ADRC Calendar of Events
COVID-19 Questions and Answers
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – MARCH 2020
I am not feeling well (fever, cough, shortness of breath, headache, diarrhea, etc.) what should I do?
Contact your medical provider before going to a clinic or hospital.
Johnson’s One Stop 608-734-3434
Call for curbside pickup or delivery (up to 25 mile) radius.
M-F 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday 7:30 AM - 5 PM
Sunday 8 AM - 1 PM
Zinkel’s Piggly Wiggly 326-5111
Call for curbside pickup or delivery M-Th ($5 for delivery)
Can call anytime of the day if going to be picking it up.
For delivery need to call the day before if want delivery by 10 AM the next day or call by 11 AM same day if want delivery by 2 PM
the same day.
Mississippi Meats- Call ahead for curb-side pick up- 608-326-6328
Aldi’s- store is still open hours may change- 855-955-2534
Can I get home delivered meals?
I have children and now that school is closed, I will struggle feeding my family. What can I do?
I would like to vote but want to avoid going to my polling place. What else can I do?
Voter Registration
Are you a new voter? Have you recently moved and will now be voting at a new polling location? If you want to avoid in person registration, March 30 will be the last day to register to vote online (or by mail) for the Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary on April 7th. After March 30th you will still be able to register to vote in person up until April 3rd at your local clerk’s office - Find your Municipal Clerk’s Contact Information here (see Find My Clerk under Need Assistance on the left-hand side of the page) or at your polling site on election day.
Absentee Voting
COVID-19 concerns may keep you and many other adults of all ages from going to their polling sites to vote on April 7. Governor Evers and the Wisconsin Elections Commission are encouraging all residents to vote early to minimize Election Day crowds and minimize exposure. Absentee voting is very easy in Wisconsin and is one way to ensure voters who do not wish to go to the polls on Election Day that their votes will still be counted. Any eligible Wisconsin voter can vote by absentee ballot for each election. Absentee voting can be done by mail or in-person in the clerk’s office.
If you are already registered to vote at your current address or once you have registered to vote, there are several ways you can request an absentee ballot. If you have internet access, the easiest way is to access MyVote Wisconsin: https://myvote.wi.gov/. If you prefer, you could also download the Application For Absentee Ballot (EL-121). Complete the form and mail it to your municipal clerk's office. To find your local clerk go to https://myvote.wi.gov/en-US/MyMunicipalClerk and enter in your home address. You may also contact your local clerk by phone, email or mail and request an absentee ballot to be sent to you. If you do not know who your local municipal clerk is, or where the clerk's office is located, you can find this information on the MyVote Wisconsin website (see link above) or by searching a list of all Wisconsin Municipal Clerk Contact Information.
I have an appointment with the AARP Tax Aide program at the Crawford County Administration Building. What is the status of my appointment?
AARP tax preparation assistance in Crawford Co is suspended until further notice. We will try to reschedule the existing appointments when restrictions are lifted and before the IRS Tax filing deadline. Everyone with appointments is being contacted by phone.
I have heard that I have until July 15 to file my taxes, is that true. Yes. You have to file your taxes by July 15. If you owe taxes for 2019, you have until July 15th to make your payment without any interest accruing or penalties on the late payment.
What about the Wisconsin Homestead Tax Credit? For most claimants, the deadline for filing a 2019 Schedule H or H-EZ is April 15, 2024. If you are a taxpayer with a fiscal taxable year (one ending on a date other than December 31), your deadline for filing Schedule H or H-EZ is 4 years, 3 1/2 months after the end of the fiscal taxable year to which the claim relates.
If I qualify for homestead credit for years prior to 2019, can I file a homestead credit claim for those years? Homestead credit claims for prior years can be filed up until the filing deadline for each year's claim:
Claim Year Filing deadline
2018 - April 15, 2023
2017 - April 15, 2022
2016 - April 15, 2021
2015 - April 15, 2020
Note: If any due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, use the next business day.
The deadlines for 2014 and prior year homestead credit claims are past and claims for those years cannot be filed.
Will I qualify for unemployment benefits if the coronavirus (Covid-19) caused my employer to shut down operations? In addition, if an employer lays off employees due to the loss of production caused by the coronavirus, will the employees be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits? Wisconsin unemployment benefits are available to individuals who are unemployed through no fault of their own. If an employer must shut down operations and no work is available, individuals may be eligible for unemployment if they meet the monetary criteria and the weekly eligibility criteria. This is also the case if an employer shuts down production.
https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/uiben/
I am struggling to complete my renewal with the Southern Consortium. What can I do? All FoodShare, HealthCare (Except SeniorCare), W-2 and ChildCare will have their March renewal/review dates extended 3 months from their current certification period. Your renewal must be completed no later than June 2020. Southern Consortium can be contacted at 1-888-794-5780.
April renewals will also be extended. More information will be forthcoming.
The following social service type providers in the community are closed.
Listen to WPRE Radio or look at their website. www.wqpcradio.com
What about getting my medications? Pharmacy information:
I am not feeling well (fever, cough, shortness of breath, headache, diarrhea, etc.) what should I do?
Contact your medical provider before going to a clinic or hospital.
- Crossing Rivers Health – Please call the clinic or hospital prior to an appointment or ER visit. Call the Prairie du Chien clinic at 608-351-2500, or the hospital at 608-357-2000.
- Gundersen Health System - If you are sick, please call before you come in. Contact your primary care provider or call our Telephone Nurse Advisor's (24 hours per day): (608) 775-4454 or (800) 858-1050.
- Mayo Clinic Health System - Call your local provider if you have coronavirus symptoms. Your provider or a nurse will direct you to
- Vernon Memorial Healthcare – Call the VMH COVID-19 Nurses Line at 608-637-4990. Hotline is available Monday-Friday 8 am-5 pm.
- I am elderly or have chronic health conditions and am worried about going to a grocery store. Are there other options for me?
- Walmart is now only open 7 am to 8:30 pm. Special hour-long shopping times will be offered for customers 60 and older every Tuesday morning from March 24 thru April 28. This will start one hour before the store opens.
Johnson’s One Stop 608-734-3434
Call for curbside pickup or delivery (up to 25 mile) radius.
M-F 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday 7:30 AM - 5 PM
Sunday 8 AM - 1 PM
Zinkel’s Piggly Wiggly 326-5111
Call for curbside pickup or delivery M-Th ($5 for delivery)
Can call anytime of the day if going to be picking it up.
For delivery need to call the day before if want delivery by 10 AM the next day or call by 11 AM same day if want delivery by 2 PM
the same day.
Mississippi Meats- Call ahead for curb-side pick up- 608-326-6328
Aldi’s- store is still open hours may change- 855-955-2534
Can I get home delivered meals?
- ADRC of Eagle Country PDC Office has closed all congregate senior meal sites until further notice. Home-delivered meals will continue as scheduled and can be offered as an option for those in need. Requests for home-delivered meals can be made by contacting the ADRC at 326-0235.
- Mom’s Meals is a home delivered meal option. Phone: 1-877-508-6667 www.momsmeals.com
- Homestyle Direct is a home delivered meal option Phone: 1-866-735-0921 www.homestyledirect.com
- Couleecap – Open M-F 10 am – 3 pm. Ring the back doorbell of the Bargain Boutique for assistance. Can also call ahead at (608) 326-2463 to get a list of what is available and have your box of food prepared for you to pick up. If you’re unable to pick up food yourself, you may send someone else in your place or call to make arrangements.
- Second Harvest (drive up)
- Gays Mills Food Pantry Mercantile Center Kent Salmon 608-606-1269 1st, 2nd, 3rd Wednesday 2 PM-4 PM and 1st Saturday of each month 9 AM-10 AM.
I have children and now that school is closed, I will struggle feeding my family. What can I do?
- Contact your local school district for more information.
I would like to vote but want to avoid going to my polling place. What else can I do?
Voter Registration
Are you a new voter? Have you recently moved and will now be voting at a new polling location? If you want to avoid in person registration, March 30 will be the last day to register to vote online (or by mail) for the Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary on April 7th. After March 30th you will still be able to register to vote in person up until April 3rd at your local clerk’s office - Find your Municipal Clerk’s Contact Information here (see Find My Clerk under Need Assistance on the left-hand side of the page) or at your polling site on election day.
Absentee Voting
COVID-19 concerns may keep you and many other adults of all ages from going to their polling sites to vote on April 7. Governor Evers and the Wisconsin Elections Commission are encouraging all residents to vote early to minimize Election Day crowds and minimize exposure. Absentee voting is very easy in Wisconsin and is one way to ensure voters who do not wish to go to the polls on Election Day that their votes will still be counted. Any eligible Wisconsin voter can vote by absentee ballot for each election. Absentee voting can be done by mail or in-person in the clerk’s office.
If you are already registered to vote at your current address or once you have registered to vote, there are several ways you can request an absentee ballot. If you have internet access, the easiest way is to access MyVote Wisconsin: https://myvote.wi.gov/. If you prefer, you could also download the Application For Absentee Ballot (EL-121). Complete the form and mail it to your municipal clerk's office. To find your local clerk go to https://myvote.wi.gov/en-US/MyMunicipalClerk and enter in your home address. You may also contact your local clerk by phone, email or mail and request an absentee ballot to be sent to you. If you do not know who your local municipal clerk is, or where the clerk's office is located, you can find this information on the MyVote Wisconsin website (see link above) or by searching a list of all Wisconsin Municipal Clerk Contact Information.
I have an appointment with the AARP Tax Aide program at the Crawford County Administration Building. What is the status of my appointment?
AARP tax preparation assistance in Crawford Co is suspended until further notice. We will try to reschedule the existing appointments when restrictions are lifted and before the IRS Tax filing deadline. Everyone with appointments is being contacted by phone.
I have heard that I have until July 15 to file my taxes, is that true. Yes. You have to file your taxes by July 15. If you owe taxes for 2019, you have until July 15th to make your payment without any interest accruing or penalties on the late payment.
What about the Wisconsin Homestead Tax Credit? For most claimants, the deadline for filing a 2019 Schedule H or H-EZ is April 15, 2024. If you are a taxpayer with a fiscal taxable year (one ending on a date other than December 31), your deadline for filing Schedule H or H-EZ is 4 years, 3 1/2 months after the end of the fiscal taxable year to which the claim relates.
If I qualify for homestead credit for years prior to 2019, can I file a homestead credit claim for those years? Homestead credit claims for prior years can be filed up until the filing deadline for each year's claim:
Claim Year Filing deadline
2018 - April 15, 2023
2017 - April 15, 2022
2016 - April 15, 2021
2015 - April 15, 2020
Note: If any due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, use the next business day.
The deadlines for 2014 and prior year homestead credit claims are past and claims for those years cannot be filed.
Will I qualify for unemployment benefits if the coronavirus (Covid-19) caused my employer to shut down operations? In addition, if an employer lays off employees due to the loss of production caused by the coronavirus, will the employees be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits? Wisconsin unemployment benefits are available to individuals who are unemployed through no fault of their own. If an employer must shut down operations and no work is available, individuals may be eligible for unemployment if they meet the monetary criteria and the weekly eligibility criteria. This is also the case if an employer shuts down production.
https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/uiben/
I am struggling to complete my renewal with the Southern Consortium. What can I do? All FoodShare, HealthCare (Except SeniorCare), W-2 and ChildCare will have their March renewal/review dates extended 3 months from their current certification period. Your renewal must be completed no later than June 2020. Southern Consortium can be contacted at 1-888-794-5780.
April renewals will also be extended. More information will be forthcoming.
The following social service type providers in the community are closed.
- Coulee Cap Bargain Boutique (Food Pantry is still OPEN- Mon thru Friday 10 am-3 pm)
- Prairie Du Chien Memorial Library (call for book pick ups)
- Walmart- new hours-7 am- 8:30 pm
- Crawford County Senior Meal Sites
- Prairie Maison, Bluff Haven, and Soldiers Grove Health Services are all closed to all visitors
- All Church services and activities have been suspended
Listen to WPRE Radio or look at their website. www.wqpcradio.com
What about getting my medications? Pharmacy information:
- Hartig- will deliver, mail order in WI, Curb-side pick up, and drive thru- 608-326-2581
- Walgreens- drive thru- 608-326-0581
- Prairie Pharmacy- call ahead for curb-side pick up- 608-326-8911
- Solar Town Pharmacy- mail order or delivery- 608-624-3344
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin
MEMORY CAFÉ
A monthly social gathering place for persons with memory loss, mild
cognitive impairment, early Alzheimer’s, or other dementia and their
family and friends.
Third Tuesday of each month
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Hoffman Hall
1600 S. Wacouta Ave., Prairie du Chien
Hosted by Hoffman Hall
A monthly social gathering place for persons with memory loss, mild
cognitive impairment, early Alzheimer’s, or other dementia and their
family and friends.
Third Tuesday of each month
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Hoffman Hall
1600 S. Wacouta Ave., Prairie du Chien
Hosted by Hoffman Hall
CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP
For family, friends and other persons who are caring
for a loved one with a chronic illness. Share tips, learn problem- solving techniques and discover you’re not alone.
Fourth Tuesday of each month
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Hoffman Hall
1600 S. Wacouta Ave., Prairie du Chien, WI
Hosted by Hoffman Hall
Contact Dementia Outreach Specialist Heather Moore, 608.723.4288, for details.
For family, friends and other persons who are caring
for a loved one with a chronic illness. Share tips, learn problem- solving techniques and discover you’re not alone.
Fourth Tuesday of each month
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Hoffman Hall
1600 S. Wacouta Ave., Prairie du Chien, WI
Hosted by Hoffman Hall
Contact Dementia Outreach Specialist Heather Moore, 608.723.4288, for details.
