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COVID-19

Workers worry about safety, stress as states ease mask rules

JACKSON, Mississippi — Leo Carney worries that bigger crowds and mask-less diners could endanger workers at the Biloxi, Mississippi, seafood restaurant where he manages the kitchen. Maribel Cornejo, who earns $9.85 an hour as a McDonald's cook in Houston, can't afford to get sick and frets ...

More will be eligible for vaccines starting Monday

Beginning Monday, Iowa vaccine providers can officially start vaccinating additional priority populations. People 64 years of age and younger with medical conditions that are or may be an increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19 will be eligible. Those conditions, according to the ...

Lenihan staff help out Marshalltown eateries

The desire Marshalltownians have to help each other out has lasted through the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest example comes from the Marshalltown Community School District Lenihan Intermediate School. Fifth grade teacher Laura Fricke and secretary Lisa Crouch were founders of ...

No change in number of district COVID cases

The Marshalltown Community School District confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 among students and employees on Friday: • Total cases among students: two • Total cases among staff: one This week’s COVID number report from the district is identical to the last one issued on Feb. ...

No change in number of district COVID cases

The Marshalltown Community School District confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 among students and employees on Friday: • Total cases among students: two • Total cases among staff: one This week's COVID number report from the district is identical to the last one issued on Feb. ...

Vaccine quantities should increase in the coming month

Marshall County Public Health Nurse Pat Thompson is hoping the number of COVID-19 doses will increase in the weekly shipments sometime in March. “They said we should receive the same amount we are now until mid-March,” she said. “The talk is it will increase after.” Since February, ...