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Iowa is stepping up enforcement of mandates on social distancing and hygiene practices at bars and restaurants across the state.

No spitting, no post-game handshake and no mask requirements are among the list of recommendations the Iowa High School Athletic Association released for high school football to begin next month.

The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting 649 more COVID-19 cases and 10 more deaths in Iowa over the last 24 hours.

The state is still creating guidance for the waiver and it won’t be available until early August. It is assumed the Iowa Department of Public Health will not approve long term plans for a district to provide instruction primarily through remote learning, according to these documents.

Iowa Workforce Development reports 7,441 Iowans filed for unemployment between July 19 and July 25.

Tyson Foods is launching a new COVID-19 monitoring program and adding a chief medical officer position and nearly 200 nurses to its health staff.

The Iowa Board of Regents has approved $65.4 million in cuts to the state’s public universities in the latest blow to their budgets.

The confirmed death toll from the coronavirus in the U.S. has hit 150,000, by the far the highest toll in the world.

The Iowa Department of Education says it will rule next week on appeals filed by at least districts opposed to fully opening schools.

The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting 457 more COVID-19 cases and six more deaths in Iowa over the last 24 hours.

School officials at Evans Middle School announced distribution plans for remote learning laptops on Tuesday.

After Monday night’s Board of Education meeting to discuss Ottumwa’s “Return to Learn” plan, KYOU News sat down with Ottumwa Superintendent Michael McGrory to discuss how the upcoming school year could plan out.

The Corrections Department announced the death of another inmate who was infected with the coronavirus.

Iowa State has added Ball State to its 2020 home football schedule to replace the canceled Cy-Hawk Series game at Iowa.

People are getting seed packets in the mail without ordering them, causing fears it could be an invasive species.

The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting 253 more COVID-19 cases and nine more death in Iowa over the last 24 hours.

Hy-vee has kicked off its campaign to hand out three million free face masks to customers. The new initiative is called “Mask It Up to Shut COVID Down. It’s Your Choice.”

The state is reporting 469 more COVID-19 cases and three more death in Iowa over the last 24 hours.

Deep-pocketed and often anonymous donors are pouring over $100 million into an intensifying dispute about whether it should be easier to vote by mail.

Statistics on the illness caused by the novel coronavirus reported by the state showed similar trends as compared to the last several days, with several hundred additional cases identified since Friday morning along with additional deaths.

The Wapello County Extension Council and the Wapello Expo Board is contacting everyone who had preregistered for the Expo on one or more of these dates and had provided contact information.

Fareway Grocery Stores announced it plans to violate state law and refuse to take bottle and can returns when a state exemption expires on Sunday.

The high school football season in Iowa will be cutting part of the schedule and shifting some of the weeks around for the 2020 season.

Gov. Reynolds signed a proclamation Friday extending the public health disaster emergency another 30 days.

Japanese Beetles are common in the Midwest and they are known to eat a variety of plants.

The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting 491 more COVID-19 cases and five more death in Iowa over the last 24 hours.

The Van Buren County Fair is a small rural fair that we’re really focused on kids and exhibiting their livestock.

SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza talks about COVID-19 federal relief for small businesses.

Iowa’s three public universities are expecting to see a decline in enrollment that will exacerbate the financial losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

An organization of public health officials in Iowa is urging Governor Kim Reynolds to issue a statewide mask mandate as part of back-to-school plans.