WHITEWATER – The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has achieved a 70% COVID vaccination rate among students, the UW System announced Friday, Sept. 24.
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10-plus photos from Lake Geneva looking back at the year of COVID from the shutdown to vaccinations
Cars line up heading into downtown Lake Geneva
Motorists wait in line May 16 along Main Street as shoppers and visitors pour into downtown Lake Geneva on the first Saturday after a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling allowed many businesses to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic.
Window panes separate voters from workers
A large plastic window pane in a wooden frame hangs from the ceiling to protect poll workers Joyce Eouhl, seated left, and Carole Sappington, seated right, at the polling place in April 2020 at Lake Geneva City Hall.
Chief Big Foot statue with hospital mask during coronavirus crisis
With the coronavirus outbreak prompting many people to wear hospital masks in public, someone decided that the Chief Big Foot statue on the Fontana lakefront should be protected, too, along with a latex glove that does not quite fit right.
Crowds back on Main Street in Lake Geneva
Many shoppers and visitors forgo face masks and other public health guidelines on Main Street in downtown Lake Geneva as stores reopen May 17 during the coronavirus pandemic. Many people flocked from Illinois to Lake Geneva after a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling allowed Wisconsin businesses to reopen.
Lake Geneva city council meeting on video
Lake Geneva aldermen and city staff gather via video May 19, 2020, to avoid spreading the coronavirus, during a special meeting in which the city council voted to open Riviera Beach to the public.
Riley Workout
Senior River Riley dons a mask while taking part in Big Foot's summer workout program on July 8, among the first high school sports activity to return after coronavirus cancellations in the spring.
Protecting students
Teacher Haley Peters removes ottomans July 30, 2020, from her classroom at Brookwood Middle School as the Genoa City school aims to combat the coronavirus by eliminating places where the virus could spread.
Black Lives Matter march Lake Geneva
Organizer Kenya Owens, right with megaphone, leads a group of about 20 marchers Aug. 16, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter demonstration against racism and police brutality in downtown Lake Geneva, following similar protests earlier this summer. Most of the group wore masks due to the COVID pandemic.
Vanesa Valadez and Joanna Cisneros workers at La Fiesta restaurant
Vanesa Valadez, left, Joanna Cisneros, who are cousins, are part of the family that operates La Fiesta Authentic Mexican Restaurant in Williams Bay. They smile in their masks in this photo from August.
Williams Bay library 'virtual' field trip
For students who cannot visit the library because of the coronavirus, library staffers Laura Lombardo, left, and Emily Sanders, greet second-graders from Williams Bay Elementary School via a laptop computer camera at Barrett Memorial Library in Williams Bay in September 2020
Water Jug Badger Opener
Rather than just the usual water and Gatorade, Badger's sidelines also had hand sanitzer and disinfectant spray on hand during the Sept. 25 football season opener during the coronavirus pandemic.
Welch
Badger’s senior point guard Ashlyn Welch cuts through the Waterford defense in the Dec. 1 59-39 win in Lake Geneva, playing in the first local masked basketball game of the coronavirus pandemic.
High School Musical
Big Foot Drama Club cast members stand socially-distanced on the school stage while they rehearse their production of "High School Musical".
Dawn Koutski, vaccine recipient
Dawn Koutski, a cafeteria worker at West Side Elementary in Elkhorn, pictured after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at MercyHealth Hospital and Medical Center on March 4.
