By Dave Bohl
(Des Moines, Iowa) Des Moines face mask mandate is no longer in effect.
Mayor Frank Cownie removed the mandatory face covering requirement in Des Moines Friday afternoon, effective immediately, in alignment with Centers for Disease Control recommendations.
On Thursday, the CDC said those fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer have to wear a mask indoors or outdoors or maintain social distancing.
Cownie says those who have not been vaccinated are encouraged to continue wearing a mask, but they are not required to do so.
Des Moines mask mandate had been in effect since March of last year.
Two dead in Des Moines shooting, one in custody msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
52-year-old Darrell Merriwether of Clive was found shot on Friday night, according to police. Author: Sarah Beckman, Local 5 News Published: 5:49 AM CST February 27, 2021 Updated: 6:09 PM CST March 3, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa Two suspects have been arrested in Des Moines first homicide of 2021.
Des Moines police were called to investigate a shooting around 11:20 p.m. on Friday. It happened in the 1100 block of 19th Street.
When emergency crews got to the scene, they found 52-year-old Darrell Merriwether of Clive with a gunshot wound. Des Moines Fire Department medics took Merriwether to MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center where he died a few hours later.
The mirage of school choice masks the hard work sorely needed in education Randall Balmer, Another View contributor
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As a graduate of Iowa public schools, I was saddened to read about the governor’s “school choice” proposal. Public education is one of our nation’s best ideas, and the persistent attempts on the part of politicians to undermine it with the misleading rhetoric of “choice” represents a real threat to the future of democracy.
Known as “common schools” in the 19th century, public schools were devised as a way for those on the margins of society to better themselves and become upwardly mobile. The also became the most logical place perhaps the only place where future generations, especially within a pluralistic context, could coexist with at least a measure of comity and learn the rudiments of democracy.