Introduction The novel coronavirus (Covid-19), also known as SARS-Cov2 is a new virus that is causing a respiratory illness across the United States and the globe. It was first identified in December 2019 (Cleveland Clinic, 2020) in Wuhan, China. Symptoms of Covid-19 There is an incubation period (Lauer, 2020) of 5.5 days, with symptoms appearing…
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Elected Officials in Sigourney, Iowa
Introduction The elected officials in Sigourney, Iowa consist of the Mayor, the City Council, the Sigourney Community School Board, and the Keokuk County Supervisors (who are not elected by the city by the entire county, but represent and serve Sigourney constituents.) The Sigourney News-Review is the source for the majority of the below information, but…
Keokuk County Business Network, Social Media Marketing
Introduction I had the opportunity to talk about social media and social networking for small businesses today, for the Keokuk County Small Business Network, a monthly event put on by the Sigourney Area Development Corporation (SADC). Sigourney and Keokuk County Attendees Attendees included Doug Glandon, Mayor of the City of Sigourney, Angela Clark, City Clerk…
Sigourney Listening Post Feb 15 2020
Introduction On Saturday, February 15 2020 I had the opportunity to participate in the Sigourney Listening Post hosted by Iowa State Rep Jarad Klein (a Republican) and Iowa State Senator Kevin Kinney (a Democrat.) Preparation In order to prepare, I used the Iowa Legislature Tracker to identify all of the bills that Kinney and Klein…
Keokuk County Economic Indicators
Introduction In a previous blog post, Wealth Creation in Rural Communities, I noted that an important element of wealth creation is to understand the economic indicators in your region so that you can begin to plan improvements to them. Most economic indicators collected by US federal agencies are available at the County level, but some are…