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Nick Baldetti resigned as director of the Reno County Health Department in July. He left to head an effort to establish a school of health at McPherson College. It was a good opportunity, Baldetti said, but he likely would have stayed to see the department through the pandemic if not for the 80-hour work weeks, the hostile political environment and the threats to his family. “I had the local police watching my house because my family was home and I was not,” said Baldetti, who also served as the department’s health officer. “There was a period of time that I had escorts to and from work.” Baldetti, like his counterparts across the state, spent years preparing to deal with a public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. He never imagined that when the moment arrived he would encounter such antagonism for simply doing his job.
Source: KSN-TV
The number of active COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Kiowa County last week, creating a need for adjustments at the Haviland Grade School as multiple staff members became identified as positive cases. Mark Clodfelter, USD 422 Haviland Grade School superintendent and principal, said the school has had multiple staff members affected by the coronavirus. They had enough substitutes to cover all of their classes, but the district was short on transportation staff …
Source: Leavenworth Times
The novel coronavirus scuttled a public open house, but Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy celebrated 10 years of operation at its nacelle and hub assembly facility in Hutchinson on Thursday by serving a barbecue lunch to employees.Since opening, the Hutchinson facility has completed nearly 5,000 nacelles, shipping to 16 U.S. states, as well as Canada, Chile and Peru. Those nacelles could cumulatively generate enough electricity to power more than 3.8 million homes …
Source: Local – The Hutchinson News
Iola Public Library has added a new service: circulating Internet hotspots. The hotspots bring an Internet connection into a home or other location and allow computers or devices to connect to it via wi-fi. There are currently five hotspots available to check out. Later this month, an additional 10 “smart hotspots” should be available. T-Mobile/Sprint is the carrier. Funding for the hotspots comes from a Broadband Partnership Adoption Grant through the Kansas Department of Commerce using CARES Act, or federal coronavirus relief, funds. The regular hotspots are suitable for those who have smartphones, computers, tablets or other devices with wi-fi capability. Those who have no computers or other devices can check out the smart hotspots, since besides bringing the Internet connection, they are themselves a device which can be used.
Source: The Iola Register
Governor Laura Kelly and the State of Kansas on Thursday launched a COVID-19 public health campaign called “Stop the Spread. It’s Up to Us, Kansas.” The campaign shares the importance of getting tested, wearing masks and encourages social distancing this holiday season to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. Included in the campaign is a new testing website, GoGetTested.com/Kansas, that quickly identifies free testing locations throughout the state.
Source: KAKE – News
Two northeast Kansas counties on Thursday rejected at least part of the new federal and state guidelines for shortening the time people are quarantined after they’re possibly exposed to COVID-19. New guidance Wednesday from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said people who’ve been exposed to coronavirus and show no symptoms but don’t get tested can end their quarantines after 10 days, instead of 14. The new guidance also says a person without symptoms who tests negative can end a quarantine after seven days. … Public health officials in Wyandotte County announced that the Kansas City-area county is sticking with 14-day quarantines for people who’ve been potentially exposed to coronavirus…Shawnee County will allow people without COVID-19 symptoms who’ve not been tested to shorten their quarantines to 10 days, Dr. Gianfranco Pezzino, the county’s health officer, said Thursday. But he said it will not allow people who’ve tested negative to leave quarantine after seven days.
Source: KAKE – News
You could call it a living mailroom nightmare that includes a crumbling building, missing bills and pandemic fears. The postal headache is the talk of the town in Longton, Kansas. But they’re not mailing it in because they can’t. The Post Office is locked up tight. “Did the city get any warning that this was going to happen?” KAKE News asked. “No, we did not. Just the note on the door,” explained Longton city clerk Bonnie Foged. Most folks told KAKE News that they first they heard of the Longton Post Office closure when they found a sign on the boarded-up front door.
Source: KAKE – News
Governor Laura Kelly today announced the introduction of the new Broadband Acceleration Grant Program to expand broadband access to rural and underserved communities across the state. This year marks the first time in Kansas history that there has been a concerted, statewide, bipartisan effort to fund increased broadband access. Over the next ten years, the program seeks to invest $85 million toward bridging the digital divide in Kansas thanks to broadband modernization funding provided through the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program (IKE).
Source: Gardner News
An estimated 75,000 Kansans will be vaccinated for COVID-19 by the end of the month, Gov. Laura Kelly announced Wednesday afternoon. Kelly said that Kansas is expecting its initial shipments of vaccines by mid-December from two pharmaceutical companies — Pfizer and Moderna. Overall, Kelly said she expects 150,000 doses to arrive in Kansas through December. Each patient will get two doses for fullest effect, which means the state will be able to vaccinate 75,000 people.
Source: Wichita Eagle.
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