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Following is a statement from the Iowa Restaurant Association. Any text may be attributed to Jessica Dunker, President and CEO of the Iowa Restaurant Association.Iowa’s restaurants are open. While we realize several states have required restaurants to close for in-restaurant dining, at this time...
STATE -- The following statement was released Monday morning by the Iowa high school Unified Activities partners in regards to a four-week suspension of all high school activities throughout the state.“Following Sunday’s announcements from Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, all spring activities of Iowa’s...
HARLAN -- On social media over the weekend, Elm Crest Retirement community, and specifically its parent company American Baptist Homes of the Midwest, made this statement regarding its nursing and retirement homes: “Although there is no presence of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in our community...
STATE -- Last week, Gov. Reynolds signed a proclamation to temporarily suspend requirements for transportation of food, medical supplies, cleaning products, and other household goods by removing restrictions on oversize and overweight loads. A status report of monitoring and testing of...
REGIONAL -- On Sunday, March 15, the state received news that Iowa has had its third case of community-acquired COVID-19. Community spread occurs when individuals become infected with the virus in a community and cannot specifically identify the source of the infection (such as international...
CARROLL -- According to Carroll County Public Health the first presumptive positive COVID-19 case has been identified in Carroll County. The IDPH has confirmed the Carroll County case on Thursday, March 12 at approximate 5 p.m. The patient is a man in his 40s who has mild symptoms and is...
HARLAN -- All Shelby County area schools will close for four weeks, as recommended by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, to slow the spread of the Coronavirus, COVID-19. It’s an unprecedented move being made not only by Iowa K-12 schools, but by schools across the country as the United States hopes...
Panic buying nationwide leaves stores shelves empty. Reports of stores with little food come from across the nation. In Harlan, staples such as toilet paper, paper towels, hand sanitizer, water and disinfectant wipes were gone from shelves by Friday last week, re-stocked, and then sold out...
COUNTY -- Shelby County Auditor Mark Maxwell released this statement early Monday morning, March 16: “Containment and mitigation will not take place without cooperation by everyone. Public owned buildings like the Courthouse are definitely a place that gets a big cross- section of...
DES MOINES – Today, regarding the upcoming County Conventions on March 21, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Mark Smith released the following statement: “Today, the Iowa Democratic Party is announcing it will postpone County Conventions to a future date to be determined. After extensive...
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