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Des Moines, IA (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds canceled official activities Thursday and Friday due to an illness but her spokesman says she tested negative for COVID-19. Reynolds was absent from the Condition of the Guard address Thursday morning in the Iowa House by Iowa National Guard Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Ben Corell. Alex Murphy, the governor's spokesman, says Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg would attend the speech as well as a later event and sign a proclamation at the Iowa Capitol. Murphy noted all other events were canceled for Thursday and Friday. Reynolds has been vaccinated and receive...

Watch live as Maj. Gen. Ben Corell, the Iowa National Guard adjutant general, delivers the annual Condition of the Guard address at the Iowa statehouse at 10 a.m. Thursday.

The Iowa National Guard finished the year above its authorized strength level but remains focused on maintaining on "fielding a competent and ready force" amid the state's workforce shortage

“Members must decide either to get vaccinated, or to be forced to leave military service," said Major General Ben Corell in his Conditon of the Guard speech.

DES MOINES -- How can Iowa persuade more people to move here, live here and work here?