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The Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District on Thursday reported three deaths linked to COVID-19, 163 new cases and 103 recoveries. The deceased – one man in his 60s and two men in their 80s – bring the total number of county deaths to 210. The three men had preexisting health conditions, officials said.  The 163 new cases are based on 59 polymerase chain reaction tests and 104 antigen tests.  Active cases total 2,066 (830 PCR cases and 1,236 antigen cases). A week ago on Dec. 31, combined active cases numbered 2,198.  The number of COVID-19 inpatients at Abilene facilities is 12...

Vials of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived Thursday at Hendrick Medical Center North. "This is the beginning of the end for this pandemic, I hope and pray," said Greg Perry, Hendrick pharmacy clinical manager, as he opened a box containing the vials in a video released by the health system. Hendrick received three boxes of 195 vials each, and at least five doses can be pulled from each vial, and possibly a sixth, Perry said. "This is our best opportunity today to end the shutdowns, to end having to wear masks, to end the pandemic and the pain and suffering that goes with it," Perry said. "...

Taylor now has reached 167 deaths. The deceased are two men: one in his 70s with preexisting conditions and the other in his 60s with unknown medical predisposition, officials reported. The average age of all deceased is 77. The county has reported 50 COVID-19-linked deaths in December, compared to 41 in November and 16 in October.  The 125 new cases are based on 65 polymerase chain reaction tests and 60 antigen tests.  Active cases number 2,440 (943 PCR cases and 1,497 antigen cases), which is 177 fewer than the total of 2,617 reported a week ago on Dec. 9.   COVID-19 inpatients at A...

Dec 14, 2020 MOORLAND — Sandra “Sandy” (Moe) Johnson of Fremont, age 72, passed away peacefully at home. She was the eldest child of Moorland, IA farmers, Howard and Donna (Lang) Moe. She graduated from Prairie High School in 1966 and attended Iowa Central Community College. Sandy transferred to the University of Northern Iowa and earned a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education in 1970. She taught school for several years in Waterloo, IA, where she met and married John C. Johnson in 1974. In 1974, the newly dubbed “Mrs. Johnson” moved to Fremont where she raised her two daughte...