Sixteen of the 33 Stewartville firefighters-first responders have been vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19), Fire Chief Vance Swisher told the Stewartville City Council last week. The 16 received their first dose of the vaccine Dec. 21 or 22 and their second dose Jan. 11 or 12, Swisher said. The vaccine will take full effect two weeks after the second dose, he said. Swisher, interviewed after last week's meeting, said the voluntary vaccine was offered to all firefighters-first responders... For more on this story pick up your copy of the Jan. 19 Stewartville STAR.
