The Hartley Sentinel-The Everly/Royal News - Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

Though the number of confirmed cases remains low, O'Brien County health officials are encouraging the public to stay the course in preventing the spread of COVID-19.

As of Wednesday morning, O'Brien County had 17 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Neighboring Sioux County had 100 cases while Osceola County had 23, Clay County had nine and Cherokee County had six. The extreme outlier in northwest Iowa remains Woodbury County, which had nearly 2,000 confirmed cases as of Wednesday. The county is home to Sioux City and has experienced a spike in infections due to an outbreak at nearby Tyson Fresh Me...