Local healthcare facilities working to limit exposure

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REMOTE VISITS Sanford Rock Rapids provider Brenda Vis connects remotely with a patient via an iPad in the clinic. The new visit format was put in place in order to see patients who wish to avoid going to the clinic for their healthcare during the coronavirus pandemic....

New proclamation continues public health emergency

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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a new proclamation Thursday, March 26, continuing the state public health emergency declaration, suspending elective and nonessential medical and dental procedures, extending and expanding retail business closures, ordering health care...

Gerrit Klarenbeek

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Gerrit Klarenbeek 80 Rock Valley, Iowa March 28, 2020 Gerrit Klarenbeek, 80, of Rock Valley, Iowa, died Saturday, March 28, 2020, at Hegg Health Center in Rock Valley. Private family funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, with interment in Valley View...

Loretta Schlumbohm

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Loretta Schlumbohm 103 Alvord, Iowa March 29, 2020 Loretta Schlumbohm, 103, of Alvord, Iowa, died Sunday, March 29, 2020 at Lyon Specialty Care in Rock Rapids. Due to mass gathering restrictions as a result of spread of COVID-19, a celebration of life service is being...