Jan 5, 2026, 8:27 AM CST
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Health officials are watching for a spike in respiratory viruses following the holiday travel season.
According to Wisconsin Department of Health data, cases of the flu and Covid were moderate and increasing even before the holiday travel season.
With people gathering in large groups indoors however, those cases could begin to spike more rapidly.
Health experts are reminding residents to get their flu shot if they haven’t already.
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at adam.hess@civicmedia.us.
Jo Ann Krulatz is Senior Radio Journalist and News Director at WRCO and WRCE in Richland Center. Email her at joann.krulatz@civicmedia.us.
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