PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Plans for a lawsuit against a Maine venue that hosted what became a "superspreader" wedding reception underscore the liability risks to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic and an uphill push by Republicans in Congress to give such outfits legal ...

Isolation and uncertainty from pandemic conditions have denied students a traditional college experience this year. “Campus has been very quiet,” Angie Redmond, Marshalltown Community College Dean of Enrollment and Student Life said. “The students that were here this fall really did ...

WASHINGTON — Congress passed a two-day stopgap spending bill Friday night, averting a partial government shutdown and buying yet more time for frustratingly slow endgame negotiations on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package. The virus aid talks remained on track, both ...

The Marshalltown Community School District confirmed new 11 cases of COVID-19 among students and employees on Friday • Total cases among students: seven • Total cases among staff: four The previous report, released on Dec. 11, confirmed 13 cases - 10 in students and three in staff. ...

Marshall County’s COVID-19 death total reached 53 this week with three more recorded. Iowa has 3,354 deaths since the start of the pandemic including 234 in the last week and 97 since yesterday. The Iowa Department of Public Health COVID-19 dashboard is showing conflicting data on the ...

DES MOINES — It’s unclear why Iowa will receive fewer doses of coronavirus vaccine than initially promised by the federal government, but the state is moving ahead with plans to relax restrictions beginning Thursday even while reporting nearly 100 additional deaths. The Iowa Department of ...