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Retired Army Master Sergeant Edward C. "Curt" Hartilieb II will replace Adam Caudle as director of Louisa Countys Veterans Service Office.

Details on two preventative health programs in Iowa were presented to the Louisa County Board of Health (BOH) on Tuesday.

The breakdown of the Woodland Trailer Park’s water system has left 54 trailers with little or no water for the past 10 days.

Under the grant change that was implanted this fiscal year, the state funds are now to be used for public health services and not home health. This will mean the county funds that had been used for p…

Although the policy has been in effect for nearly six years, one issue that apparently still is irritating some homeowners is that the policy does not apply to systems that were installed prior to 2016.

Comments from the public can be incorporated into the final draft plan up to about one week before the public hearing.

According to the audit, area schools registered 2,017 total students enrolled in 2021 and 1,950, or 96.68% had immunization certificates. Another 25 students, 1.24%, had provisional certificates, meaning they had received partial immunizations or were transfers from another district.

Five key themes dealing with economic prosperity, embracing community, resilient infrastructure and services, quality housing and quality of life will be accompanied by 16 goals.

Smith said two gray areas in the policy remain — how to handle the health service’s contract workers and settling on a contingency plan with mitigation measures, including any testing regimen.

County sanitarians Bruce Hudson and Brian Thye told members of the Louisa County Board of Health during their regular meeting on Tuesday that Phase 1 of the Water Infrastructure Fund could aid in providing sewer facilities to residents in at least six unsewered communities in the county.