Julia Whitcomb News Today

If we did the shutdown. He makes it sound like it was a different era where he was predicting 60,000 deaths. It was two weeks ago. April 19th he thought there would be 60,000 deaths. Were already at 67,000 deaths. The daily count of new deaths is stubbornly high. Its worth noting that this is without even knowing whether there will be any effects from the states around the country that decided to reopen. This is not a one size fits all pandemic. About onethird of the states are seeing a rise in ...

Watonwan County Public Health continues vaccine rollouts with local vaccine clinics St. James Plaindealer On Thursday morning inside the Northside Gym, Watonwan County Public Health continued to roll out vaccines, administering over 250 combined first and second doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. "Weve had a really good turnout of individuals really interested in the vaccine," said Community Health Services Manager/CHS Administrator Julia Whitcomb. "We havent wasted a single dose in the co...

St. James Plaindealer Last Thursday, members of St. James school district staff and Watonwan County Public Health meet to put together a plan for returning to remote learning, as cases in Watonwan County continue to reach their highest levels. "The numbers in the county, school, and zip code have gone up exponentially," opened Superintendent Dr. Steve Heil. The week of Nov. 9th, the district sent home 36 students. Four kids at Armstrong, 15 from the middle school/high school, and 17 from Nort...