Medical Center describes COVID-19 planning

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) is prominent in highly populated states and cities right now. Rural facilities, like Greene County Medical Center, have been preparing for a potential outbreak of COVID-19 for several weeks. The medical center and Greene County Public Health continue to work with Greene County Emergency Management, Greene County Ambulance and other health experts in the county in preparation for…

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COVID Friday – Education, courts included in daily press conference

There is no indication of when schools might reopen in Iowa. Ann Lebo, director of the Iowa Department of Education, made brief comments at Gov Kim Reynolds’ daily COVID-19 press conference Friday. Lebo reported a continuous learning task force came together Wednesday to discuss pathways for providing Iowa schools with immediate, scalable options for online and distance learning during this…

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Reynolds closes more retail business, extends disaster declaration two weeks

Iowa Gov Kim Reynolds on Thursday extended the public health disaster declaration through April 16 at 11:59 pm. Her original declaration on March 17 included a March 31 end date. Reynolds also expanded the public health emergency declaration to suspended all elective and non-essential medical and dental procedures, effective Friday, March 27, at 5 pm. The proclamation specifically names elective…

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Med center adds visitor restrictions

Greene County Medical Center first put visitor restriction in place for the long term care unit March 6, and placed restrictions on visitors throughout the building March 13. Effective Tuesday, March 24, further restrictions are in place. Visitors are not allowed unless he or she is a designated caregiver AND the patient falls into one of four of the following…

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Reynolds says stay the course, at least for now

Gov Kim Reynolds continues to encourage Iowans to wash their hands, avoid gathering in groups of more than 10, and stay home when they’re feeling ill. Doing that will work to avoid a “shelter in place” order in Iowa. At her daily press conference, Reynolds listed the metrics she is watching daily: the percentage of population 65 years and older;…

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Jeff council moves forward with trails project

Congratulates longtime city clerk Diane Kennedy on her retirement The Jefferson city council conducted “business as usual”, sort of, at its regular meeting March 24. The meeting was held via mayor Matt Gordon’s Zoom account. He, council member Harry Ahrenholtz, and city staff Mike Palmer, Diane Kennedy, Roxanne Gorsuch and Nick Sorensen were present in the council chambers. Council members…

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Supervisors handle business in person, public present via Zoom

~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline In response to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, the Greene County board of supervisors held its regular meeting Mar 23 in the closed courthouse with only the supervisors, auditor Jane Heun, and a few others present. The public and media had audio access to the meeting through telephone or computer connection available through zoom.us. This first…

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