DHS Announces Weekly Newsletter To Keep Public Informed Of COVID-19 Response And Vaccine Progress The Department of Health Services (DHS) announced a newsletter the public can sign up for to get direct information about the COVID-19 response and vaccine rollout. Every Friday a COVID-19 update newsletter will be sent via email to people who sign up to receive it. Registration is now open,

DHS, Laboratory Partners Identify Variant Strain B.1.1.7 Of SARS-CoV-2 On January 12, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and laboratory partners identified a variant strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in Wisconsin. The particular variant, referred to as B.1.1.7, was first discovered circulating widely in England during November and December of 2020. Based on epidemiologic

Kewaskum School Programs Meet Student Needs By Anne Trautner Since the beginning of the 2020-21 school year, the Kewaskum School District has offered both in-person and virtual classroom instruction because of the COVID19 pandemic. The two programs seem to be equally effective, based on test scores for ninth and 10th grade students. To determine learning growth, the district compared fall

Kirsten Johnson Appointed Milwaukee Commissioner Of Health By Anne Trautner Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett on January 14 appointed Kirsten Johnson, the director and health officer of the Washington Ozaukee Public Health Department, as commissioner of health for the City of Milwaukee. As the director and health officer of the Washington Ozaukee Public Health Department, Johnson led a multi-county

Parking Studied As Village Plans For New Municipal Building By Anne Trautner Over the course of two weeks in November, the Kewaskum Police Department conducted a study of the municipal parking lot located behind the Annex Building, between Main Street and First Street. Kewaskum Police Chief Tom Bishop shared the results of the study with the Village of Kewaskum Shared Facilities Committee