Hardin County is preparing for more mail-in ballots this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and other county auditors encouraging absentee voting.
Less students in Iowa are receiving routine vaccinations, which has led to increasing concerns from state and local officials during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Iowa saw 10 million acres of farmland affected by the derecho last Monday, which damaged at least a third of the state's crops during the storms, Gov. Kim Reynolds said.
House Republicans continue to support the public safety of Iowa through multiple accomplishments that grant money to public safety areas and opposing ideas to abolish law enforcement, House Speaker Pat Grassley said on Facebook.
A 2014 vote to provide 10% of the Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) to improve the community with economic development gave the county the funding needed for economic growth, Hardin County Supervisors Board Chairman Lance Granzow said.