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Area Hospitals Feeling The Impact As The Latest COVID Surge Continues
January 24, 2022
(Spirit Lake)– Area hospitals are feeling the squeeze as the recent surge in COVID cases continues. Jason Harrington, President and CEO of Lakes Regional Healthcare tells KUOO news the rate of COVID hospitalizations there recently is the highest they’ve been since the pandemic started… Harrington says this latest wave is coming at the worse possible […]
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Voters In Two Area Cities Head To The Polls Tues. (Jan. 25th) For Special Elections
January 24, 2022
(Undated)– Special elections will be held tomorrow (Tues. Jan. 25th) in two area towns. In Estherville, voters will decide who will become that city’s next Mayor. City council member Ann Goebel and a former Mayor, Ken Billings, are running for the position left vacant last year by the resignation of Joseph May. In Milford, voters […]
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No Injuries Reported In Structure Fire On North Side Of Little Spirit Lake
January 24, 2022
(Spirit Lake)– No injuries were reported Sunday evening in a structure fire on the north side of Little Spirit Lake, just south of the Minnesota border. Spirit Lake Fire Chief Pat Daly says firefighters were called to 10095 237th Avenue around 7:15 pm… Daly says the occupants of the house were home at the time […]
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COVID Hospitalizations Down Slightly in Iowa, Nursing Home Outbreaks Up
January 22, 2022
(Des Moines)– The number of Iowa hospital patients who’ve tested positive for Covid is down about three percent since Wednesday. State data show six out of 10 patients were admitted for treatment of Covid. And about 18-and-a-half percent of those patients are in an intensive care unit. The number of Iowa nursing homes with Covid outbreaks […]
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