Health officials announced four community vaccination clinics will be opening in the next two months. One of them will be split between Douglas and Barron Counties.
Wisconsin To Open 4 Community-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics - Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant, WI - Gov. Tony Evers said the clinics are meant to help the state's underserved populations and increase access to the coronavirus vaccine.
Hospitals
Community Memorial Hospital: All eligible groups. Can register at cloquethospital.com/covid-vaccine; they do not have to be patients of CMH or Raiter Family Clinic. CMH will contact eligible patients who complete the form when vaccine is available.
Essentia Health-Moose Lake: All eligible groups. Administering to patients and general public. Patients and non-patients can both now make an appointment through Essentia s myChart portal at essentiamyhealth.org. Can also call 833-494-0836 to ask about scheduling an appointment. Using Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
Gateway Family Health Clinic in Moose Lake: Patients age 65 and older. Call the vaccine line at 218-485-2014 or register at gatewayclinic.com/covid-vaccine-request.
Area schools ready for vaccines
LAFAYETTE COUNTY – With about ten percent of all Americans vaccinated for covid so far, the Wisconsin Department of Health anticipates that all staff in public and privates schools will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting around March 1. Many of the area schools are working with the Lafayette County Health Department on what steps they need to take to get the vaccines done within their schools.
According to Belmont School District superintendent Dr. Wayne Anderson, about 75-80 percent of their staff would get the vaccine as soon as it is offered.
“I expect that the number will rise once they see what reactions or lack of reactions occurs with those staff who have been vaccinated,” Anderson said.
The Department of Health Services announced that Wisconsin residents enrolled in FoodShare will receive roughly 15% more in funds from January to June due to the relief package passed by Congress in December.
Additional funds were automatically loaded onto QUEST cards Jan. 24 and will continue to be loaded onto cards every month until June.
In addition to that extra money, the federal government raised the maximum amount of money families are allowed to receive by 15%, which means FoodShare recipients could see even more funds.
The department will mail letters to FoodShare recipients detailing how much money was added.