Bird flu declaration extended for O'Brien Co.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds last week extended a disaster proclamation for O'Brien County and four others due to the ongoing threat of bird flu.

Other counties included in the extension were Palo Alto, Sac, Sioux and Worth. Bird flu was confirmed in a commercial laying flock in O'Brien County on Dec. 14, which was the eighth detection of the virus in Iowa of 2024. Two days later it was confirmed in flocks in Sioux, Worth and Monona counties.

Flocks with confirmed infections are destroyed to hamper the spread of the virus. The governor's disaster declaration allows state resources from Iowa Homeland...