Local residents will soon have another place to go when they worry they may be getting sick. Starting on Monday, Hy-Vee Pharmacy, 115 S. 29th St., will offer rapid antigen COVID-19 testing with patients receiving same day test results in as little as one to two hours, according to a press ...

With active COVID-19 spread in the community, Webster County Public Health is asking residents to avoid gathering in large groups for Christmas and New Year’s celebrations to help curb future exposures to the virus. The department encourages residents to plan virtual celebrations ...

The Webster County Board of Supervisors will not yet be voting on a resolution to approve a mask mandate enforcement regulation that was passed by the Webster County Board of Health last week. On Monday, the county announced that the Board of Health is taking another look at the regulation ...

There has been an increase of 29 new COVID-19 cases in Webster County since Friday, according to Webster County Public Health. The county’s cumulative case total is now 4,240 with 198 currently open and in isolation. Also since Friday, Webster County Public Health reported that three ...

Last week, Moderna asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize use of its COVID-19 vaccine after reporting 94 percent efficacy in its trial. This comes on the heels of both Pfizer and AstraZeneca announcing that their respective coronavirus vaccines are 90 percent or more ...

Webster County Public Health reported 177 new COVID-19 cases in the last four days. In the same week, the Iowa Department of Public Health said four more in the county have died from the virus, bringing the county’s death toll to 39. Well over half of the county’s total number of deaths ...