing the following Q&A reference for the community.
Kenosha County Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit reminds the c...
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Posted on: December 9, 2020
The Wisconsin National Guard’s weekly COVID-19 testing site in western Kenosha County is moving to a new location effective this Friday, Dec. 11.
Testing will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Salem Lakes Fire and Rescue Station No. 1, 11252 254th...
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Posted on: November 19, 2020
The Kenosha Fire Department will be offering FREE COVID-19 testing on Wednesdays and Fridays through the end of the year beginning this Friday, Nov. 20, the department announced today.
Anyone who lives or works in Wisconsin, ages 5 and above, can be tested...
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Posted on: November 14, 2020
With cases of COVID-19 rising sharply in Kenosha County, local government and health leaders are imploring the community follow some fundamental health and safety recommendations.
As of Friday, Kenosha County had some 7,200 cumulative, confirmed cases of t...
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Posted on: November 11, 2020
In a new, public-private partnership, Modern Apothecary this week moved its COVID-19 testing site to the former Kenosha Fire Station No. 3, 2121 Roosevelt Road.
A locally owned, independent pharmacy, Modern Apothecary last month began offering fr...
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Posted on: November 9, 2020
Kenosha County Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit is strongly recommending that all schools within the county — K-12, colleges and universities — switch to virtual instruction only between Nov. 23 and Jan. 4.
In announcing this recommendat...
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Posted on: October 28, 2020
The hours for COVID-19 testing that the Wisconsin National Guard is providing in Kenosha County will shift slightly, due to the impending end of Daylight Saving Time on Saturday night.
Beginning this Friday, Oct. 30, testing will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p...
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Posted on: October 16, 2020
A planned upgrade to a state computer system will cause an outage affecting COVID-19 reporting this weekend, the Kenosha County Division of Health announced today.
The Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS) will undergo several enhancemen...
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Posted on: October 13, 2020
A new, drive-thru COVID-19 testing opportunity is coming to Kenosha County beginning this Thursday, Oct. 15.
Locally owned, independent pharmacy Modern Apothecary will offer testing each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday through at least Nov. 15 in the parkin...
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Posted on: October 12, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Emergency Management, in conjunction with the City of Kenosha officials, is reaching out to residents regarding a potential opportunity for an SBA (Small Business Administration) Declaration for damages due to the recent Ken...
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Posted on: October 12, 2020
In response to numerous inquiries from community members on how they can help during the COVID-19 emergency, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center is periodically publishing a list of needs at local food pantries.
This list is compiled by Extension K...
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Posted on: October 10, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health, in partnership with the Wisconsin National Guard, will offer free, drive-thru COVID-19 testing twice weekly throughout this fall.
Testing will be available each Monday, Oct. 12 through Dec. 7, at the Kenosha County Jo...
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Posted on: September 29, 2020
The Wisconsin National Guard will conduct free, drive-thru COVID-19 testing this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3, and Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 5 and 6, at the Kenosha County Job Center.
Testing will be offered from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on each of these days...
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Posted on: September 25, 2020
In response to numerous inquiries from community members on how they can help during the COVID-19 emergency, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center is periodically publishing a list of needs at local food pantries.
This list is compiled by Extension K...
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Posted on: August 28, 2020
In response to numerous inquiries from community members on how they can help during the COVID-19 emergency, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center is publishing a weekly list of needs at local food pantries.
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Posted on: August 19, 2020
A case of COVID-19 has been confirmed at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, the Kenosha County Division of Health and UW-Parkside announced jointly today.
One staff member tested positive and is presently in isolation, per Wisconsin Department of Health ...
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Posted on: August 1, 2020
Free, drive-thru or walk-thru COVID-19 testing for the public will be offered Monday through Wednesday, Aug. 3-5 at Brass Community School in Kenosha.
This is the latest round of local testing by the Wisconsin National Guard, and the last one scheduled for...
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Posted on: July 31, 2020
In response to numerous inquiries from community members on how they can help during the COVID-19 emergency, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center is publishing a weekly list of needs at local food pantries.
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Posted on: July 20, 2020
In light of a recent increase in COVID-19 testing locally, the Kenosha County Division of Health is reminding those who have been tested to self-quarantine until they receive their results.
A total of 1,992 people were tested Thursday through Saturday at a...
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Posted on: July 18, 2020
In response to numerous inquiries from community members on how they can help during the COVID-19 emergency, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center is publishing a weekly list of needs at local food pantries.
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Posted on: July 13, 2020
The Wisconsin National Guard is coming to the University of Wisconsin-Parkside this week to provide three days of free, drive-thru COVID-19 testing to the public.
Testing will be offered from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, July 16-18, in Park...
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Posted on: July 2, 2020
In response to numerous inquiries from community members on how they can help during the COVID-19 emergency, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center is publishing a weekly list of needs at local food pantries.
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Posted on: June 29, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health last week made changes to the COVID-19 data that it provides to the public, in an effort to better represent how the virus is affecting the community.
These changes were made to the Kenosha County Kickstart dashboard, ...
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Posted on: June 26, 2020
In response to numerous inquiries from community members on how they can help during the COVID-19 emergency, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center is publishing a weekly list of needs at local food pantries.
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Posted on: June 22, 2020
The Wisconsin National Guard will return to Kenosha County to conduct two days of drive-thru COVID-19 testing for the public this Tuesday and Wednesday, June 23 and 24.
This round of testing will occur outside the Kenosha Municipal Building, 625 52nd St.
Te...
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Posted on: June 12, 2020
In response to numerous inquiries from community members on how they can help during the COVID-19 emergency, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center is publishing a weekly list of needs at local food pantries.
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Posted on: June 5, 2020
Certain private nonprofit organizations in the community are eligible to apply for funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assistance program to help cover the costs of COVID-19 response efforts.
Lt. Horace Staples, direc...
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Posted on: May 29, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health, in partnership with the Wisconsin National Guard, will offer a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site during the week of June 1 at Westosha Central High School in the Village of Paddock Lake.
Anyone ages 5 and up can be tes...
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Posted on: June 3, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health and the Wisconsin National Guard will offer another drive-thru COVID-19 testing site this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 4, 5 and 6, at Tremper High School in Kenosha.
Anyone ages 5 and up can be tested, regardles...
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Posted on: May 30, 2020
Forty-five residents of a Kenosha long-term care facility have tested positive for COVID-19, with three fatalities, the Kenosha County Division of Health announced today.
These cases have occurred at Kenosha Estates Living and Care Center, a skilled nursin...
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Posted on: May 30, 2020
Known positive cases of COVID-19 have emerged at seven establishments in Kenosha County, the Division of Health announced today.
The Division of Health is disclosing the establishments in cooperation with the businesses, in an effort to slow the spread of ...
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Posted on: May 30, 2020
In the final installment of the Kenosha County Joint Information Center’s COVID-19 FAQ series, Kenosha County Division of Health Communicable Disease Supervisor Amanda Tuura summarizes the public guidance in the Kenosha County Kickstart plan, an...
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Posted on: May 29, 2020
In response to numerous inquiries from community members on how they can help during the COVID-19 emergency, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center is publishing a weekly list of needs at local food pantries.
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Posted on: May 27, 2020
The City and County of Kenosha, in partnership with the Kenosha Area Business Alliance, today released the final draft of a plan to help guide businesses through the process of restarting operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kenosha County Kickstart of...
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Posted on: May 27, 2020
Six COVID-19-positive residents of a long-term care facility in the City of Kenosha have died in recent weeks, the Kenosha County Division of Health announced today.
The deaths occurred at The Bay at Sheridan Health and Rehabilitation Center, 8400 Sheridan...
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Posted on: May 23, 2020
This week’s COVID-19 FAQs from the Kenosha County Joint Information Center are a special edition, geared toward members of our Spanish-speaking community.
The questions were answered by members of the Kenosha County Division of Health and present...
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Posted on: May 21, 2020
In response to numerous inquiries from community members on how they can help during the COVID-19 emergency, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center is publishing a weekly list of needs at local food pantries.
This list is compiled by Extension Kenosha...
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Posted on: May 16, 2020
This week, in lieu of its weekly COVID-19 frequently asked questions, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center is presenting a statement in the wake of the sunset of the Safer-at-Home order.
The statement, delivered by Kenosha Police Lt. Joe Nosalik on ...
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Posted on: May 15, 2020
In response to numerous inquiries from community members on how they can help during the COVID-19 emergency, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center is publishing a weekly list of needs at local food pantries.
This list is compiled by Extension Kenosha...
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Posted on: May 15, 2020
Local officials today released a draft of a plan that outlines a series of best practices to help local businesses restart after the COVID-19 shutdown, while also promoting public health and safety.
The Kenosha County Kickstart plan includes recommendation...
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Posted on: May 14, 2020
Kenosha County Executive Jim Kreuser and City of Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian today affirmed their support for Wednesday night’s local adoption of the state’s Safer-at-Home Order.
Kenosha County Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit issued t...
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Posted on: May 13, 2020
An oversight committee charged with reviewing recommendations to reignite Kenosha County’s economy in the wake of COVID-19 will convene for the first time on Thursday.
The initiative, called “Kenosha County Kickstart,” strives...
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Posted on: May 13, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health is encouraging people who are seeking COVID-19 testing and have been otherwise unable to obtain it to utilize the no-appointment-needed, drive-thru sites now operating in Burlington and Milwaukee.
There is no charge fo...
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Posted on: May 8, 2020
In an effort to contain localized outbreaks of COVID-19, the Kenosha County Division of Health has partnered with the Wisconsin National Guard to conduct testing at select private employers.
This testing has occurred over the last week and may continue in ...
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Posted on: May 7, 2020
In response to numerous inquiries from community members on how they can help during the COVID-19 emergency, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center is publishing a weekly list of needs at local food pantries.
This list is compiled by Extension Kenosha...
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Posted on: April 30, 2020
In response to numerous inquiries from community members on how they can help during the COVID-19 emergency, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center is publishing a weekly list of needs at local food pantries.
This list is compiled by Extension Kenosha...
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Posted on: April 29, 2020
An effort to test a higher percentage of Kenosha County residents for COVID-19 began this morning, with the opening of a new, drive-thru testing site in a parking lot at Gateway Technical College’s Kenosha Campus.
A joint venture between the Keno...
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Posted on: April 27, 2020
The Kenosha Community Health Center, in cooperation with the Kenosha County Division of Health and Gateway Technical College, will open a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site later this week.
This site will be available to patients who have been selected by he...
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Posted on: April 27, 2020
Members of the Wisconsin National Guard will be coming to Kenosha County this week to assist with COVID-19 testing at the Kenosha County Detention Center and Pretrial Facility.
All inmates and employees at these facilities are being tested in an effort to ...
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Posted on: April 25, 2020
A projection model used by the Kenosha County Division of Health suggests that current public health measures are “flattening the curve” and continued social distancing would significantly reduce total infections and hospitalizations l...
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Posted on: April 23, 2020
In response to numerous inquiries from community members on how they can help during the COVID-19 emergency, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center is publishing a weekly list of needs at local food pantries.
This list is compiled by Extension Kenosha...
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Posted on: April 22, 2020
Kenosha County residents are embracing using the 2-1-1 system as a pipeline to information and resources related to COVID-19.
Among Wisconsin’s counties that are using the system, Kenosha County ranks second behind only Milwaukee County in terms ...
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Posted on: April 20, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health is in need of donations of cloth masks and gowns.
Masks are being dropped off to residents who test positive for COVID-19 and their close contacts.
Cloth masks and gowns are also needed for long-term care and assisted l...
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Posted on: April 13, 2020
Kenosha County now has its first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a long-term care facility, the Division of Health announced today.
The cases involve five residents and two employees of Parkside Manor, 6300 67th St., in Kenosha. These individuals are not ho...
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Posted on: April 8, 2020
Note: This news release has been updated to reflect Gov. Tony Evers’ announcement Friday that worship services in parking lots, in which attendees remain in their vehicles, are permitted under the Stay-at-Home order.
As Passover begins today and ...
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Posted on: April 6, 2020
Kenosha County Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit is encouraging the public to follow a recent federal recommendation, urging people to wear a cloth face covering in public settings where social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.
The Centers for D...
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Posted on: April 4, 2020
Kenosha County officials regret to announce today that the first Kenosha County resident has died from complications of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Kenosha County Medical Examiner Patrice Hall said the deceased individual is an 85-year-o...
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Posted on: March 28, 2020
In the interest of providing answers to the community’s most frequently asked questions about COVID-19, the Kenosha County Joint Information Center has implemented a question-and-answer program.
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Posted on: March 24, 2020
The Kenosha County Division of Health would like to remind citizens of the following with regard to to getting tested for COVID-19:
Under guidelines from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, you will be given priority for testing if you ...
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Posted on: March 24, 2020
Local officials today urged residents to comply with Gov. Tony Evers’ order to stay in their homes to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
“We need to keep each other safe by staying at home,” said Kenosha County Executive Jim Kr...
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Posted on: March 23, 2020
On Tuesday, March 17, 2020, the Kenosha County Emergency Operations Center (E.O.C.) met in response to the National, State and County declarations of emergency, regarding the COVID-19 public health crisis. The Kenosha County E.O.C. is comprised of governm...
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