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Second Butler County resident positive for COVID-19
(Local News ~ 04/02/20)
Butler County has confirmed a second positive case of COVID-19. The results were received Wednesday night, said Emily Goodin with the Butler County Health Department. The test was performed on Monday, March 30, she said. The individual is self quarantining at home, Goodin siad...
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DESE: Fake letter on social media is April Fool's Day joke
(Local News ~ 04/02/20)
SIKESTON — A fake letter circulating on social media saying the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will not allow students to move on to the next grade level for the 2020-2021 due to school closures caused by COVID-19 is nothing but a cruel April Fool’s Day joke, according to DESE...
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Food Bank receives grant to hire displaced workers
(Local News ~ 04/02/20)
Sikeston — Missouri Foundation for Health has awarded a nearly $200,000 grant to the Southeast Missouri Food Bank to hire workers displaced by the coronavirus outbreak to help pack and distribute food to seniors and many families newly in need. The $198,720 grant will allow the food bank to hire 12 temporary employees to work full-time for the next 10 weeks to help sort, package and distribute food at the food bank’s Sikeston distribution center and at mobile food distributions held throughout its 16-county area.. ...
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New Madrid County has first confirmed COVID-19 case
(Local News ~ 04/02/20)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - The New Madrid County Health Department reported the county’s first positive case of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) Wednesday afternoon. According to a news release on the department’s Facebook page, the case is not travel-related. The patient is quarantined at home, officials said...
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Stoddard County confirms 7th case of COVID-19
(Local News ~ 04/02/20)
The Stoddard County Health Department has confirmed a seventh case of COVID-19 in Stoddard County. Stoddard County Health Center Director Ben Godwin confirmed the case Thursday morning. Godwin said this is a spouse of an existing case and the individual was already in quarantine...
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