Free COVID Testing Sites in Sauk County:

Click here to open the Sauk County Interactive Testing Site Locator App.

For Testing Sites Outside of Sauk County, click here. 

*Please note-Community Testing Sites are not providing antibody testing at this time. The tests that the Community Testing Sites are using detect active infection of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. These tests are not antibody tests and will not tell you if you have previously have COVID and have now recovered.*

Regular Testing Events Hosted by Community Partners:

Testing Mondays from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Spring Green Fire/EMS
327 S Winsted St, Spring Green, WI 53588
Appointments are Required. Register and make your appointment online

Testing Tuesdays from 8:00 am - Noon
Reedsburg Ambulance Service
230 Railroad St, Reedsburg WI 53959
Register online
*Note-even if you have previously registered via the covidconnect site, you must re-register each time you are tested.*

Testing Wednesdays from 2:00 - 7:00 pm
Sauk Prairie Healthcare
Wellspring Drive Through Bay, 95 Lincoln Ave, Prairie du Sac, WI 53578. Located at the corner of Lincoln Ave and First Street. Appointment required.
Note: BEFORE entering the testing line up, please take Water Street to Lincoln Avenue, then follow the yellow directional signs to the Check In station located on Prairie Avenue. Vehicles with more than one person in them are welcome, but each person MUST have pre-registered and have scheduled an appointment.
ATTENTION: BOTH REGISTRATION AND AN APPOINTMENT IS REQUIRED.
Please follow this 2-Step Registration Process:
1. Complete questionnaire
2. Call 608-643-7603 to schedule your appointment time. Please call Monday-Friday from 8 am- 4:30 pm. 
*Note-even if you have previously registered via the covidconnect site, you must re-register each time you are tested.*

Testing Fridays from 8:00 am - Noon 
Baraboo Fire & EMS
*NEW LOCATION-Circus World Parking Lot
550 Water Street, Baraboo, WI 53913
Appointments are Required. Online Registration only, unable to accept phone calls.
Register online 

 REF: Sauk County Health Officer Transition  
 
Effective October 14, 2020, Sauk County Health Officer Tim Lawther will be stepping down.  Sauk County Public Health is currently in the process of recruiting a new Health Director/Health Officer at this time.
 
In the meantime, Cathy Warwick will lead Sauk County Public Health in her role as Deputy Director. Sauk County is currently in discussions with the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services to assume the role of Health Officer until a new Sauk County Health Director/Health Officer is appointed.
 
The Sauk County’s Health Department COVID-19 response will be organized under an Incident Command System model and Sauk County Emergency Management Director, Jeff Jelinek, will service as the Incident Commander for this complex incident. Jeff Jelinek will work closely with the Health Department to coordinate COVID-19 related activities and will serve as the Incident Commander until a permanent Health Officer is hired.
 
Dan Brattset, Sauk County Human Services Director, will also be assisting the Public Health Department during this transition period.
 
If you have any questions, please contact Jeff Jelinek at (608) 355-4410 or via email at: jeff.jelinek@saukcountywi.gov

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When School Resumes

• Fever
• Cough
• Shortness of breath

Please contact the school 608-986-2151 to report the absence and symptoms. Learn more about the symptoms and treatment of Coronavirus at the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website. Those at highest risk for Coronavirus complications are older adults and individuals with compromised immune systems or heart, lung and kidney disease. See how Coronavirus is spread. It can take two to 14 days for a person to develop symptoms after initial exposure to the virus; the average is about five days.

We have no known cases of COVID-19 among students or staff in Weston School District.

We continue to closely monitor the situation with our School Nurses and Sauk and Richland County Health Departments, as well as review updates from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Department of Public Instruction and the CDC. Here is the latest information on confirmed cases in Wisconsin.

What You Can Do and Our Cleaning Measures

Weston School District has a routine cleaning regimen in place to help reduce the spread of germs and communicable disease. In addition to our regular cleaning and disinfection, we are increasing the cleaning of high-touch areas and hard and soft surface items throughout the day. We will follow all guidelines of the CDC and our local and state health departments.

• Wash your hands regularly, for 20 seconds, using soap and hot water. Make sure to wash your fingertips. This is especially important after using the restroom, coughing or sneezing into your hands, and before preparing or consuming food.
• Avoid coughing or sneezing into your hands or in the air. Always try to cough or sneeze into a tissue, and then throw the tissue away. If you don’t have a tissue, cough/sneeze into your arm.
• As much as you can, avoid touching your eyes, mouth and nose.
• If children are feeling sick, please keep them home from school. Families should have a plan in place for keeping your child home, picking up your child if they are sent home sick, and if schools are closed.
   

Travel Restrictions

This is a rapidly evolving situation, with the World Health Organization declaring Coronavirus a pandemic, the President and Governor declaring it a public health emergency and the President issuing a month-long ban effective March 13 on all travel from Europe, including the UK and Ireland, to the U.S.

• Cancel events with over 250 people
• Avoid non-essential domestic travel
• Avoid traveling to areas in the US with sustained community transmission of COVID-19 (currently Washington, New York, and California). See map of US sustained community transmission of COVID-19.
• Self-quarantine for 14 days upon return for anyone who travels to any U.S. states with confirmed community spread of COVID-19.

Many families have travel plans for spring break. If your family is planning to travel to a country with a Level 3 travel health notice, please contact the Weston School District at 608-986-2151 before returning to school. The CDC is asking you to self-quarantine for 14 days. Read more about travel on the CDC's website.

We appreciate your patience with this fluid situation and we will continue to update you as needed. Please rest assured that we will continue to put your students’ safety first. If you have any questions, reach out to Mr. Syftestad by email or at 608-986-2151.