The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting this (Tuesday) evening the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in O'Brien county. 

Polaris Industries announced Tuesday some workers will be placed on temporary furloughs and that some others will experience cuts in pay and the company outlined it's new strategy in dealing with the downturn stemming from the ongoing pandemic. 

A Denison man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison in a meth distribution operation in northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota and southeast South Dakota.