Gov. Kim Reynolds traveled to the White House for talks with President Trump on Wednesday. During her press conference the day prior, Reynolds described the White House invitation as “kind of a last-minute ask.” “I’ll be going to give him an update on what we’re doing in Iowa, and really talk about how testing and […]
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More than 9,000 Iowans have now tested positive for COVID-19
The Iowa Department of Public Health reported on Sunday that another 528 Iowans have tested positive for COVID-19, including 11 residents of Johnson County and 26 residents of Linn County. There have now been 9,169 confirmed cases of the virus in Iowa. During the past seven days, IDPH has reported 3,650 new cases of COVID-19, […]
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Reynolds suggests Iowa might be past its COVID-19 peak as a record-breaking number of new cases are reported
Iowa set a one-day record on Friday for the number of new cases of COVID-19 cases reported on a single day, and at the beginning of her press conference on Friday, Gov. Kim Reynolds warned the number of cases reported this weekend may be unusually high, as the State Hygienic Laboratory works its way through […]
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More COVID-19 cases reported in Iowa’s prison system
Cases of COVID-19 have now been reported at three of Iowa’s nine state prisons. On Thursday, the Iowa Department of Corrections announced an inmate at the Clarinda Correctional Facility in southwest Iowa tested positive for COVID-19. According to a statement from the department, the inmate is a male between the ages of 18 and 40, […]
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As Test Iowa finishes its first week, the state is still trying to determine if its tests are accurate
One day before COVID-19 restrictions will be relaxed in 77 of Iowa’s 99 counties, Gov. Kim Reynolds said the state still hasn’t established whether the results from test kits used by Test Iowa are accurate. Reynolds, however, said she was sure the validation process, which is being conducted by the State Hygienic Laboratory at the […]
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‘We must learn to live with COVID’: Reynolds announces partial reopening of businesses in 77 counties
Starting on May 1, workers in 77 Iowa counties will have to choose between returning to jobs at which they may not feel safe and losing their unemployment benefits. Gov. Kim Reynolds didn’t mention the possible loss of benefits when she announced the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions on businesses in 77 of the state’s 99 […]
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With nearly 5,500 COVID-19 cases and 118 deaths, Gov. Reynolds is focused on ‘getting life and business back to normal’
The Iowa Department of Public Health reported on Sunday another 383 Iowans have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the state’s total number of confirmed cases to 5,475. Eight residents of Johnson County and 25 residents of Linn County are among the newly reported cases. IDPH also reported six more deaths from the virus, bringing the […]
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Iowa now has more than 5,000 cases of COVID-19; new cases reported at the Iowa Veterans Home and Oakdale Prison
On Saturday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 648 more Iowans have tested positive for COVID-19, breaking the one-day record of newly reported cases set on Friday. This brings the state’s total number of confirmed cases of the virus to 5,092. New cases include 28 residents of Johnson County and 39 residents of Linn […]
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More inmates and staff at Oakdale Prison test positive for COVID-19
When Iowa Department of Corrections Director Beth Skinner appeared at Gov. Kim Reynolds press conference on Monday, there had only been three cases of COVID-19 discovered in the state’s prison system — one inmate and two staff members, all three at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center (IMCC) in Coralville, better known as Oakdale Prison. […]
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Pork plants and prisons are the new front line in Iowa’s COVID-19 fight
As outbreaks at Iowa’s meat processing plants continued to drive a surge in COVID-19 cases, and workers’ complain not enough is being done to protect them from the virus, Gov. Kim Reynolds said it is essential that those plants remain open. “This isn’t like a regular facility, where you shut it down for two weeks,” […]
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COVID-19 numbers surge in Iowa, and a prison inmate in Coralville becomes the first in the state to test positive
The Iowa Department of Public Health reported 389 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, a total that eclipsed the previous one-day record for reported cases of 191 set on Friday. Those new cases bring to the state’s total of confirmed cases to 2,902. Sunday’s newly reported cases include 65 residents of Linn County and 29 […]
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Iowa’s prisons and jails make for ‘a perfect storm for outbreaks of COVID-19’
As Iowans — and people around the country — are grappling with changes to their daily lives, jails and prisons are facing their own challenges keeping staff and inmates safe. Practicing social distancing, staying home and avoiding gatherings of more than 10 people are recommendations Gov. Kim Reynolds has been stressing to Iowans, as the […]
