DES MOINES — Another 15 people in Iowa died of the coronavirus and there were nearly 2,000 confirmed infections, according to state data released Wednesday. The state Department of Public Health reported the 15 deaths raised the total death toll to 3,668. There were 1,999 confirmed cases ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is close to a deal to acquire tens of millions of additional doses of Pfizer’s vaccine in exchange for helping the pharmaceutical giant gain better access to manufacturing supplies. A person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on ...

UnityPoint - Marshalltown health care workers were the first ones to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in town on Wednesday. Front line workers such as those in health care, are the first to receive the vaccine, which is not available to the general public yet. “This is the light at the ...

Only 21 residents of the Iowa Veterans Home have contracted the coronavirus this year, the home’s commandant said Monday, adding that some of the residents have likened the facility’s COVID-19 unit to a five-star hotel. Five of the infected veterans at the Marshalltown nursing home have ...

JOHNSTON — The vaccination of Iowa’s nursing home residents is set to begin next week, after a error in the distribution of vaccines threatened to delay the process. State officials said Tuesday that to be able to begin vaccinating people at long-term care facilities on Dec. 28, as ...

The Marshalltown Community School Board, during the regular Monday meeting, approved the recommendation of Superintendent Theron Schutte and Director of Instruction Lisa Stevenson to continue the hybrid return-to-learn model during the third quarter. However, board members Mike Miller and ...