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BUCYRUS - Even in the best of times, Cindy Wallis of Community Counseling Service, Inc., hates March. March is usually a high tide for depression because it s like we re on the cusp of it, but it s not here, so people start to get some hope and then we get these dreary days, and we get another snowstorm and COVID s still out there, Wallis said. Usually when we get to April we start to see things spike up a little bit, in a good way. March Madness isn t just about basketball. It s generally, for our mental health field, it s usually a tough month.
BUCYRUS - As Crawford County Public Health continues its efforts to vaccinate residents against COVID-19, its board took time to honor Crawford County Emergency Management Agency as its 2020 Public Health Partner of the Year.
Jette Cander, who was named EMA director in October, attended the board s February meeting to accept the award, according to a health department news release.
Kate Siefert, health commissioner, said that while people and organizations all across the community supported her department throughout the pandemic, EMA s assistance was critical. We were fortunate in 2020 and we re still fortunate because it still continues to have so many of our partners step up to help us or offer to help, and we got to collaborate in ways we had never had before, because we d never experienced a pandemic together before, Siefert said in an interview this week. But as we went through the year, EMA was consistently and always by our side, troubleshooting, exploring our opti
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Main Street Grill, 819 E. Main St., Crestline, Feb. 1. Poisonous or toxic materials storage/separation (critical, corrected during inspection). Ensure cleaners are stored in a separate area away from food equipment and utensils. Oven cleaner was relocated during inspection.
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C & B Country Meats, 4443 Locustgrove Road, Bucyrus, Feb. 3. Ready-to-eat, time/temperature controlled for safety food - disposition (critical, corrected during inspection). Observed ROP cheese held above 30-day discard requirement. Operator removed and discarded cheese that was over the 30-day requirement. Reminder: Ensure product is evaluated daily for expiration dates along with cooler temps and this is logged consistently each day for HACCP verification.
March 4: Weekly Driftless Region COVID-19 update Number of UK variant cases in Wisconsin triples in the last week
Editors note: this story is updated as of Tuesday, Feb. 23, in the COVID variants section to reflect growth in numbers.
DRIFTLESS - Over the past week COVID-19, diagnoses statewide increased from 559,998 on Monday, Feb. 22 to 564,268 on Monday, Mar. 1. That is a statewide increase of 4,270 cases. The number of deaths increased from 6,284 to 6,412, an additional 128 deaths, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS).
BREAKING NEWS: On Thursday, March 4, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced that the number of B.1.1.7 (UK variant) cases in Wisconsin had more than tripled in the last week, rising to 19. No information was given about where those cases are located in the state. Last known news was that there had been one case in the Eau Claire area, and several cases in the Milwaukee area.