The Marshalltown Community School District confirmed eight new cases of COVID-19 among students and employees on Friday: • Total cases among students: six
Trevor Babcock
State lawmakers representing districts in Marshall County started work at the Iowa Capitol wrapped up the first week of the 2021 legislative session, but their work has only just begun.
State Rep. Dean Fisher (R-Montour) has served the 72nd district for the past seven years, while newly elected State Rep. Sue Cahill (D-Marshalltown) is serving the 71st district for the first time.
Fisher hopes to expand parental choice in the education system, develop a conservative budget, protect Second Amendment rights and push a pro-life amendment to rule against the Iowa Supreme Court’s to guarantee a right to an abortion in the Iowa constituion.
The Marshalltown Community School District confirmed 10 new cases of COVID-19 among students and employees on Friday:
⢠Total cases among students: seven
⢠Total cases among staff: three
Previous reports and the number of cases include Jan. 8, 16 cases; Jan. 5, one case; Dec. 27, seven cases; Dec. 19, 11 cases; Dec. 11, 13 cases; Dec. 4, 20 cases; Nov. 27, 18 cases; Nov. 20, 27 cases; Nov. 14, 24 cases; Nov. 7, 34 cases; Oct. 30, 13 cases; Oct. 23, six cases; Oct. 16, four cases; Oct. 9, five; Oct. 2, four; and Sept. 25, four.
The district started weekly COVID-19 case reports on Sept. 18, in which seven cases were confirmed.
A report on the number of COVID-19 cases within the district is shared weekly on Fridays. Each report shares the total number of new, confirmed cases among students and staff members throughout the district since the time of the previous report.
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Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers her Condition of the State address before a joint session of the Iowa Legislature, Tuesday, at the Statehouse in Des Moines.
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Condition of the State address gave Marshalltown Community School District Superintendent Theron Schutte a lot to think about.
In her Tuesday address, Reynolds said she wants to require school districts to offer 100 percent in-person student attendance to parents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Tonight, I am asking the legislature to immediately send a bill to my desk that gives parents the choice to send their children back to school full time,” she said. “We can’t wait any longer. And our kids can’t wait any longer.”
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Marshalltown City Council members were in attendance in person for the first time in about two months. Everyone in attendance was required to wear a mask.
The Marshalltown City Council was presented the first draft of its Capital Improvement Plan for the next fiscal year during a meeting on Monday.
It was the first council meeting in about two months where a majority of the members were in person. All council members, staff and attendees were masked and socially distanced.
City Administrator Jessica Kinser gave the council an overview which will be revisited during the next meeting on Jan. 25.