10/15/20: Area Happenings & Accomplishments
October 15, 2020

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The quiz bowl season got off to a good start last Saturday at Unity Christian with a first place finish for the H-M-S varsity team. Pictured from left to right: Jagger Anliker, Christian Voss, Ben Haack, Sam Heyn and Gabe Bronstad.
COVID-19 positivity rates still high
O'Brien County's COVID-19 positivity rate decreased over the past week from 18.4 percent to 16.5 percent.
According to Iowa's coronavirus update page Tuesday night, the number of positive tests returned in O'Brien County over the last 14 days ranked No. 13 in Iowa. Clay County was No. 24 with a 13.1 positivity rate.
The total number of deaths associated with COVID-19 remained the same over the past week in O'Brien County (9) and Clay County (4). Overall, O'Brien County has had 526 total confirmed coronavirus cases since Marc...
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