The Will County Health Department’s Behavioral Health Division will host a back-to-school fair on Friday, August 8. The event will take place in the Community Room of the Will County Health Department’s main office located at 501 Ella Ave. in Joliet and is scheduled from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The Will County Community Health Center (WCCHC) is expanding its services at the Will County Health Department’s Northern Branch Office in Bolingbrook. The WCCHC has recently opened a newly remodeled health center located at 391 Quadrangle Drive (Suite 130) in Bolingbrook. The WCCHC will be providing primary care for ages 5 and up, behavioral health and family planning services at the new clinic location which is located across the parking lot from the previous location.
The Milk Circle will meet twice a month on the first and third Tuesday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The meetings will take place at the Will County Health Department’s Main Office in Joliet, located at 501 Ella Avenue, inside the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) office.
No human cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Will County so far this year. According to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), WNV has been found in 22 counties in Illinois in 2025. There have been 99 positive batches of mosquitoes in Illinois and one confirmed human case of WNV in southern Illinois.
The event will take place at the Community Health Center located at 1106 Neal Ave. in Joliet and is scheduled from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The fair will feature a limited number of school and sports physicals, dental exams and vaccinations (all by appointment only). Games, raffle prizes and information and educational materials from agencies throughout the Will County community will also be available at the fair.
Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes (Milk Bank WGL) and the Will County Health Department have partnered to bring a new human milk drop-off depot to Bolingbrook, Illinois at the Will County Health Department’s Northern Branch Office (323 Quadrangle Drive).