Editors note: The Jefferson County Health Department has issued the following advisory related to a third COVID-19 shot. An additional dose of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is now recommended for individuals 12 and older with certain medical conditions or who are receiving certain medical treatments that compromise their immune system's...
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Jefferson County Dairy Breakfast canceled
The 2021 Jefferson County Dairy Breakfast, scheduled for Aug. 21 at the Jefferson County Fair Park, has been canceled. According to information released on the Jefferson County Fair Park website, a new date to hold the event in 2022 will be announced this fall. Reasons for canceling the event were not noted...
Jefferson County public libraries to host Glacial River Memory Cafe Project
Jefferson County public libraries will be hosting the Glacial River Memory Café Project. According to information released by the Aging and Disability Resource Center of Jefferson County, programming will be offered at the Dwight Foster Public Library, Fort Atkinson; Jefferson Public Library, Jefferson; Irvin Young Library, Whitewater, and Powers Memorial...
Johnson Creek promotes paramedic Conroy to safety leadership team
According to a recent announcement, the Village of Johnson Creek has promoted part-time Paramedic/Firefighter Ginger Conroy to full-time to take the lead as the Village’s top paramedic. The move comes during a time when the Johnson Creek Fire & EMS Department (JCFD) looks to add more staff to their team...
Court binds Fort woman accused of homicide over for trial, arraignment set for September
Elizabeth Durkee — the 36-year-old Fort Atkinson woman accused of first-degree intentional homicide, strangulation, arson and mutilating a corpse after the body of her grandmother was discovered in a house on Foster Street — has waived her right to a preliminary hearing and will be arraigned before the Jefferson County...