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Board Discusses COVID Vaccine by Joseph Schany “We continue to stay pretty low with our county positivity rate,” began Sarah Strohman, Public Health director, updating the Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors on COVID numbers during Tuesday morning’s meeting. “Our current positivity rate in Palo Alto County is 2 percent. We currently have five active cases in the county.” According to Strohman, to date 1,179 total cases of COVID and 21 deaths have been reported in Palo Alto County, and the numbers seem to have become manageable. “I am super happy about that,” she said. Strohm...

Supervisors Approve Urban Renewal Expansion By Joseph Schany - | May 4, 2021 by Joseph Schany The Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing Tuesday, April 27 at the Courthouse Boardroom in Emmetsburg for the designation of the expanded Palo Alto County Industrial Park Urban Renewal Area and on the urban renewal plan amendment. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the meeting was also available telephonically. “We are adding the area where we are building the Palo Alto County Public Safety Center and we are putting that property into our Urban Renewal Area,” said Carmen Moser, P...

Board Denies CAFO Based on Neighbor Proximity By Joseph Schany - | May 4, 2021 by Joseph Schany The Palo Alto County Supervisors would deny the conditional use permit for a hog confinement near Greattinger during Tuesday’s regular session board meeting. The permit for a proposed 2,499 hog capacity finishing barn was denied because the site did not meet Palo Alto County’s Good Neighbor policy of a half-mile distance from residents. “The site does have one neighbor within the half-mile, and currently the Good Neighbor policy waiver has not been signed,” said Aletha King, Zoning, presen...

Board Reviews Ongoing COVID Vaccine Plans By Joseph Schany - | Jan 25, 2021 by Joseph Schany “We currently have 43 active cases of COVID-19 in Palo Alto County,” said Sarah Strohman, Palo Alto County Public Health, updating the Board of Supervisors during Tuesday morning’s regular session meeting. “We’ve had 904 total cases and there have been nine deaths as Monday, Jan. 18.” According to Strohman, Palo Alto County’s current 7-day positivity rate for the virus is 6 percent, while the 14-day percentage is 10 percent. “We’ve come down from last week,” said Strohman. “We ...

Supervisors Make Approvals for New Year, Discuss COVID-19 Vaccination Plan By Joseph Schany - | Jan 15, 2021 OATH OF OFFICE -- Elected Palo Alto County Officials completed the Oath of Office and were sworn in at Monday morning’s first 2021 Board of Supervisors meeting. Above, from left: Carmen Moser, County Auditor; Lynn Schultes, County Sheriff; Roger Faulstick, Board of Supervisors; and Ron Graettinger, Board of Supervisors. -- Joseph Schany photo by Joseph Schany The Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors met for the first time in the new year Monday, Jan. 4 to make approval...