Central City schools pivot to all online learning amid COVID spread
District leadership, teachers, and staff adapt to a fully online week, delaying in person return through Dec 11 after alerting Iowa education officials. Elementary students transition to virtual learning with one teacher, while middle and high school classes stay in homerooms. Absent rates top 16 percent for illness and quarantine as drivers, cooks, and substitutes are in short supply. Principal Jason McLaughlin and Superintendent Tim Cronin highlight camaraderie and inventive programs like Fun Fridays and Chopped style challenges to sustain morale and learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClelland
Jason McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Iowa Department of Education
Tim Cronin
Cronin
Central City
Vaughn McClelland
Central City Community
Liz Martin
the Gazette
Closest Iowa House Race Looms After Certification
With 394000 votes cast, the tightest U.S. House race in Iowa in over a century remains unresolved as the AP delays declaring a winner. Rita Hart pursues the House mechanism after state court contest options paused by deadlines, while Miller-Meeks campaigns in Washington for her seat in the district including Iowa City, Davenport and Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Associated Press
Hart
Towans
U.S. House
Congress
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Alan Ostergren
Miller-Meeks
Rita Hart
Nancy Pelosi
House Committee On Administration
House
Jasper
Lucas
Miller- Meeks
Scott County
Miller-Meeks and
Washington, D.C
Iowa City
Burlington
Davenport
Hospitals Offer Bonuses And Temp Licenses To Bolster Nursing Staff
Hospitals and state agencies are offering bonuses and temporary emergency licenses to attract nurses back or into critical care roles. Methodist Hospital plans 25 interns to work with COVID-19 patients with restricted tasks. Mayo Clinic and Iowa efforts fast track nursing graduates, while Aspirus Health Care offers signing bonuses up to 15000 dollars. Travel nurses are in high demand with salaries up to 6200 dollars weekly and 31000 open positions nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMillan
Minnesota
Methodist Hospital
Minneapolis
Tina Kvalheim
Landon Brown
Des Moines
Minnesota State University
Mankato
Mayo Clinic
Brown
US College of Nursing
Iowa Board of Nursing
Anita Nicholson
Nicholson
Wausau
Wis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Central City High School
Grace
King
Thegazette
Central City Community School
U.S
The
April Hansen
San Diego
Aya Healthcare
Hansen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!