Governor shuts down bars in 6 Iowa Counties

[yowza]

Not sure why us over here in Linn County got included on that list of 6 counties. Knock on wood, but we've been fairly stable in our cases over here right now and are on the bottom half of counties on a cases per 100,000 people, especially as compared to those other counties on the list. Maybe its just because we have multiple colleges in town.

For those who haven't discovered this NY Times Covid-10 portal, I've found it to be the best at tracking numbers everywhere whether that be by country, state, or county. Its simple and easy.

Iowa Coronavirus Map and Case Count

See the latest charts and maps of coronavirus cases, deaths, hospitalizations and vaccinations in Iowa.

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Because the kiddies would drive right up 380 from IC to party in the bars in CR.

 

[yowza]

It’s a step. Casinos should have went too.

It seems to be the kiddies that can't keep off each other.

 

[yowza]

It’s a shame that the actions at ~25 bars (Welch Ave/Court Ave/Iowa City bars) can ruin it for the small dive-bar/watering hole bars in towns like Linden or Slater, which haven’t produced any issues.

They'd be like locusts though. They move from a closed bar to the next open bar.

 

[yowza]

Gonna be like the old days of buying fireworks. Gonna have to drive to Missouri.

 

[bluestarcyclone]

Feel awful for some of the local bar owners I know in the metro; they are struggling.

This is why we still need support from the federal level, and it is absolutely criminal that not more has been done since the spring. We need to reimburse the businesses that we have closed down for society's benefit, and take care of their employees.

 

[3TrueFans]

This is why we still need support from the federal level, and it is absolutely criminal that not more has been done since the spring. We need to reimburse the businesses that we have closed down for society's benefit, and take care of their employees.

Could we just give the money to farmers instead?

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

Exile is staying open because they are considered a brewbub/restaurant. That place is going to be loaded over the next month. Any word on el bait shop?

 

[cygrads]

It’s a shame that the actions at ~25 bars (Welch Ave/Court Ave/Iowa City bars) can ruin it for the small dive-bar/watering hole bars in towns like Linden or Slater, which haven’t produced any issues.

I grew up in Linden is there still a bar in town?!

 

[3GenClone]

I don’t get Dallas County being included.

Also, Hy-Vee has to be pumped about their potential beer/liquor sales for the next few weeks

 

[ISUAgronomist]

I don’t get Dallas County being included.

Waukee/WDSM/Clive being in both Dallas and Polk

 

[Frak]

Well, there goes our plan of pregaming at the Tip Top 9/12 if they don't let fans in JTS.

 

[KnappShack]

The bar! They took the whole ******* bar!

They confiscated everything, even the stuff we didn't steal!

 

[ArgentCy]

Then they needed to be much more careful when reopening. I'm sure a lot of them were, but the downtown Des Moines bars have been packed from the pictures I see.

Feel free to prove all of the infections that have occurred at these bars. Seems to me some people just don't like bars that much.

 

[ArgentCy]

Gonna be like the old days of buying fireworks. Gonna have to drive to Missouri.

Here I thought you were going to go with the old days of Speak Easy's and Bootlegging.

 

[3GenClone]

Waukee/WDSM/Clive being in both Dallas and Polk

From KCCI:

According to the governor, Iowans ages 19-24 made up nearly a quarter of new cases last week, but the data from the Iowa Department of Public Health suggests this is not a new trend.

Residents in Dallas county are mostly suburban families that don’t fit the governors criteria that this decision was based on.

Dallas is also the only county on the list that Reynolds won the last election fwiw

 

[jcisuclones]

I grew up in Linden is there still a bar in town?!

Confused Linden for Minburn! The small towns along the bike trail sometimes blend together

 

[jdoggivjc]

Could we just give the money to farmers instead?

Nope - there's a swamp to drain/fill.

 

[jcisuclones]

Exile is staying open because they are considered a brewbub/restaurant. That place is going to be loaded over the next month. Any word on el bait shop?

Pretty sure El Bait Shop is considered a restaurant. I’ve heard the classification depends on the percentage of sales being food, which I think is over 50%.

 

[CYdTracked]

I grew up in Linden is there still a bar in town?!

Yeah that baffled me too, grew up between Redfield and Linden and I never recalled Linden having a bar let alone much for businesses in general.

 

[Remo Gaggi]

Exile is staying open because they are considered a brewbub/restaurant. That place is going to be loaded over the next month. Any word on el bait shop?

That dump Bait Shop is thankfully closed. Hopefully it will be bulldozed before it can reopen.