The Exchange this week commemorates Veterans Day.

Iowa coronavirus trends continue to worsen as increasing numbers of hospitalizations further stress hospitals and health care workers as they try to keep up with the surge. Iowa Department of Public Health data showed almost 4,800 additional cases in the past 24 hours, and 26 more deaths, bringing the state total to 1,898. There are two more deaths in Woodbury County, for 105 in all. It was the fifth consecutive day Iowa reported more than 4,000 new cases a day. State data indicated 1,190 people

The Sioux City Community School District addressed increasing absences with staff and students due to COVID-19. Even though no official action was taken, Siouxland Public Media's Sheila Brummer has more on the increasing concern with some school leaders when it comes to keeping students and staff safe. Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Paul Gausman says some buildings in the district are getting close to moving to virtual learning only. The state of Iowa allows a school district to move to virtual

Today, Nebraska’s governor announced additional measures to help stop the spread of COVID-19, but he still rejects the idea of a statewide mask mandate. Governor Pete Ricketts says masks must be worn at businesses when people are in close contact for at least 15 minutes. There must be 6 feet of distance at gyms, bars, restaurants and churches, unless you are part of a household. Indoor gathers will be reduced from 50 to 25%. And, only family and people in the same household can attend youth

The Sioux City Musketeers take to the ice in Sioux City on Saturday night for the first time since the start of the pandemic. New CEO Travis Morgan talked to Siouxland Public Media’s Sheila Brummer about safety during this era of COVID-19.

304 News Iowa Department of Public Health Spokesperson Amy McCoy resigned today. McCoy was a legislative liaison for the department who started handling COVID-19 related media requests at the start of the pandemic. She became the main spokesperson in July when longtime communications director Polly Carver-Kimm was let go. Carver-Kimm has sued the state for her termination. Carver-Kim says she was forced out for fulfilling journalists’ public information requests. The litigation is pending. The

110620 Noon Large numbers of coronavirus cases have been trending for the last week in Iowa. In Woodbury County, since yesterday, there have been 121 new cases and no further deaths. There have been 8154 cases in Woodbury County and 102 deaths since the pandemic began. The county has a 14-day positivity rate of 20.9 percent. Iowa public health officials reported 3,533 new confirmed cases Friday and 14 more deaths. The number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals reached a new high of 912. Yesterday

Today, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced plans for a new public service campaign as cases continue to climb. She says Iowans need to made an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 during the next three weeks. Reynolds also says the success of Republican candidates in the general election was proof that most Iowans support her decision to not require masks and quickly end most restrictions on businesses. Reynolds says the media campaign would begin next week and would include newspaper,

The general election was November 3. This week on The Exchange, we discuss the election results. Siouxland Public Media's Mary Hartnett and Sheila Brummer are the program's hosts. Democratic Sioux City State House Representative Chris Hall and Woodbury County Republican Party Chairwoman Suzan Stewart discuss and analyze the results.

Iowa saw the most new cases of COVID-19 in a 24-hour period since the start of the pandemic, with more than 2,800 new infections and 26 deaths. That includes a man in Woodbury County between the ages of 61-and-80 for 101 deaths in all and 95 news cases. Woodbury County’s 14-day test positivity rate is the highest since the state started releasing that data at 20%. Across the state, doctors and hospital administrators have recently sounded alarms that increasing virus infections in the state will