Plans are underway to build Sapphire Lake, an over $650 million project featuring a 1000-acre development project complete with a 380 acre artificial lake south of Grinnell. However, the colossal project, projected to support 3,681 jobs and a $400 million increase in the property tax base, has yet to meet its funding goal and.
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COVID-19 cases in Poweshiek County have dropped from a weekly average of 27.9 cases per day between November and January to an average of just one case per day as of late April. Despite the drop in cases being largely the result of residents getting vaccinated against the virus, vaccination rates across Poweshiek County have stagnated in recent weeks, due to some residents’ hesitancy to get the vaccine.
Poweshiek County was
one of 80 Iowa counties that declined some or all of their COVID-19 vaccine allocation for the week of May 3, after reduced demand from County residents. Yet only