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032720 432 Two more people have died from complications of COVID-19 in Iowa, and that brings the total number of deaths to three. And 56 more have tested positive. At her daily coronavirus news conference today, Governor Kim Reynolds talked about the need to adjust the state response to the spread of the coronavirus as time goes on. In response to a question about a letter from President Trump about labeling counties according to risks, Reynolds said she wasn’t ready to start rating counties

032720 404 Two more people have died from complications of COVID-19 in Iowa, and that brings the total number of deaths to three. And 56 more have tested positive. At her daily coronavirus news conference today, Governor Kim Reynolds add that there have been a total of more than 3,700 negative tests. Reynolds talked about the need to adjust the state response to the spread of the coronavirus as time goes on. She said there may be a need to impose more regulations or to dial back on what has been

032720 304 The state of Iowa reports two more people have died from complications of COVID-19. This brings the total number of deaths to three. On Friday, the Iowa Department of Public Health added 56 more positive cases for a total of 235. There have been a total of more than 3,700 negative tests. The number of Siouxlanders impacted increased as well. There are new confirmed cases in Woodbury, Monona and now Dickinson County for a total of eight people. All the new cases involve people 61-years

The new coronavirus has put pressure on medical facilities from the very large to smaller, rural operations, including Twelve Clans Unity Hospital in Winnebago, Nebraska. Siouxland Public Media’s Sheila Brummer reports. Laura Gamble is the COO of Twelve Clans Unity Hospital in Winnebago, Nebraska. She has extensive experience in the medical field in northeast Nebraska. Gamble joined Twelve Clans about nine months ago. The Winnebago Tribe took over operations a year earlier, in July of 2018.

The state of Iowa reports two more people have died from complications of COVID-19. This brings the total number of deaths to three. On Friday, the Iowa Department of Public Health added 56 more positive cases for a total of 235. There have been a total of more than 3,700 negative tests. The number of Siouxlanders impacted increased as well. There are new confirmed cases in Woodbury, Monona and now Dickinson County for a total of eight people. All the new cases involve people 61-years or older.

032620 504 Gov. Kim Reynolds today expanded the state's disaster health proclamation. At Reynolds daily coronavirus briefing, Reynolds said she was prohibiting elective non-essential surgical and dental procedures and expanding the breadth of the state's retail closures. All existing closures including restaurants and bars will be now be extended another week until April 7 th , as now also book stores, clothing and shoe stores, jewelry, luggage, cosmetic, perfume and beauty supply stores and

032620 404 Gov. Kim Reynolds today expanded the state's disaster health proclamation, halting elective non-essential surgical and dental procedures and expanding the breadth of the state's retail closures. All existing closures, including restaurants and bar closures, were extended an additional week to April 7. That is effective as of 10 p.m. Thursday. She also ordered the closure of additional retail — book stores; clothing and shoe stores; jewelry stores; luggage stores; cosmetic, perfume and

032620 304 COVID-19 cases have increased to 179 in Iowa The Iowa Department of Public Health says 34 more people have tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Drive-through testing for COVID-19 will start in Woodbury County tomorrow. But, testing isn’t available for everyone. It’s being held in an undisclosed location for patients with recommendations from their doctors. “So, we will not be able to test all 103,000-plus of Siouxland residents. We’re

On this edition of The Exchange, we talk with Tyler Brock of Siouxland District Health about the number of COVID-19 cases in Woodbury County and how to keep ourselves safe during the pandemic. We also speak with Sioux City Community Schools Superintendent Paul Gausman about the outlook for students, who are currently out of school because of the coronavirus, to get back to class this school year. The Senate has passed a two-trillion dollar stimulus package to help employers, workers, and others

032520 504 A Sioux City homeless shelter closed early for the season, today (Wednesday) because of COVID-19. Lindsay Landrum (LAN-drum) is the executive director of the Warming Shelter in Sioux City. She says the shelter doesn’t have the ability to quarantine people or staff if they become exposed to the new coronavirus. She told the residents this morning (yesterday/Wednesday morning) that they needed to leave. Typically the temporary shelter is open through April 30th. Landrum says she’s