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COVID-19

MCSD staff start getting vaccines

All over the country, healthcare personnel are receiving the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations, and Marshalltown Schools Health Services staff joined those ranks on Thursday. School nurses and health aides received their first dose of the vaccine at McFarland Clinic, and all will get ...

Iowa governor, aides appear in PR video for no-bid vendor

IOWA CITY — Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and four aides helped make a marketing video for a Utah company that was awarded no-bid contracts for work on the coronavirus pandemic, a move that has raised allegations of favoritism and improper use of public resources. Domo Inc.’s video ...

Webinar to provide info on vaccines to businesses Friday

The Iowa Department of Public Health and Iowa Economic Development Authority is holding a webinar to provide information on COVID-19 vaccinations to businesses, industry and agriculture. The event can be attended live via web browser at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. “We appreciate the partnership ...

Iowa has the fifth-highest COVID-19 positivity rate

Iowa had the fifth-highest rate of positive coronavirus tests in the nation the past week, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. At the same time, Johns Hopkins University reported Iowa administered the lowest number of tests per capita of any state: 67 per 100,000 residents. Rhode Island ...

Reynolds pushing for in-person learning

DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds appears to be prepared to push schools to return students to classrooms this month, reinforcing her plans to prioritize in-person learning even when a local school board believes it’s too risky. In November, the state approved requests for 90 school ...