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NEWS 2 17 21: C-19 Latest, Power Outages Criticized, Legislative Updates, RAGBRAI, and More

2.17.21: Iowa Governor Kim Reynold s comments on the COVID-19 Pandemic Earlier this month, Iowa was near the bottom in the country for vaccination rates. The Governor says the CDC now ranks Iowa 22nd in the nation and suspects Iowa is doing even better than that recent ranking with almost 500,000 vaccinations. Reynolds says Iowa will get 62,000 more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine next week. That’s up 24%. Also, the White House wants more vaccination clinics on weekends and Governor Reynolds says she fully supports this plan to allow people to get the vaccine during convenient times. Nebraska expects more than 60,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to be available in the state this week as officials continue to focus on vaccinating everyone 65 and older across Nebraska. It’s not yet clear how many doses will be allocated this week to a new federal program that is distributing some virus shots through select pharmacies. Last week, that program received 5,700 doses of the vaccines.

NEWS 2 16 21: Power Problems, Arctic Impact on Local School, C-19 Vaccine Update, and More

SPM NEWS 2.16.21 - 3:04PM A second day of Arctic temperatures across Middle America have prompted rolling power outages Tuesday morning in Nebraska and a call for energy conservation in Iowa. Residents in Nebraska experiences some of the coldest weather they ve seen early Tuesday, putting a strain on the power grid that saw the state s power utilities implementing rolling outages. Nebraska’s largest utilities the Omaha and Nebraska Public Power Districts said the planned power outages were over by midmorning and they were working to restore power to all customers. But more outages could be required later in the day.  A spokesperson for MidAmerican Energy says the company is well-equipped to continue to deliver uninterrupted energy to electric customers during this cold snap. The rolling outage situation is affecting electric customers served by utilities connected to the Southern Power Pool system, which includes some areas in Iowa. MidAmerican Energy customer are connected

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