CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Treasured holiday traditions are going virtual this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nature’s Noel at the Indian Creek Nature Center and the Old World Christmas Market at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library [...]
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UPDATE Nov. 26, 2020: On Thanksgiving Day, Iowa reported another record high number of nursing home coronavirus outbreaks, with 152. An additional 15 care center residents tied to the outbreaks have died, bringing the total to 1,038. Deaths from COVID-19 [...]
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As with most events since the start of the pandemic, the annual Iowa Organic Conference will be held virtually this year. Organic producers and farmers in general have faced extraordinary challenges this year with the coronavirus pandemic, the derecho windstorm [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Treasured holiday traditions are going virtual this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nature’s Noel at the Indian Creek Nature Center and the Old World Christmas Market at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library are offering online counterparts in lieu of their popular in-person events. Both are happening the […]
UPDATE Nov. 26, 2020: On Thanksgiving Day, Iowa reported another record high number of nursing home coronavirus outbreaks, with 152. An additional 15 care center residents tied to the outbreaks have died, bringing the total to 1,038. Deaths from COVID-19 in Iowa increased by 41 in the past 24 hours, for a total of 2,312 […]
As with most events since the start of the pandemic, the annual Iowa Organic Conference will be held virtually this year. Organic producers and farmers in general have faced extraordinary challenges this year with the coronavirus pandemic, the derecho windstorm in August and more. Those challenges, as well as opportunities, will be addressed during the […]
UPDATE Nov. 23, 2020: The online auction is underway, with 45 items. You can bid on the items through 6 p.m. Nov. 29 at this link. MARION — The buzz of chainsaws, commonplace after Iowa’s hurricane-strength derecho windstorm in August, can be heard again in Marion Square Park. This time, rather than severing damaged trees, […]
Less than two days after Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced what some predict will be an insufficient response to the coronavirus pandemic, the state reported its highest daily death toll, with 40 Iowans dead from COVID-19. The new deaths, reported the morning of Nov. 18, 2020, bring Iowa’s total coronavirus deaths to 2,064. Because of […]
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported Nov. 17, 2020, that two Polk County minors were cited for intentionally hitting and killing a deer at a park in Polk City, in central Iowa. More: Migrating ducks make fatal mistake in Iowa Learn more about the incident from the Iowa DNR: Polk City — Two Polk […]
UPDATE Nov. 17, 2020: Less than a day after Gov. Kim Reynolds’ televised appearance, Iowa surpassed 2,000 COVID-19 deaths. With 33 deaths in the past 24 hours, the state’s death toll now stands at 2,024. In addition, Iowa also set a new record for hospitalizations, with 1,510 COVID-19 patients; a record high 288 patients in […]
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported that hundreds of migrating waterfowl were killed by vehicles in northwest Iowa. DNR officials reported seeing more than 200 dead ducks on a highway and undoubtedly more elsewhere. Related: Migration superhighway in Iowa Learn more from the DNR’s report of Nov. 10, 2020: A unique weather phenomenon caused […]
UPDATE Nov. 10, 2020: Iowa again surpassed its record of COVID-19 hospitalizations, with 1,135 patients hospitalized in the past 24 hours. In the same period, the state hit a new record of 102 nursing home outbreaks. As of Nov. 10, 90 of Iowa’s 99 counties have 14-day positivity rates of 15 percent or more, with […]
The coronavirus pandemic temporarily suspended the opening of outdoor farmers markets last spring, but indoor markets already are on-track to start this fall. Some markets are requiring vendors and customers to wear face masks to help control spread of the virus and at least two are relocating for this season. The Dubuque Winter Farmers Market, […]
