Happenings

The Winnebago County Health Department is observing the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 25, 2026. To contact the Winnebago County Health Department about a public health emergency, please call 815-720-4000. For any other issue including to make or change an appointment, please call back during our regular business hours on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.

Help our community better understand mental health. Share your view, shape community programs. Share your views on mental health and wellbeing now through May 31. Click here to share your views

See “Healing Neen” on Tuesday, May 12 at 6pm at the JR Sullivan Theater at The RPL Nordlof Center, located at 118 N. Main Street. “Healing Neen” explores the amazing recovery of Tonier ‘Neen’ Cain from a lifetime of abuse and drug addiction to a career as a nationally-known speaker and educator on the devastation

Did you know that every 3 days a baby in Illinois dies in their sleep? The Winnebago County Health Department (WCHD) is pleased to provide safe sleep supplies, including sleep sacks, swaddles, pacifiers, or cribs. Click here for safe sleep supplies and information