Reynolds urges COVID vaccination amid mask guideline frustration
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds again urges residents to vaccinate as best defense against COVID and its variants. She criticizes changing CDC mask guidance as counterproductive, noting many Iowa counties face substantial or high transmission and that masks may be required in schools even with vaccination. The state reports 308 new cases daily, and about 65 percent of residents 18 and up have at least one vaccine dose.
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Iowa reports weekly COVID surge with 2157 cases and 13 deaths
Iowa posted 2,157 new COVID-19 infections and 13 deaths in the past week as the state moved to weekly reporting. Vaccinations rose with over 9,500 more people fully vaccinated, reaching 1,479,084 eligible residents. Major county increases occurred in Polk, Black Hawk, Linn, and Scott, while age groups 41 to 60, 61 to 80, and over 80 were most affected. One long term care facility faced an outbreak with three or more cases.
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Capitol Digest Health and Politics News Roundup
Gov Kim Reynolds defends slow filling of Health Board vacancies amid calls for timely appointments. She cites need for political geographic and gender balance. Democrats call pandemic response inadequate. Reynolds monitors Big 12 realignment as Iowa State weighs options with Texas and Oklahoma. Iowa DNR to conduct roadside pheasant counts Aug 1–15 on 218 routes. survey tracks pheasants and other wildlife with results posted later. Vincent Duncan, 75, dies in a Coralville hospice while serving a 25-year Tama County sentence for second-degree assault.
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Slipknot founding drummer Joey Jordison dies at 46
Des Moines native and Slipknot founder Joey Jordison, influential drummer and songwriter, died at age 46. The family said he passed away peacefully in his sleep with no disclosed cause. Jordison helped launch Slipknot in 1995 and rose to fame on tours and albums including the self titled 1999 release and Iowa in 2001. He was dismissed from the band in 2013 amid public statements about his health.
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