Health officials in northeast Nebraska confirm the first presumptive case of COVID-19 in Siouxland. The person is a high school student in Crofton, Nebraska who attended the Girls State Basketball tournament. They were transferred to the biocontainment unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha for treatment. Because of a potential risk of exposure schools have been closed Crofton, Hartington and Newcastle. In South Dakota, a man with underlying health problems who tested

031020 404 The Iowa Department of Public Health is still investigating the state’s eight presumed cases of COVID-19, and officials say they don’t yet see a need to share details of where those people have been. Seven people in Johnson County and one person in Pottawattamie County tested presumptively positive for the disease caused by the new coronavirus. The Johnson County cases are in people who all went on a recent cruise in Egypt. The Pottawattamie case is in someone who traveled to

Covid-19 Iowa Edit | Remove 031020 304 Governor Kim Reynolds says the state has contacted all 21 Iowans who went on a cruise in Egypt a few weeks ago, after seven of them tested presumptively positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. She says the 14 others who went on the cruise are self-isolated, and ten of them are awaiting test results. And Reynolds says 18 Iowans returning from a different cruise ship on which COVID-19 was detected will be screened before and after

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Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts is warning that Nebraska could be dealing with the coronavirus outbreak for the next nine to 12 months. He’s urging the public to take precautionary steps to keep it from spreading. Ricketts says the number of known cases in Nebraska has risen to three, but there aren't yet indications that it's spreading. There are also three cases in Iowa. The Plattsmouth school district in eastern Nebraska has joined schools in Fremont and Hooper in canceling classes this week

030620 304 Republican senators from four states that have seen severe flooding from the Missouri River are backing legislation that would require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to change its management of the river to reduce flood risk. The proposal would require the Corps to take steps to reduce flood risks along the lower Missouri River by changing the way it manages the dams and by strengthening levees along the river. The proposal is backed by all the senators from Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas,

Two people in northwest Iowa have died after a collision between a semitrailer and a pickup truck. The crash happened yesterday afternoon =on U.S. Highway 71 on the north end of Spencer. Authorities say pickup turned into the path of the semi. The couple in the pickup have been identified as 85-year-old Patricia Juber and 86-year-old Harvey Juber. They lived in Melvin. The semi driver and his passenger weren't injured. A Colorado man who threw a cup of water on Iowa Congressman Steve King has

030520 504 The governing body for Iowa’s three state universities is imposing new travel restrictions due to coronavirus. The Iowa Board of Regents is immediately canceling all university-sponsored international travel for all faculty, staff, and students at Iowa, Iowa State, and UNI for 30 days, including Spring Break. In addition, faculty, staff, and students who are already out of the country, are being recalled if they’re in China, Iran, Italy or South Korea. U.S. Rep. Steve King is seeking

030520 404 Fears about the coronavirus have prompted the Iowa Board of Regents is immediately canceling all university-sponsored international travel for all faculty, staff, and students at Iowa, Iowa State and UNI for 30 days, including Spring Break. The board says faculty, staff, and students who are already out of the country, are being recalled if they’re in China, Iran, Italy or South Korea. The Iowa Senate has passed a bill to enhance criminal penalties for abuse and neglect of companion

030520 304 The governing body for Iowa’s three state universities is imposing new travel restrictions due to coronavirus. The Iowa Board of Regents is immediately canceling all university-sponsored international travel for all faculty, staff, and students at Iowa, Iowa State, and UNI for 30 days, including Spring Break. The board says faculty, staff, and students who are already out of the country, are being recalled if they’re in China, Iran, Italy or South Korea. U.S. Rep. Steve King is