WATERLOO -- Impact Church, 715 E. Fourth St. will hold a Sack Meal Give away on March 28 from 3 to 6 pm. in the church parking lot.
The drive-up sack meal will be held in the parking lot of the church and is free of charge.
It is being offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Iowa Public Health public information officer Matt Highland (in green) walks with another public health worker past a line of individuals waiting to be tested for coronavirus at the Toledo Juvenile Home in Toledo on Wednesday. The Iowa Department of Public Health, the Iowa Department of Human Services and the Iowa National Guard opened a temporary testing site to test long-term care facility staff in Tama County.
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Maj. Richard Price of the Iowa Army National Guard talks with public information officer Matt Highland of Iowa Public Health as testing for coronavirus is underway at the Toledo Juvenile Home in Toledo on Wednesday.Â
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Tyson's Fresh Meat plant in Waterloo suspended operations in April due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Drive-up testing is by appointment only at the MercyOne Fever and Respiratory Clinic, 155 E. Ridgeway Ave., Waterloo.
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Drive-up testing is by appointment only at the MercyOne Fever and Respiratory Clinic, 155 E. Ridgeway Ave., Waterloo.
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Protesters wave to workers leaving the Tyson's Fresh Meat plant in Waterloo on Monday.
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Tyson Fresh Meats on North Elk Run Road in Waterloo.
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Tyson Fresh Meats on North Elk Run Road in Waterloo.
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Tyson Fresh Meats on North Elk Run Road in Waterloo.
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Tyson Fresh Meats on North Elk Run Road in Waterloo.
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UnityPoint-Allen Hospital staff gave their emergency department tent a test run on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
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UnityPoint-Allen Hospital staff gave their emergency department tent a test run on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
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UnityPoint-Allen Hospital staff gave their emergency department tent a test run on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
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UnityPoint-Allen Hospital staff gave their emergency department tent a test run on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
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UnityPoint-Allen Hospital staff gave their emergency department tent a test run on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
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UnityPoint-Allen Hospital staff gave their emergency department tent a test run on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
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UnityPoint-Allen Hospital staff gave their emergency department tent a test run on Thursday.
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UnityPoint-Allen Hospital staff gave their emergency department tent a test run on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
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UnityPoint-Allen Hospital staff gave their emergency department tent a test run on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
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Volunteers assemble protective face shields at Jerald Skulky Co. on Friday, April 10, 2020.
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Jerald Skulky Co.Â
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Erik Lee, operator of Jerald Sulky Co.
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Chris Hannan, left, talks with Eric Giddens and Andrew Morse at Jerald Skulky Co. on Friday, April 10, 2020.
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Eric Giddens assembles a protective face shield at Jerald Skulky Co. on Friday, April 10, 2020.
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Deirdre Heistad of Cedar Falls assembles protective face shields at Jerald Skulky Co. on Friday, April 10, 2020.
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Volunteer Matt Trueg of Cedar Falls assembles protective face shields at Jerald Skulky Co. on Friday, April 10, 2020.
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Tina Bonorden of Cedar Falls, left, and Sara Mayer of Hudson assemble protective face shields at Jerald Skulky Co. on Friday, April 10, 2020.
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Finished product, a protective face shield assembled at Jerald Skulky Co. on Friday, April 10, 2020.
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Deirdre Heistad and Mary Rose Shelley of Cedar Falls assemble protective face shields at Jerald Skulky Co. on Friday.
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Ashley Christensen spends time with her children Jack Christensen, left, Lilly Kapler and Max Kapler on Thursday.
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Ashley Christensen spends time with her children, from left, Lilly Kapler, Max Kapler and Jack Christensen on Thursday. Anxiety over the pandemic and its economic fallout have gripped the family.
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Danny Laudick, left, owner of Red Cedar, and Heath Wilken, owner of Cedar Falls Laser Engraving, have teamed up to help support local businesses with #CedarValleyStrong.Â
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Black Hawk County Jail
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David Hardy, owner of QC Plastics, and his daughter, Kylie, prepare to assemble face shields.
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Jose Martinez assembles a face shield at the John Deere Seeding Group factory in Moline, Ill.
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Holly Daniels of Bancroft’s Flowers in Cedar Falls loads lilies on Monday, April 6, 2020, in preparation for Easter services. Â
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Doug Knudtson of Bancroft’s Flowers in Cedar Falls loads lilies on Monday, April 6, 2020, in preparation for Easter services.
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Doug Knudtson of Bancroft’s Flowers in Cedar Falls loads lilies on Monday, April 6, 2020, in preparation for Easter services.
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Holly Daniels of Bancroft’s Flowers in Cedar Falls loads lilies on Monday, April 6, 2020, in preparation for Easter services.
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Melony Knudtson of Bancroft’s Flowers in Cedar Falls loads lilies Monday in preparation for Easter services. Â
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Melony Knudtson of Bancroft’s Flowers in Cedar Falls loads lilies on Monday, April 6, 2020, in preparation for Easter services.
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Blake Hansen passes along milk at Hansen’s Dairy’s stop in New Hartford on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.
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Sadie Hansen take orders at Hansen’s Dairy’s stop in New Hartford on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.
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Jordan Hansen takes an order at Hansen’s Dairy’s stop in New Hartford on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.
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The menu for Hansen’s Dairy’s stop in New Hartford on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.
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Sadie Hansen, left, and Jordan Hansen take orders at Hansen’s Dairy’s stop in New Hartford on Tuesday.
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Sadie Hansen, center, retrieves ice cream from Hansen’s Dairy’s refrigerated truck during a stop in New Hartford on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.
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Gloved hands deliver milk at Hansen’s Dairy’s stop in New Hartford on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.
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New Hartford residents line up for Hansen’s Dairy on Tuesday.
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Sadie Hansen, left, and Jordan Hansen take orders at Hansen’s Dairy’s stop in New Hartford on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.
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New Hartford residents line up for Hansen’s Dairy products on Tuesday.
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Members of the Black Hawk County Consolidated Communications Center share their support for people to stay home.
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Courier editor Nancy Newhoff conducts a staff meeting the week of March 30, 2020, as staffers worked from their homes.
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The Junior League of Waterloo-Cedar Falls is donating feminine hygiene products to students whose family budgets are strained due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Our Lady's Immaculate Heart Catholic Church parishioner Doug Ley, right, passes out palms for Palm Sunday via drive-thru in response to the coronavirus outbreak Saturday in Ankeny.
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Joel Sires plays a Facebook Live show inside the empty Octopus bar in Cedar Falls in March 2020.Â
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Ryan McGeough, Ph.D., head of the University of Northern Iowa communications department, works from his home Friday in Cedar Falls. He and his wife, Danielle McGeough, also a professor, take turns working and taking care of their 4- and 2-year-old children.Â
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Waterloo native Martin L. Culpepper is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and part of a task force developing face shields for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Waterloo native Martin L. Culpepper is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and part of a task force developing face shields for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Musicians Warren Pohl, left, Al St. John and Mick Staebell before a show at SingleSpeed Brewing Co., in Waterloo. Pohl died on April 1 from coronavirus.Â
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Workers load boxes of food into waiting vehicles at the Northeast Iowa Food Bank on Fridayin Waterloo.
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Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a press conference updating Iowan's on the status of COVID-19 cases Thursday, April 2, in Johnston.
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In these days of social distancing, Spencer Dunn and his daughters, Zeela, 4, and Ruth, 14, take a quiet walk around Prairie Lakes Park in Cedar Falls Thursday.
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Waterloo paramedics and firefighters take additional precautions during medical call on Wednesday, April 1, 2020.
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Waterloo paramedics and firefighters take additional precautions during medical call on Wednesday, April 1, 2020.
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Waterloo paramedics and firefighters take additional precautions during medical call on Wednesday, April 1, 2020.
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Waterloo paramedics and firefighters take additional precautions during medical call on Wednesday.
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Eric Donat says sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic can mean feeling isolated, especially for people with disabilities.
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Waterloo resident Laura Adams, pictured with her daughter, Josie, is sheltering in place during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Waterloo resident Tucker Cassidy is a quadriplegic who requires in-home health aid several times a day. He's sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Val Swinton, sitting at the center, with his family. His wife, Deb, is standing behind him. On the left are their daughter, Laura, and her husband, Kisko. On the right are their son, Sam, and grandson, Theodore, and Sam's fiance, Chelsea.Â
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Joeziah Lawin works on a poster of the planet Venus at YMCA Child Care in Waterloo on Friday. Children are learning best practices for social distancing at the center.Â
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Transmission case halves produced at GMT in Waverly Friday.
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Marvin Monroe picks up lunch from Andrew Hundley at Steamboat Gardens in March.
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Chelsea Friedley fills a to-go order on the counter at Steamboat Gardens in Waterloo on March 27.
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CMM programmer Spencer Schmidt calibrates a coordinate measuring machine that measures tolerances on parts produced at GMT in Waverly Friday.
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A part is machined at GMT in Waverly Friday.
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CMM programmer Spencer Schmidt calibrates a coordinate measuring machine that measures tolerances on parts produced at GMT in Waverly Friday.
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The parking lot at Bethany Bible Chapel in Cedar Falls, Iowa, was filled Sunday morning for a drive-in church service during the coronavirus threat. Parishioners listed to the sermon and music through their car radios.
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Attendees arrives Sunday morning to the parking lot at Bethany Bible Chapel, where a drive-in church service was held. A group of volunteers greeted those arriving and handed out song sheets.
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The parking lot at Bethany Bible Chapel in Cedar Falls was filled March 29 on a Sunday morning for a drive-in church service.
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Dave Wilson, an elder at Bethany Bible Chapel, preaches a sermon Sunday during a drive-in church service.
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The Bethany Bible Chapel worship band leads a Sunday morning drive-in church service outdoors.
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UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital has set up a tent to handle any surge in respiratory cases as part of its COVID-19 preparation.
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UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital has set up a tent to handle any surge in respiratory cases as part of its COVID-19 preparation.
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Simulated assessments for COVID-19 are part of the preparation at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center.
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MercyOne team members gather in vacant space at 155 E. Ridgeway Ave., Waterloo, to plan a temporary clinic dedicated to COVID-19 assessment and testing.
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MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center staff participated in simulated COVID-19 assessments in March as the hospital readied for a potential surge in cases locally.Â
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From left, Jed and Jack Holbach hold a sign saying "I miss you!" as Hudson Schools' teachers pass during the staff wave parade in Hudson, Iowa, Friday, March 27, 2020.
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Hudson second-grade teacher Brenda Krapfle, left, decorates her Jeep with the help of daughter Klaire and son Karter before the Hudson Schools' teacher and staff wave parade in Hudsonon Friday.
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Black Hawk County Health Department disease surveillance and investigation manager Joshua Pikora works at the Black Hawk County Emergency Operations Center in March.
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Black Hawk County Sheriff and Emergency Management Commission chair Tony Thompson speaks on his phone next to a white board listing current coronavirus cases and deaths on Friday inide the Black Hawk County Emergency Operations Center in the basement of the Emergency Management Agency on Newell Road in Waterloo.
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The Waterloo Regional Airport on March 27 in Waterloo.
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Hawkeye Community College president Todd Holcomb reports on the efforts of the college during the COVID-19 EOC press briefing Thursday, March 27, 2020 at the Black Hawk County Emergency Management Agency in Waterloo, Iowa.
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L-R: Waterloo Community Schools Superintendent Jane Lindaman, Hawkeye Community College President Todd Holcomb, University of Northern Iowa President Mark Nook, Cedar Falls Community Schools Superintendent Andy Pattee and Black Hawk County Heath Director Nifissa Cisse Egbounye listen as Black Hawk County Sheriff Tony Thompson answers questions during the COVID-19 briefing Thursday at the Black Hawk County Emergency Management Agency in Waterloo.
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University of Northern Iowa president Mark Nook reports on the efforts of the university during the COVID-19 EOC press briefing Thursday, March 27, 2020 at the Black Hawk County Emergency Management Agency in Waterloo, Iowa.
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Jiayi Wang wears one of the face shield holders, with shield in place, made by a 3D printer at Cedar Valley TechWorks in Waterloo on Thursday.
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Jiayi Wang unloads a set of 3D printed face shield holders at Cedar Valley TechWorks in Waterloo Thursday.
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Trucker Rick Cole gets change from Jen Witte at Love's Truck Stop in Waterloo.
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Contractors have resumed construction this week on the University Avenue project in Waterloo.
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Trucker Kenny Weinrich talks about buying gifts for his grandkids during a stop at Love's Truck Stop in Waterloo.
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Trucker Henry Hinz-Shirley looks over the route he drove Monday that took him an extra 150 miles to find an open place to park for rest during the coronavirus shutdown.
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An employee opens the doors for the at-risk shoppers hour at the Crossroads Hy-Vee in Waterloo Wednesday.
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Shoppers 60 and over file into the Cedar Falls Wal-Mart at 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, 2020, to get early bird shopping done in the middle of the coronavirus threat.
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Russ O’Connell of The Roc Gym, center, streams online workout classes with James Davis and Kristi O'Connell for the general public during the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, March 23, 2020.
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Russ O’Connell of The Roc Gym streams online workout classes for the general public during the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, March 23, 2020.
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Jennifer Peverill delivers meals for students during distribution at Dr. Walter Cunningham School for Excellence Monday in Waterloo.
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Dr. Walter Cunningham School for Excellence principal Neldrekka Whitaker talks to families waiting to pick up meals for students during distribution Monday in Waterloo.
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The contents of a student meal available at Dr. Walter Cunningham School for Excellence Monday, March 23, 2020, in Waterloo, Iowa.
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Kylee Sallee unloads rolls of crackers to go into food boxes Thursday at the Northeast Iowa Food Bank in Waterloo.
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Abby Lubert, left, and Audrienne Kennedy load bags of food into boxes Thursday at the Northeast Iowa Food Bank in Waterloo.
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Greg Gerjels moves food boxes along the filling line Thursday at the Northeast Iowa Food Bank in Waterloo.
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Lane Coyle brings "Luke," a golden retriever, from the car for an appointment at Den Herder Vet clinic in Waterloo.
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Black Hawk County Supervisor Chris Schwartz talks about the Covid-19 emergency declaration issued by the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors during a press briefing at the Black Hawk County Emergency Management Agency in Waterloo, Iowa, Wednesday, March 18, 2020.
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Meals on Wheels volunteer driver Judi Long carries bags of meals for delivery on her route Wednesday in Waterloo.
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Ed Kleiner helps Debbie Strottman load meals for delivery on her Meals on Wheels route Wednesday in Waterloo. The COVID-19 crisis has left Meals on Wheels desperate for volunteers. DETAILS, A3
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Jackie Main, with Trio Community Meals, loads hot meals for delivery by Meals on Wheels Wednesday in Waterloo.
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Black Hawk County Public Health Director Dr. Nafissa Cisse Egbuonye, at podium, demonstrates how to cough or sneeze into one's elbow as Black Hawk County Sheriff Tony Thompson, right, who is coordinating the county's emergency response to COVID-19 coronavirus, looks on in this file photo from March 2020.
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Ana Hanisch sanitizes the to-go fridge at SingleSpeed Brewing in Waterloo on March 17. SingleSpeed had to temporarily shut it doors in March to dine-in customers per Gov. Kim Reynolds' order to limiting the spread of the COVID-19 virus.Â
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Rick Miller picks up a six-pack of beer for his wife at SingleSpeed Brewing in Waterloo after restaurants and bars were ordered to close dine-in services Tuesday to help limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
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Cars line up to the street to order through the drive-thru at Chick-fil-A in Waterloo on Tuesday afternoon after Gov. Kim Reynolds shut down the dine-in service for restaurants and bars.
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People wait in their cars to get their to-go orders from Applebee's in Waterloo after Gov. Kim Reynolds shut down dine-in services at bars and restaurants on Tuesday, March 17, 2020.
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A sign reading "We are temporarily out of stock: hand sanitizer, toilet paper, Lysol, and disinfectant wipes" hangs on the door of Staples in Waterloo as a man walks in on Tuesday afternoon.Â
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A sign on the door of Jameson's on Tuesday in Waterloo lets customers know it is closed for dine-in but still open for to-go orders.Â
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From left: Black Hawk County Public Health Director Dr. Nafissa Cissa Egbuonye, Sheriff Tony Thompson, UnityPoint Clinic Chief Medical Officer Dan Glascock, MercyOne Chief Medical Offer Dr. Matthew Sojka and County Supervisor Linda Laylin explain steps being taken to manage any COVID-19 cases in the county during a press briefing at the Black Hawk County Emergency Management Agency in Waterloo, Iowa, Tuesday, March 17, 2020.
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Black Hawk County Public Health Director Dr. Nafissa Cissa Egbuonye talks about ways to curb the spread of COVID-19 during a press briefing at the Black Hawk County Emergency Management Agency in Waterloo on Tuesday.
