Select number of La Crosse County employees receive first COVID-19 vaccine doses
One hundred doses were given to county workers age 65 and older, social workers, police and fire staff, and other employees
February 5, 2021 5:54 PM Tyler Job
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Some of us are still working from home ever since the beginning of COVID.
“I’ve been in the office for the entire pandemic,” La Crosse County employee Teresa Byland said.
Byland works in Justice Support Services in La Crosse.
“I’m a supervisor in a program that works with people who are coming out of jail or from court that have conditions they have to make,” Byland said.
Family support and complicated roads to recovery as La Crosse County seeks drug overdose solutions
Family support for those suffering from addiction La Crosse leaders say is important, but families often lose trust in loved ones
February 3, 2021 6:45 PM Jordan Fremstad
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LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – This week, La Crosse County’s medical examiner released the alarming number of overdose deaths in La Crosse County last year. La Crosse County leaders say one common denominator these tragedies share is a lost connection with family.
Family support can help people on the road to recovery. However, addiction is a complicated issue for families who are often let down time and time again. There are families in La Crosse area communities who feel left in the dark.
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Watch Live: La Crosse County Health Department issues health advisory requiring masks
January 29, 2021 11:05 AM Jourdan Vian
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LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) The La Crosse County Health Department issued a new health advisory Friday to require masks in public enclosed spaces throughout the county.
The advisory applies to everyone age 5 and up and requires a face covering of some sort when indoors at an enclosed space other than a private gathering, with a few exceptions that follow along with U.S. Centers for Disease Control guidelines.
The advisory also adopts the Coulee COVID-19 Collaborative recommendation to limit business gatherings to 50% (edit: an original release mentioned 25%) of the facility’s capacity.
COVID-19 vaccine screening form draws thousands of responses in La Crosse County
Site launched in mid-January Greg White
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The County launched a screening forum about a week ago.
The form is available for community members that do not have a primary care provider through Gundersen or Mayo Clinic Health Systems.
The site launched in the middle of January.
Plenty of people are making sure they can get the vaccine when it is available to them.
“8,000 individuals have completed that form to fill out. That doesn’t mean that all of them meet the criteria. But it does speak to the large amount of interest that there is in the COVID-19 vaccine,” said La Crosse County COVID-19 response media specialist Abbie Loos.