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State Rep. Brian Best, R-Glidden, says Gov. Kim Reynolds is making the right decision on what likely will be the biggest judgment call of her public life in not issuing a statewide shelter-in-place order as some other neighboring states have in efforts to mitigate the global coronavirus outbreak.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is calling for bipartisan action to crack down on scammers who are targeting senior citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic after several instances of fraud arose in Iowa and nationwide.

Area students can see their teachers next week — not back in school, but in a “parade” that local educators are organizing.

Students may not be filling the classrooms at Kuemper Catholic School attendance centers these days; however, thanks to technology, teachers are staying connected with their students, and learning has not stopped.

There were four new western Iowa coronavirus cases confirmed in the past day, which contributed to the largest one-day spike in statewide cases so far of 34, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health.

VATICAN CITY: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis announced he will be giving an extraordinary blessing “urbi et orbi,” which translates to “to the city and to the world” at 6 p.m. local time in Rome on Friday, March 27 or noon Central Standard Time (CST). It will be broadcast…

The lines of cars and trucks snaked for blocks around Foundry Distilling Company in the historic Valley Junction region of West Des Moines.

Looking to assist a Carroll business community officials describe as facing “untold stresses” from the economic fallout of coronavirus, Carroll City Council members are expected to take the unprecedented step Thursday of making $100,000 available for grants to local businesses of up to $5,000 each.

Carroll County residents were some of the best in the state this week at social distancing, according to a company that tracks cellphone location data.

Through the direction of Pope Francis, Bishop Walker Nickless of the Sioux City Diocese invites all Christians to pray at noon on March 25.

Carroll County Attorney John Werden is dismissing scads of low-priority court cases in an effort to reduce personal contact during the coronavirus outbreak.

A Wall Lake biodiesel producer is donating glycerin — which is a byproduct of the biodiesel manufacturing process — to state officials to help produce hand sanitizer during the new coronavirus outbreak.

STORM LAKE: Buena Vista University senior Clayton Christian put his mother on a plane in Tucson, Arizona, this month, and watched her take off on a flight back home, to Glidden.

As schools and businesses remain closed to curtail the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19, zoos are offering virtual experiences that families can enjoy from home.

In the event of a sweeping coronavirus spread in Carroll, city officials want essential services — water, firefighting and policing — to continue.

DES MOINES: Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is extending the absentee voting period to 40 days for Iowans who choose to vote by mail in the June primary.

Businesses that employ between two and 25 people can apply for state grants of up to $25,000 to help offset the negative effects of the coronavirus outbreak, state officials announced today in an afternoon press conference.

For weeks, everyone could see the disease spreading from the east westward. This time, they didn’t close the schools, and sports continued as scheduled. Then, it got worse, and schools were closed out of necessity. St. Anthony stopped allowing visitors. Eventually, there was no choice — game…

BRYANT, ARKANSAS: By early last week, I had stopped looking for televised sports. When I have downtime (usually that’s rare), I settle in and find a game, often accompanied on the couch by my sons J.D. (11) and Luke (8). A few days earlier, I had flipped to our CBS affiliate during what was …

Carroll County employees will be required to self-quarantine in their homes for two weeks if they leave the state and are advised to not leave the county for the foreseeable future, county leaders decided today as they considered ways to stem the spread of a new coronavirus that has become a…

Carroll Community School District is switching to a twice-weekly pick-up format for the grab-and-go meals it is offering area students while schools are closed because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Gov. Kim Reynolds this weekend announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued a disaster declaration for the state of Iowa — which is retroactive as of Jan. 31, 2020 and continuing.

Bomgaars will adjust its store hours during the coronavirus crisis and also has announced it will begin offering curbside and carry-out service.

We need coronavirus testing in Iowa, and we need it now. The Des Moines Register is reporting that sick Iowans are being denied virus screenings, and that could endanger public health.

Law enforcement officers in Carroll County have been advised to release some of the people they arrest — rather than take them to jail as they usually would — to decrease the risk of spreading the new coronavirus.