As the COVID-19 vaccine rolls out, patients should also remember the importance of vaccinating for whooping cough – most importantly, the youngest patients of all. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious, person-to-person bacterial respiratory disease. Its name comes from the gasping sound that adults and children make as they breathe deeply in between coughing fits.

For the past three decades, the PBS Wisconsin Garden and Landscape Expo has brought a touch of spring-like warmth and lots of gardening and landscaping inspiration to the middle of the cold Wisconsin winter. In 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 28th annual Garden and Landscape Expo will offer that same inspiration — and warmth of spring — in an online-exclusive, virtual experience Feb. 20-21.

Recent federal legislation and an order from the director of the Centers for Disease Control extends a September 2020 order that protects tenants from eviction based on nonpayment of rent, will now run through March 31. “Wisconsin renters should know that they are not automatically entitled to protections under the CDC order,” said Lara Sutherlin, administrator of DATCP’s Division of Trade and Consumer Protection.

SHAWANO COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL First semester HIGHEST HONOR ROLL Eighth grade: Olivia A. Anderson, Makenna R. Bubolz, Bailey L. DeFere, Vivian Duong, Ginger C. Eggert, Lily G. Glysch, Kennedi M. Meyers, Trinity M. Popelka, Laci L. Sperberg, Rosella J. Wegner, Madisyn A. Weinig Seventh grade: Evan D. Anderson, Lily A. Bubolz, Olivia Dobratz, Anna L. Dreier, Bailey E. Hendricks, Grant N. Keszo, Teagan M. Powers, Laney M. Rich, Anderson J.

TIGERTON HIGH SCHOOL Second quarter HIGHEST HONOR ROLL Seniors: Adrienne L. Brady HIGH HONOR ROLL Juniors: Bethany L. Jobe, Mary L. Kreklow Sophomores: Skyler Hauser, Mckenzie E. Miller Freshmen: Elizabeth M. Steuck, Edythe M. Swanke Eighth grade: Kyle A. Brady Seventh grade: Lily F. Bloecher Sixth grade: Hailey R. Erdmann, Danika J. Tiller A HONOR ROLL Seniors: Savannah B. Swartz Juniors: Elizabeth C. Robbins Sophomores: Michaela L.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin announced Feb. 12 that she has been named the new chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies. “Every day, America’s farmers wake up early and go to work to support an agriculture economy that families rely on in rural communities across our country.