Lee County Health Department

The county will use a combination of federal funding and money from its general fund.

The move is in response to legislation passed last year that requires Iowa counties to reduce their tax levies by 2029.

The Lee County Health Department, SCC, Blessing Health Keokuk, and Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center will be involved with the program.

Plans call for constructing a 15,000-square-foot building for the health department and Emergency Management System on nine acres of land west of Ft. Madison.

Most infections in Lee County are among those residents who are 50 years old and older.

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