Local News 4-22-20

THE LATEST NUMBERS FOR POSITIVE COVID 19 CASES JUMPED TO A NEW RECORD TODAY AT 482. 33 PERCENT OF THE NEW CASES ARE IN MEAT PACKING FACILITIES AND THE 4 DEATHS THAT WERE REPORTED TODAY CAME FROM LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES IN LYNN AND POLK COUNTY. MARSHALL COUNTY SAW ITS NUMBERS CLIMB WITH 51 NEW CASES TO A TOTAL OF 224.

IN RELATED DEVELOPMENTS THE STATE OF IOWA WILL BE STARTING A NEW COVID-19 TESTING PROGRAM WHERE THOUSANDS OF IOWANS WILL BE TESTED EACH DAY AND THAT WILL ENABLE STATE OFFICIALS TO DETERMINE WHERE HOTSPOTS ARE LOCATED. THIS WILL HOPEFULLY SPEED-UP THE RE-OPENING OF BUSINESSES IN THE STATE. THE TESTING PROCESS BEGINS AN ONLINE ASSESSMENT TO SEE IF YOU NEED TO BE TESTED. YOU CAN GO TO TESTIOWA.COM AND IF IT IS DETERMINED YOU NEED TO BE TESTED, A NUMBER OF DRIVE THROUGH TESTING SITES WILL BE SET UP IN IOWA STARTING SATURDAY AT THE IOWA EVENTS CENTER IN DES MOINES.

ANOTHER GIVEAWAY OF FREE FACE MASKS AS DEVELOPED BY DONCO AIR PRODUCTS WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY AT 3 PM AND SATURDAY AT TEN AM AT THE POLICE/FIRE STATION. YOU ARE URGED TO ENTER FROM HIGH STREET. STARTING NEXT WEEK, THE CHANCELLOR OF THE IOWA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, DR KRISTIE FISHER, ANNOUNCED THE MASK GIVEWAYS WILL SWITCH TO THE PARKING LOTS OF MARSHALLTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND IOWA VALLEY CONTINUING EDUCATION.

AND WITH AREA SCHOOL BEING SHUT DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, MARSHALLTOWN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOOD SERVICE REPORTS THEY WILL CONTINUE THEIR GRAB-AND-GO LUNCH GIVEAWAYS THROUGH JUNE 4TH. THEY HAVE HANDED OUT 1,400 MEALS PER DAY. 500 MEALS ARE BEING HANDED OUT AT THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND 900 PER DAY ARE BEING HANDED OUT-WHEN THE SCHOOL BUSES GO INTO THE COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOODS.