As of April 4, Medicare will now cover over-the-counter COVID-19 tests for those participating in certain Medicare programs. Medicare will cover eight over-the-counter COVID-19 tests each calendar month for enrollees. There is no cost to those enrolled. This coverage will continue until the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends, according to medicare.gov. Those enrolled in […]
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Racine County COVID-19 Testing Sites List
Many people in Racine County are getting tested for COVID-19 because they are having symptoms or they’re asymptomatic and just want the safety of knowing they don’t have the virus. Whatever your reason may be, we thought we’d make the process easier by listing the testing sites available. Upcoming WI National Guard testing sites Festival […]
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CVS Health Expands Testing Capabilities Amid Rise in COVID-19 Cases; Adds Seven Additional New Drive-Thru Test Sites in Wisconsin
In an ongoing effort to help slow the spread of the virus, CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) today expanded its COVID-19 testing program by announcing seven additional test sites at select CVS Pharmacy drive-thru locations across Wisconsin. The opening of additional test sites on Friday, June 26 add to the seven locations previously opened in Wisconsin. […]
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Police: Man Steals Car from Dealership, Leaves It in CVS Parking Lot
Mount Pleasant police say a 32-year-old man is facing felony charges after he took a car for a test drive and then left it in the parking lot of CVS Pharmacy. Raymond Prideaux, of Kenosha, was charged Wednesday in Racine County Circuit Court with one felony count operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent […]
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CVS Pharmacy Denied Again by City Common Council
If CVS Pharmacy wants to open additional locations in the City of Racine, it will have to look past the southeast corner of Ohio Street and Washington Avenue. The Racine Common Council voted 9 – 6 Tuesday to deny the rezoning necessary to move the project forward. This is most probably the final nail in […]
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City Council Talking Proposed CVS Pharmacy
The City of Racine Common Council will once again have the opportunity to vote on necessary rezoning at the corner of Ohio Street and Washington for a proposed CVS Pharmacy. After the city Planning Commission Wednesday failed to recommend the rezoning of several properties into a unified community shopping district with a vote of 3-1, council members […]
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City Planning Commission Talking CVS Pharmacy Rezoning
Members of the City of Racine Planning Commission will talk Wednesday about whether or not to schedule a new public hearing related to rezoning several properties at Ohio Street and Washington Avenue to potentially make way for a new CVS Pharmacy. After being rejected last August, Alderman Henry Perez introduced a reconsideration measure, but it […]
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CVS To Get Another Kick At The Can With New Store
The Committee of the Whole voted 8 to 6 to reconsider a CVS Pharmacy building project at the corner of Ohio Street and Washington Avenue. Now the Common Council plans to take up the issue at its next meeting on March 15 after it rejected the plan in August. If approved, the 13,000 square foot store […]
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City Council Talking CVS Tuesday
City alderpersons Tuesday will revisit the rejected CVS project at the corner of Ohio Street and Washington Avenue. The agenda item comes before the Committee of the Whole as the request of Alderman Jim Kaplan after the the proposal was rejected last summer. Kaplan first requested the move to the Committee of the Whole last […]
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CVS Project Might Have One Last Chance
The proposed CVS Pharmacy at Ohio Street and Washington Avenue could get one last chance at moving forward. Alderman Jim Kaplan’s request to have the matter sent back to the Committee of the Whole was approved by the City Council last week, a story in The Journal Times reads, but when the committee will actually […]
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You Asked: CVS Rejected to Avoid ‘Dangerous Precedent’
After Mayor John Dickert cast the tie-breaking vote rejecting the proposed CVS Pharmacy at Ohio Street and Washington Avenue, several readers contacted Racine County Eye asking why the store was turned away. The new store was planned at more than 13,000 square feet. A new CVS would have replaced its current store a half-mile east at […]
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Update: Mayor Cast Deciding Vote to Reject CVS Pharmacy
**Updated 8:30 p.m. The deciding vote to reject once and for all a new CVS Pharmacy was cast by Mayor John Dickert. Despite his best efforts to get fellow alderpersons to reconsider, Henry Perez was unable to garner the necessary support to approve a new CVS Pharmacy at the corner of Ohio Street and Washington […]
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CVS Pharmacy Might Still Have a Very Slim Chance
Despite most residents believing the proposed CVS Pharmacy at Ohio Street and Washington Avenue was dead, the store could make a comeback after two different actions Tuesday at the Common Council meeting. First, Alderman Henry Perez attempted to introduce a reconsideration measure, according to a story in The Journal Times. Specifically, he wants the city […]
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Common Council Votes No on CVS Pharmacy
A new CVS Pharmacy will not get built at Ohio Street and Washington Avenue after the City Council voted 7-6 against the rezone necessary for the project to move forward. Unless company representatives are interested in an alternative location, the bid to put up a new, 13,000 square foot store is effectively dead in the […]
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New CVS Pharmacy on Hold, but Not for Long
A new, 13,000 square foot CVS Pharmacy at the corner of Ohio and Washington remains on hold because of a change of heart for two residents who have their names on a protest petition. Mark A. Franklin and Sarah Franklin say they’ve changed their minds about the new CVS and no longer wish to have […]