Many events and meetings in the county have been cancelled or postponed. 

Many businesses in the county have been closed or have made changes as to how they conduct business. 

Allamakee Economic Development & Tourism will do our best to answer questions and provide resources.  Please reach out to Val Reinke, your county economic development and tourism director at aced@mchsi.com or call/text 563.419.0908.

Information

COVID-19 in Iowa Resource Website

• The State of Iowa has released a new website providing information on COVID-19. This site includes information on Iowa COVID-19 statistics, information on the COVID-19 virus and how to protect yourself and a State of Iowa Agency Guidance site that has links to various Iowa Agencies and information pertaining to their services. This new website can be found at https://coronavirus.iowa.gov.

Rumor/Fraud Control

Medicare Fraud

• Iowans can contact Iowa Senior Medicare Patrol for information about scams and to report Fraud. Iowa Senior Medicare Patrol is housed in the Iowa Insurance Division. https://shiip.iowa.gov/smp/

Fake Test Kits and Cures

• Iowans should look to official sources for information on testing and medications currently available for COVID-19. If it sounds too good to be true it most likely is.
• The FDA has information on test kit fraud and vaccine and treatment development.
  Kits: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-alerts-consumers-about-unauthorized-fraudulent-covid-19-test-kits
  Overall Website: https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/mcm-issues/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19

FEMA Website

• FEMA R7 public affairs staff made us aware of a rumor control page being done by their HQ. Here's a link https://www.fema.gov/coronavirus-rumor-control
• FEMA also provides other great resources like fact sheets: https://www.fema.gov/coronavirus | SPANISH: https://www.fema.gov/es/coronavirus
• Federal Coronavirus Site: https://www.coronavirus.gov

Other Websites

• The CDC also addresses this on their site: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/share-facts.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fabout%2Fshare-facts.html
• Medicare Scams and Fraud information: https://www.medicare.gov/medicare-coronavirus
• FDA Fraudulent COVID-19 kits Information: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-alerts-consumers-about-unauthorized-fraudulent-covid-19-test-kits

Helpful Links

SBA: Small Business Administration

• Business Guidance and Loan Resources
  https://www.sba.gov/page/coronavirus-covid-19-small-business-guidance-loan-resources
• Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program
  Information and low interest federal disaster loans for working capital
  https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/disaster-assistance

IWD: Iowa Workforce Development

• Unemployment Insurance Employer and Employee
  https://www.iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov/

IEDA: Iowa Economic Development Authority

• State of Iowa Resources
  https://www.iowaeconomicdevelopment.com/our-agency-detail-resources/6710
• State of Iowa Business Impact Survey
  https://uni.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4SK7W5qa88IkhXT

CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Best Practices
  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html

Allamakee County Courthouse

• If you need to contact the Allamakee County Courthouse, please go to the link provided on the county's website:
  http://www.allamakee.us/uploads/site/county-phone-nos.pdf