According to information from the Iowa Department of Public Health COVID-19 website, 8,732 Marshall County residents have received COVID-19 vaccinations. Last week — before vaccine eligibility was opened to everyone age 16 and older on Monday — 7,356 residents had been dosed. ...
No new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Marshalltown Community School District this week. Last week, four cases were confirmed - all among students. Since the pandemic began, the highest number of weekly cases reported by the district as been 34, which was in November. The district started weekly COVID-19 case reports on Sept. 18, in which seven cases were confirmed. A report on the number of COVID-19 cases within the district is shared weekly on Fridays. Each report shares the total number of new, confirmed cases among students and staff members throughout the district ...
About 250 luminaries were placed in the windows of the skywalk over Main Street on Thursday night and the event was further highlighted with bell ringing from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and St. Francis of Assisi Church and a procession from Marshalltown Police Department and Marshall County ...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday she plans to take legislative or executive action to forbid the use of “vaccine passports” to prove individuals had received the COVID-19 vaccine. Reynolds encouraged Iowans to get vaccinated as soon as possible, taking whichever form of the vaccine ...
Even though the state of Iowa opened the eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, it was surprisingly calm in Marshall County. Marshall County Public Health Nurse Pat Thompson said Monday was relatively uneventful, despite vaccine eligibility being opened to everyone age 16 and older. ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Daniel Roberts hadn't had a vaccination since he was 6. No boosters, no tetanus shots. His parents taught him inoculations were dangerous, and when the coronavirus arrived, they called it a hoax. The vaccine, they said, was the real threat. So when the 29-year-old ...
