Pawnee Mental Health Services received over $19,000 in Grow Green Match Day donations. Robbin Cole, PMHS executive director, says these funds will help them to continue providing mental health and substance abuse treatment services during the COVID-19 pandemic. She says improving this technology could also make them more prepared for the future. Pawnee Mental Health [...]

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Among a cast of local health, safety and government officials, two area women have also taken center stage to serve a segment of the community during Riley County’s near-daily online COVID-19 updates. Sign language interpreters Susie Stanfield and Toni Kroll have become familiar faces in those Zoom-conducted conferences, following along with speakers including Health Department [...]

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An Alternate Care Site location for the Riley County health department to treat potential coronavirus patients has been announced. County Counselor Clancy Holeman informed the Riley County Commission Thursday that the Holiday Inn Express at Blue Earth Plaza has been selected as the chosen care site. The hotel has been closed since last month. It came available [...]

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Update 10 a.m. Friday The number of positive cases of coronavirus continues to climb, now at 40 as of Friday morning, as testing becomes more available in the community. The Riley County Health Department says the latest individuals to test positive are a 22-year-old woman, a 26-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man. There are currently [...]

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Riley County health and safety officials are eyeing a path toward re-opening shut-down businesses, though report positive COVID-19 tests in the county are still growing. Area health and safety officials updated the community on the latest coronavirus information via Zoom on Facebook live Wednesday. Health Department Director Julie Gibbs said three new positive tests brings [...]

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Riley County has two more positive cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 31. The new cases involve 57-year-old female and a 54-year-old male. There is no relation between the two patients, according to Julie Gibbs, the Riley County Health Department Director. They each had contact with another known case in the community and [...]

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Friday marked the first day since March that Riley County has not confirmed a new positive COVID-19 test. Health and safety officials spoke to the public via ZOOM and Facebook Live, confirming Riley County is still only recording 20 positive tests. Health Department Director Julie Gibbs says 15 of those cases are active, as 5 [...]

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