Iowa has been seeing a rise in cases which recently led the governer to issue a statewide mask mandate. From des moines, this is 30 minutes. Governor reynolds good morning. Over the last seven days iowa has seen an increase of more than 22,000 new covid19 cases and an average statewide Positivity Rate of 17. 5 . This is a decrease from the seven days prior when new cases totaled 36,000. And the average Positivity Rate was 28 . At a county level, were seeing that Positivity Rates are beginning to stabilize in maybe areas and these many areas and these are welcome signs and while we may be cautiously optimistic, we have a whole lot of work to do to bring the numbers down to a level where we can safely manage the virus while getting life back to normal. Hospitalizations remain high across the state. But yesterday was the first day and weeks where we saw a slight decrease in the overall number of iowans hospitalized. So this gives us hope as well. But one day is far, far, far from a downwa
Cases which recently resulted in a mask mandate. This is 30 minutes from des moiness. Governor reynolds good morning. Over the last seven days iowa has seen an increase of more than 22,000 new covid19 cases and an average statewide Positivity Rate of 17. 5 . This is a decrease from the seven days prior when new cases totaled 36,000. Cases totaled 36,000. And the average Positivity Rate was 28 . At a county level, were seeing that Positivity Rates are beginning to stabilize in maybe areas and these many areas and these are welcome signs and while we may be cautiously optimistic, we have a whole lot of work to do to bring the numbers down to a level where we can safely manage the virus while getting life back to normal. Hospitalizations remain high across the state. But yesterday was the first day and weeks where we saw a slight decrease in the overall number of iowans hospitalized. So this gives us hope as well. But one day is far, far, far from a downward trend. Over the next week, it
This is a decrease from the seven days prior when new cases totaled 36,000. And the average Positivity Rate was 28 . At a county level, were seeing that Positivity Rates are beginning to stabilize in maybe areas and these many areas and these are welcome signs and while we may be cautiously optimistic, we have a whole lot of work to do to bring the numbers down to a level where we can safely manage the virus while getting life back to normal. Hospitalizations remain high across the state. But yesterday was the first day and weeks where we saw a slight decrease in the overall number of iowans hospitalized. So this gives us hope as well. But one day is far, far, far from a downward trend. Over the next week, it will be critical that we see hospitalization rates begin to stabilize. Every day we are monitoring it closely and working directly with hospitals and Health Care Systems, to understand their situations and assist as needed. The vast majority of those hospitals continue to be of th
Hawkeye game or if you happen to be in cedar rapids for the first half of the day, the farmers market. Whatever you have planned the weather is sure to cooperate. Even into the evening hours weve got seemingly perfect weather. Temperatures will drop down into the 50s overnight and skies will begin to clear even more. So sunday is going to be even better. Mostly sunny skies and a high of 79. Today partly sunny. Wind w 515. High 75 alo 75 dbq 75 iow 75 72 to 78 tonight mostly clear. Wind w 510. Low 54 alo 54 dbq 54 iow 54 51 to 57 thanks britley. Six people including two Philadelphia Police this morning after an overnight shooting. The shootout ended with Police Shooting and killing the suspect in an alley. And started shooting around 11 30 last night. Shots hit sergeant sylvia young multiple times on her protective vest. She shooter also wounded university of pennsylvania officer ed miller. Both are in stable condition. After running away, police say the shooter injured a secuirty guard
Two Council Members who both say theyve been completely in the dark about it, and are frustrated. Councilmen Steve Schmitt says the mayor never contacted any of the Council Members to let them know what was happening. He says hes troubled by a lack of transparency and communication among city leaders. 23 55 42;20 this is not how this has normally gone, i mean weve had some other Department Heads over the last ten years that have gotten relieved of their duties shall we say and all of those situations councilmembers knew about it before it actually happened but it also didnt happen when the mayor a defense of the mayor i guess he didnt announce it, director trelka, i mean its just odd how this whole thing has evolved just this past sunday, a Des Moines Register editorial criticized the Waterloo Police department. The Editorial Board called on the Us Department of justice to step in to restore trust between police and people. This comes after the city reached settlements in several cases