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Keokuk & Montrose Organizations Awarded Iowa Grant

Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful Announce Keokuk's Great River Players and Montrose Riverfront as 2020 Grant Awards (March 23, 2020) - Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful announced the grant awards for the 2020 Paint Iowa Beautiful program. The program provides free paint to a wide variety of public service projects throughout Iowa. Keokuk's "Great River Players" was announced as one of the awardees for their Kantamneni Building after […]

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IL Governor To Issue State Wide “Shelter In Place” Saturday

The following was announced to the media today via the Chicago Tribune Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker plans to issue a “shelter-in-place” order for the entire state starting Saturday, essentially commanding residents to stay in their homes as the officials take drastic measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus, sources told the Tribune. Pritzker is expected to announce the directive at a 3 p.m. Friday news conference along with Chicago Mayor Lori […]

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Quincy’s Blessing Hospital: Confirmed Case of COVID-19

Blessing Health Systems in Quincy released and confirmed the first positive case of COVID-19 by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Adams County Health Department this afternoon. The individual is a male in his 30's to 40's who was tested after recent travel exposure. He was tested at Blessing Hospital on Saturday March 14th and has since been under self-quarantine at his home awaiting test results. Blessing representatives […]

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Lee Co. Emergency Management: Consider Donating Personal Protect Equipment to Assist in COVID-19 Response

For Immediate Release via Lee County Emergency Management Coordinator Steve Cirinna Businesses and organizations are urged to donate personal protective equipment, or PPE, by contacting their local the county emergency management agency. The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) is encouraging Iowa businesses and organizations to donate extra personal protective equipment to assist health care providers and health care facilities responding to COVID-19. "This an unprecedented public health disaster, and […]

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Montrose Closings

Press Release – March 18, 2020 City of Montrose Announces Closures Due to COVID-19 In accordance with directives and recommendations from Governor Reynolds, the Iowa Department of Public Health, and the Center for Disease Control the City of Montrose effective Wednesday, March 18, will close the Montrose Library, the Ivor Fowler Community Center, and the Montrose Gym until April 13, 2020, at which time the situation will be revaluated or […]

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University of Iowa to Extended Classroom Closure; Virtual Study The Remained Of The Semester

The following statement has been put out by the University of Iowa: Dear members of the UI community, Now that we have received word of community spread in Iowa and Johnson County in particular, the University of Iowa, in coordination with the Board of Regents and the state, is taking additional steps to help mitigate the transmission of COVID-19. The situation has and likely will continue to change quickly, and […]

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SNAP & Expensify Partner To Assist Families In Need

Federal Program partners with Expensify.org For Assistance to SNAP Families Radio Keokuk has learned of a partnership formed between SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and Expensify.org to help families in need at this time. The following information was received from David Barret, President of Expensify: These are unprecedented times, and it's inspiring to see communities rising to the challenge. However, not everyone has the resources to "shelter in place" especially […]

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