Monroe County COVID latest

As of mid-day Wednesday, Monroe County Health Department Administrator John Wagner said there are 92 active COVID-19 cases locally and four COVID-19-related hospitalizations. The most recent hospitalization is an older…

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Vaccine deadline extended

On Friday, Gov. JB Pritzker issued an executive order that extends the initial COVID-19 vaccine mandate deadline for school personnel.  Under the order, all personnel in all schools must be…

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It’s back to masks?

A statewide indoor mask mandate went into effect Monday, but Monroe Countians may not be seeing many of their favorite shops around town masking up.  Monroe County Health Administrator John…

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All about masks in Columbia

Much to the disappointment of the crowd that occupied Parkview Elementary’s gym bleachers – some even holding signs urging for the district’s masking policy to be reversed – the Columbia…

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The Delta dilemma

Monroe County is now seeing approximately 10-15 new coronavirus cases per day, which is substantially higher than the low figures it was compiling before the Delta variant caused concern across…

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COVID causing changes

As the Delta variant sweeps across the U.S., COVID-19 protocols continue to be an ever-evolving situation.  Monroe County has seen 32 new coronavirus cases since Sunday and two new hospitalizations…

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