The Grundy County Health Department reports another COVID-19-related death, bringing the total to 41. COVID-19 cases increased by two since June 7th, making a total of 1,133. The number of active cases dropped by two to seventeen. Eight hundred seventy-nine cases have been confirmed. The Grundy County Health Department will hold a Johnson and Johnson […]
COVID-19 cases have increased by 20 in Livingston County since June 3rd, which makes the total 1,811. The health center notes 132 cases are active, which is down one. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ website shows Livingston County’s PCR positivity rate at 20.6% for the last seven days using the Centers for […]
The Associated Press reports a Kirksville man has been convicted of murder after prosecutors argued he encouraged another man to shoot a victim. Twenty-year-old Andrew Head was found guilty June 3 of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the February 2019 death of 17-year-old Izaiha McFarland at a Kirksville apartment. The case was continued […]
COVID-19 cases have increased by 46 in Linn County since May 28th. The health department reports there have been 1,528 total cases. The number of active cases dropped by six to 179. As of June 2nd, 4,042 Linn County residents had initiated a COVID-19 vaccine series. Three thousand four hundred sixty-one residents had completed a […]
The Livingston County Health Center reports 24 COVID-19 cases have been added since June 1st, making the total 1,769. One hundred thirty-two cases are active. The health center notes 29.6% of Livingston County residents are fully vaccinated, and 33.8% have had at least one dose. Last week, 29% of county residents were fully vaccinated, and […]
Linn County Health Department has received notification from the state of Missouri that the Indian variant of COVID-19 is circulating in Linn County. Both variants are highly contagious. B.1.617.2-Indian is labeled a variant of interest by the CDC, seems to take a smaller viral load to infect and may be up to 50 percent more […]
Livingston County Health Center has announced lab confirmation from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services of both U.K. and Indian variants of COVID-19 circulating in Livingston County. B.1.1.7-UK is labeled a variant of concern by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and has shown to be 50 percent more contagious than […]
Amid a light but persistent rain this morning, a flag-raising ceremony took place at the flag pole of the one-room Baker School, among the properties of the Grundy County Historical Society. Seven members of the VFW Post 919 in Trenton participated in raising the U.S. flag, the officer of the day, three members took part […]
COVID-19 cases have increased by 122 in Linn County since May 24th. The health department reports there have been 1,482 total cases, and 185 are active. Nearly 4,000 (3,999) Linn County residents have initiated a COVID-19 vaccine series, and 3,428 have completed a vaccine series. You can find more detailed information in this article from […]
The Livingston County Health Center has announced the results from its curbside COVID-19 testing event on May 28th. Out of 71 tests administered, 15 were positive, and 56 were negative. The health center reports 22 cases have been added since May 27th, and another death has been added. That makes the total number of cases […]
COVID-19 cases have increased by six since May 27th for Grundy County, bringing the total to 1,108. The health department reports 28 cases are active. Eight hundred fifty-four cases have been confirmed. There have been 40 COVID-19-related deaths reported for Grundy County. Health Department Administrator Elizabeth Gibson reports there have been three breakthrough COVID-19 cases […]
The Grundy County Health Department reports nine new COVID-19 cases were added on May 26th, which is the most cases in a single day since January 31st. The total number of cases is 1,102. Eight hundred forty-nine cases have been confirmed, and 22 are active. Twenty-three point one percent of Grundy County residents are fully […]
The Livingston County Health Center reports 25 COVID-19 cases have been added since May 25th, bringing the total to 1,663. One hundred forty-one cases are active. The health center notes the fully vaccinated rate for Livingston County is 29%, and 33.3% have received at least one dose. Last week, 26.9% were fully immunized, and 32.6% […]
The Livingston County Health Center reports 21 COVID-19 cases have been added since May 24, bringing the total to 1,638. One hundred thirty-three cases are active. The health center reported May 24th the 58th COVID-19-related death for Livingston County.
A Chillicothe man faces felony charges after a two-vehicle accident in Livingston County on May 23 that the Highway Patrol reports caused the death of a Hale man. Thirty-three-year-old Steven Lee Wilson has been charged with driving while intoxicated, death of another, and DWI, serious physical injury. Bond was originally set at $50,000 cash only, […]
Four COVID-19 cases have been added in Caldwell County since May 19th, which brings the total to 922. The health department reported the afternoon of May 21st that eight cases were active, and there had been 14 COVID-19-related deaths. COVID-19 cases increased by three in Harrison County. The county’s COVID-19 dashboard shows 1,025 cases as […]
Grundy County Health Department Administrator Elizabeth Gibson gave COVID-19 update at the Trenton Rotary Club meeting on May 20th. She reported several weeks of little to no activity in the county, but there had been 10 new cases in the last seven days. As of May 20th, there were eight active cases. There had been […]
The Livingston County Health Center on Thursday, May 20th reported another COVID-19-related death, bringing the total to 57. The number of active cases, 99, was also the highest it has been since the beginning of the pandemic. Seventeen cases were added since May 19th for a total of 1,578. The health center noted Livingston County […]
U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio) introduced bipartisan legislation to require states to report data on all child abuse-related deaths and develop recommendations to prevent child abuse deaths from occurring in the first place. The senators’ bill would provide policymakers and public health officials with a clearer picture of the number of […]
In response to catastrophic aquaculture losses due to major winter storms that hit states along the U.S. Gulf Coast in February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced a policy change that makes food fish, and other aquatic species eligible for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees and Farm-raised […]
