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When you drive into Clarion on Highway 3, you will now be greeted by new welcome signs! There are two signs on the east and west side of town. Pictured here is the east sign, located right before the cemetery. The signs were commissioned by the Clarion Chamber and made by Nagel Signs out of Marshalltown. Chamber Director Ali Disney said the signs cost about $21,000 and were funded by events like the Chamber golf outing and hoedown in addition to grant money from the hotel/motel tax and Wright County Charitable Foundation. Private donors also contributed.

During the Monday meeting of the Wright County Board of Supervisors, during the weekly COVID update, Sandy McGrath said the county is at 1,343 cases as of Monday. She anticipates numbers to go up in the next weeks due to the holidays. She added that public health is gearing up for the upcoming vaccines which she anticipates being available to prioritized groups by the end of the year. She estimated that the general public may have a chance to get it by later spring. McGrath also encouraged people to get the flu vaccine if they have not already.

The first doses of COVID-19 vaccine may reach Iowa as early as next week.

     Governor Kim Reynolds gave an update on the status of vaccine distribution on Thursday, December 3, detailing when the first doses are tentatively scheduled to arrive, how many the state will be receiving, and who will get them.

     Two vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are racing through the federal approval process and are expected to receive emergency approvals from the FDA within the next few days.