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Chastity Laskey, USA TODAY NETWORK Des Moines County has administered more than 26,557 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, as of April 13, according to data from the Iowa Department of Public Health. That's up 12% from the previous week's tally of 23,651 COVID-19 doses administered. In Des Moines County, 24% of people living in Des Moines County are fully vaccinated as of April 13. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers someone fully vaccinated two weeks after they've been given a single-dose shot (Johnson & Johnson) or a second shot (either Pfizer or Moderna). Iowa reported 357,...

The Hawk Eye Assuming all goes according to plan, Des Moines County 99 will get a lot of tender loving care over the next five years. County Engineer Brian Carter's $22 million roads plan for Fiscal Years 2022-26 includes $6 million in road projects just on DMC 99 and $2.5 million for a bridge over Dry Branch Creek, which is located about a mile north of Flint Creek. "It's a major project," Carter said of the Dry Branch Creek bridge. Iowa Code 309.22 requires the board of supervisors must submit a plan for road construction for the upcoming fiscal year, as well as the proceeding four fisc...

Burlington hopeful scenic byway designation will help city Follow Us Question of the Day By JULIE PEITZ NICKELL and LAIGHA ANDERSON - Associated Press - Saturday, March 6, 2021 BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) - Iowa’s Great River Road, a National Scenic Byway that runs through Burlington, has earned a new distinction by the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Federal Highway Administration. On Feb. 16, the road, along with 14 other scenic byways, received the designation of All-American Road, the first such ...

Southeast Iowa auditors struggle to make sense of elections bill The Hawk Eye A bill sitting on Gov. Kim Reynolds desk leaves southeast Iowa county auditors asking one question — why changes Iowa's election laws? The bill, formally known as Senate File 413, includes sweeping changes to Iowa's election laws regarding how elections must be conducted. "There's checks and balances in the system we have now," Des Moines County Auditor Terri Johnson told The Hawk Eye Thursday. "Some people just don't understand the system and what we do." According to Johnson, people throughout the state familiar...

The designation opens the stretch of road in Burlington that includes Cascade Bridge to federal grant opportunities. The Hawk Eye Iowa's Great River Road, a National Scenic Byway that runs through Burlington, has earned a new distinction by the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Federal Highway Administration. On Feb. 16, the road, along with 14 other scenic byways, received the designation of All-American Road, the first such upgrade by the FHA since 2009. "I think it's outstanding, it's huge," Burlington Mayor Jon Billups told The Hawk Eye Thursday. "They don't make those design...