As Gov. Kim Reynolds prepares to let Iowa’s public health emergency proclamation expire on Feb. 15, COVID-19 case numbers continue to decline substantially both in Marshall County and across the state. According to data from Marshall County Public Health, there were just 198 new positive ...
A year ago, as Iowa hit the first anniversary of dealing with COVID-19, healthcare workers had a plea: use self-protection, like masks and social distancing, to keep the highly contagious coronavirus from spreading. Hospital beds were full and the ability to respond to the pandemic was ...
In response to a federal appellate court ruling issued Tuesday, the Marshalltown Community School District (MCSD) will change its official policy from requiring masks to strongly recommending them for students and staff members in grades pre-kindergarten through six. Previously, masks had ...
After a record breaking week in terms of new cases, the surge of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 both in Marshall County and across Iowa may finally be slowing. The Marshall County Public Health Department reported 550 new local cases in the last seven days, a slight decline from the all-time record of 565 a week ago, and the statewide number was 34,979 after reaching a peak of 38,574 last week. Pat Thompson, the county’s public health director, said she’s optimistic that the numbers signal a better outlook going forward, but that doesn’t mean all caution should be thrown to ...
Some Iowa schools can require face masks to comply with federal protections for students with disabilities, according to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. However, not all schools can justify a mask mandate for all students, the appellate court said. The ruling softens a prohibition on enforcement of a 2021 Iowa law that forbid school districts from requiring students to wear face masks. The appellate court said the injunction already put in place by a lower court last October is too broad in scope and must be more narrowly defined. The parents of Iowa children who sued the state ...
Several sites in Marshalltown are still providing self-administered mail-in COVID-19 tests at no cost to those who need them. Free mail-in tests are available at the Marshalltown Public Library, 105 W. Boone St.; Primary Health Care, 412 E. Church St.,; UnityPoint Express Clinic, 1704 S. ...
