Adjusted Operations by Department

Calumet County courthouse is open and employees continue to provide essential services to the community. However, to protect the safety of our residents, staff, and community, Calumet County departments are adjusting their schedules.

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Receive Emergency Notifications from Calumet County

Calumet County uses AlertSense software to notify residents of local emergency alerts and community notifications. Users have the option to select what notifications to receive and how to receive them, including by text, phone, and email.

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REACH Red Ribbon Week

Calumet County youth are experiencing periods of stress. It’s during these times that they are most vulnerable to making poor choices including experimentation with alcohol, tobacco, and other substance misuses. Our youth’s substance m...

Public Health Recommends Against Large Gatherings Because of Local COVID-19 High Positivity Rate

At present, the Calumet County Public Health Jurisdiction has an extremely high COVID-19 positivity rate of 33.5%, which is one of the highest nationally. Calumet County Public Health is overwhelmed with contact tracing and has had to adjust its processes...

Circuit Court to Revert Back to Phase 1 of Operating Plan

As of October 12, 2020, the Calumet County Circuit Court will revert back to Phase I of the COVID-19 Operating Plan for Calumet County.  This means that some in-person hearings will again resume.  The following hearings may be held in pe...

Public Health Emergency COVID-19 Alert: Very High COVID-19 Activity Levels

Public health officers from City of Appleton, City of Menasha, Calumet, Outagamie, and Winnebago County Health Departments have issued a Public Health Emergency COVID-19 Alert. Very high levels of COVID-19 cases are resulting in increased COVID-1...

Calumet County Circuit Court to Temporarily Suspend In-Person Hearings

Effective immediately, Calumet County Circuit Court is temporarily stepping back in its operating plan. The Court is suspending all in-person hearings until further notice. This is a precautionary measure due to the increasingly high rate of COVID-19 case...

Free COVID-19 Drive-Thru Testing Site to be Held in Chilton

Free COVID-19 community testing will be available at the Calumet County Fairgrounds for three days next week through a collaboration between the Wisconsin Army National Guard and health departments of Calumet County, City of Menasha, City of Appleton, Out...

Calumet County Circuit Court to Resume In-Person Proceedings

Calumet County Circuit Court will resume in-person proceedings this week following a recently approved operational plan. This phased opening is in response to the Wisconsin Supreme Court order that circuit courts can resume jury trials and in-person heari...

Calumet County Issues Local Health Order #1, Phase A

In response to yesterday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court Decision on the Safer at Home order, Calumet County Public Health has issued a local health order, effective today, May 14, 2020. 

This order was developed after careful consideration of...

Free COVID-19 Testing for Calumet County Residents

The local public health departments from Calumet County, Winnebago County, City of Appleton, City of Menasha and Outagamie County are partnering with the Wisconsin National Guard and healthcare systems to open a five-day COVID-19 testing site to meet test...

Calumet County Public Health Confirms First COVID-19 Death

CALUMET COUNTY Wis. (May 8, 2020) – Calumet County Public Health is announcing the first Calumet County death associated with COVID-19, a male in his mid-50s from the zip code 54952. We extend our heartfelt sympathies to the family and friends, ...

CULVERT REPLACEMENTS ON CTH C WILL CAUSE CLOSURE

The Calumet County Highway Department will be replacing culverts on CTH "C" from CTH “H” to CTH “HHH” (Calumet/Fond du Lac County Line) starting on Monday, May 11, 2020.    It is anticipa...

Stay Safe While Practicing Religion and Spirituality

Update 4/9/2020: 

This afternoon the governor, after further consideration and consultation with religious organizations, has determined that “parking lot services, where congregants stay in their vehicles and avoid person-to-person cont...

Calumet County Park Campground Reopening May 1

Calumet County Parks COVID-19 Update:

Calumet County Parks will continue to take the necessary steps to protect our visitors and do our part to assist with minimizing the spread of the COVID-19 virus. We are monitoring developments around this issue, and w...

COVID-19 Update First Case Confirmed in Calumet County, City of Appleton

Chilton, Calumet County—Calumet County Public Health announced today that there is now one confirmed case in Calumet County, under the jurisdiction of City of Appleton Public Health. This individual contracted the virus through domestic travel, ...

Voters Encouraged to Vote Absentee for April 7 Election

Online Registration Available Until March 30, 2020

Need to Change your address, name, or are you a new Wisconsin Voter?  You can register to vote online now through March 30 for the April 7 election.  Click here to register to vote. &...

County Administrator Declares Public Health Emergency as COVID-19 Precautions Increase

Effective immediately, County Administrator Todd M. Romenesko has declared a Public Health Emergency in Calumet County in an effort to guard against the spread of COVID-19, also known as Coronavirus.

As of this evening, there remain no confirmed cases of C...

North State Street (CTH F) Reconstruction Begins

Starting Monday, March 9, 2020, State Street (CTH F) in Chilton will be shut down for reconstruction. During the project, the street will be closed to all motoring traffic, except Calumet County Sheriff vehicles, construction delivery trucks, and resident...

Public Health Update: Coronavirus

Communicable Disease Alert: Novel Coronavirus in Wuhan, China

There is an ongoing outbreak of a respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus that can be spread from person to person. Cases have been identified in Wuhan, China and in travelers fr...

Statewide Availability of Marriage Certificates to Expand

Calumet County Register of Deeds, Tamara Alten, has announced that it will now be easier to obtain a copy of your marriage certificate. Effective January 2, 2020, individuals married in Wisconsin will be able to go to any Wisconsin Register of Deeds offic...

Calumet County Receives a Hazard Mitigation Planning Update Grant

Calumet County, like the rest of the State of Wisconsin, is vulnerable to a variety of disasters. Wisconsin has incurred disaster-related damages totaling nearly $3 billion in the last three decades, with almost half of that occurring in the 1990's alone....

2019 County Private Well Testing Report

On March 25, 2019, residents collected 191 samples from 190 wells throughout Calumet County as part of the County’s annual Private Well Testing Day.  Since 2004, the Calumet County Land and Water Conservation Department (LWCD) and the C...

Calumet County Announced as EPA Brownfields Grant Recipient

On June 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that 149 communities across America including Calumet County, Sheboygan County, Green Bay, Madison, Milwaukee, and Oshkosh have been selected to receive funding for brownfield site revita...

Calumet County Parks Department Survey

The Calumet County Parks Department is in the process of updating the Calumet County Outdoor Park and Recreation Plan and we need the public’s input to do so. Please click on the link below and help shape the future of the Calumet County park sy...

Emerald Ash Borer

The emerald ash borer is a destructive wood-boring pest of ash trees.

2020 Household Hazardous Waste Events

For 2020, Calumet County, Hickory Meadows Landfill, and the local municipalities are sponsoring 5 Household Hazardous Waste Events that will provide free disposal of household hazardous wastes for Calumet County residents. For information on the event dat...

2019 Program Recap

2019 Hazardous Waste and Recycling Program recap.