COGGON, Iowa — A Chicago man who allegedly shot and wounded a sheriff’s deputy after robbing an Iowa gas station was captured and charged Monday after eluding authorities during a 14-hour manhunt. Stanley L. Donahue, 36, was taken into custody Monday afternoon just north of Coggon, Iowa, where the robbery and shooting took place at a Casey’s General Store on …
— Two neighboring counties in rural northern Missouri are seeing big increases in COVID-19 cases, spikes blamed in part on new variants of the virus, and in part on the behavior of residents. The COVID-19 hub for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on Wednesday showed Livingston County with 348 cases per 100,000 residents over for the seven-day …
Oregon Public Health Workers Race To Vaccinate 'Extreme Risk' Counties Enlarge this image toggle caption Katia Riddle/Katia Riddle Katia Riddle/Katia Riddle In Linn County, Ore., public health officials have worked tirelessly to build an efficient mass vaccination clinic at the County Fairgrounds. "We have tons of extra doses, and people aren't coming in unfortunately," says County Public Health Director Todd …
Tisha Coleman has lived in close-knit Linn County, Kansas, for 42 years and never felt so alone. “What we’ve taken for granted for 100 years in public health is now very much in doubt,” said Lawrence Gostin, an expert in public health law at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. THE MASK FIGHT IN KANSAS The public health workforce in Kansas …
