Emergency crews responded in blizzard conditions to a garage fire at 909 W Madison Street Knoxville at approximately 11:02 Thursday morning. The deed to the property belongs to Steve and Cindy Glick. The Knoxville Fire Department arrived and found heavy black smoke coming from the structure, and made a fast attack to keep it contained to the garage. Chief Cal Wyman tells KNIA/KRLS News that the cause was electrical, and that damage was estimated at $35,000.
Other responding agencies included the Knoxville Township Rural Fire Department, Knoxville Police Department, Marion County Emergency Management, Alliant Energy, MidAmerican Energy, and the Knoxville Water Department.
Marion County health officials are ramping up communication with thousands of seniors who have registered for the COVID-19 vaccine but have not yet gotten calls to set appointments.
Those people will receive emails notifying them where they are on the list and an estimated time when they may be called to set an appointment. Those who do not have email addresses will get phone calls.
During their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, county commissioners emphasized that the local health department is not holding back vaccines. There is just more demand than supply right now.
Mark Lander, the local health department administrator, told commissioners that Marion has received 2,925 doses of vaccines from the state each week for the past three weeks.
Department of Health in Marion County moving vaccine operations to Paddock Mall
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The Department of Health in Marion County is moving its COVID-19 vaccination operations to Paddock Mall, located at 3100 Southwest College Road in Ocala, beginning on Tuesday.
The site, a joint venture with AdventHealth Ocala, Marion County Emergency Management, and Paddock Mall, will be available for vaccinations by appointment only.
The site at Paddock Mall will be a walk-up operation instead of a drive-through operation that other vaccination sites have used. People with vaccination appointments will park at the Paddock Mall entrance nearest the Belk department store entrance on Southwest College Road.