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Mercyhealth says it received zero new COVID-19 vaccine doses for second straight week
February 15, 2021 6:32 PM Jaymes Langrehr
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JANESVILLE, Wis. Mercyhealth says it once again has to reschedule thousands of COVID-19 vaccination appointments after receiving zero new doses of the vaccine for a second straight week.
The health care provider says it had to contact 605 people in Winnebago County who had vaccines scheduled for this Wednesday and 470 Rock County patients who were scheduled for Thursday to cancel those appointments after it again did not receive any new first doses of the vaccine.
Mercyhealth says those expecting their second dose will still be able to get those as planned.
Mercyhealth went against state, local policy by vaccinating teachers without approval
January 27, 2021 6:52 PM Adam Duxter
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JANESVILLE, Wis. – Healthcare system Mercyhealth went against state and local guidelines to vaccinate teachers from multiple Rock County School Districts, according to Rock County Public Health.
Vaccines for teachers began Friday Jan 22, with staff from the School District of Janesville getting a chance to get the shot.
However RCPH said this plan was never mentioned to them ahead of time, despite a representative from Mercyhealth sitting on a newly formed county vaccine advisory committee. Since then, a representative with RCPH said there has been no contact between Mercyhealth representatives and local health officials.
The Milton School District thought all of its employees could be vaccinated at a Mercyhealth vaccine distribution Wednesday, but supplies ran out. Those who missed out must now wait until
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The Amazon fulfillment center in Beloit and the Dollar General
distribution center in Janesville are two examples of the growing
warehousing and distribution sector of the local economy.
JANESVILLE
As local private and municipal economic development officials peer into the crystal ball of a new year, they say one new prospect is coming into view in 2021: More warehousing, distribution and supply-chain jobs could be headed to Janesville.
During a conference call with chamber of commerce group Forward Janesville on the future of the local economy this week, city of Janesville Economic Development Director Gale Price said he is seeing a sudden, dramatic uptick in interest for industrial developers.