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MARSHALL, Ill. (WTWO/WAWV) — A local effort to provide food and clothing to the community is getting a much needed upgrade. Marshall’s food and clothing pantry currently operates out of a small building located at the county fairgrounds next to the city pool. The food pantry began back in 1992. What started with a few [.] ....
Reporter MARSHALL Â While there’s hope on the horizon for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities in southwest Minnesota are still waiting for wider vaccine distribution, a group of area mayors told U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar this week. “Getting the vaccine out quicker has to happen,” Luverne Mayor Pat Baustain said. While front-line hospital workers and residents of some nursing homes in the region have received their first doses of COVID-19 vaccine, other vulnerable residents have yet to get theirs. “I think there is frustration about the timing and availability” of COVID-19 vaccines, especially for residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities, said Marshall Mayor bob Byrnes. ....