Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — As schools across North Carolina focus on efforts to recover ground lost last year to COVID-19, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt
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Editor’s Note: The Iredell County Health Department and Iredell-Statesville Schools released the following information on Thursday in response to questions about mask and quarantine requirements related to COVID-19. Special to Iredell
BY STEPHEN MAUNEY Recently, the Moorsville Graded School District sent out surveys to our students that created a fair amount of chatter on social media. As the superintendent of schools,
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com G4G Ministries 11th Annual Golf Tournament, its only fundraiser each year, will be Friday, October 1, at Larkin Golf Club in Statesville. Proceeds will fund much
FROM STAFF REPORTS A north Iredell County resident has been charged with concealing or failing to report the death of a child following an investigation by the Iredell County Sheriff’s
BY DEBBIE PAGE debbiepage.iredellfreenews@gmail.com The Troutman Town Council honored Finance Director Steve Shealy for his 23 years of service to the town last Thursday night, presenting him with a plaque
Special to Iredell Free News Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has updating its visitor guidelines for inpatient, outpatient, maternity, emergency department and surgical services areas. Effective immediately, all visitors at
Special to Iredell Free News In 1761, the western part of North Carolina was in crisis. Warfare between British colonists and the Cherokee had been raging for two years. By
Iredell Free News interview Iredell County Government HR Director Sandra Gregory and Recruitment Specialist Jennie Mason.
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FROM STAFF REPORTS A Winston-Salem man has been arrested and charged with breaking into a church in Iredell County and stealing mail and a Bible. Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Public health officials with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services are urging North Carolinians to protect themselves, their families and those
BY MIKE FUHRMAN At least two people involved in disrupting an Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education meeting on Monday night — and possibly several others — will face criminal charges
BY KARISSA MILLER A group of anti-mask protesters disrupted an Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education meeting on Monday night by slamming into and beating on a glass window until it
BY BRANDY TEMPLETON The staff at the new 7- Eleven store located at 1505 Salisbury Highway in Statesville celebrated the store’s grand opening by making an investment in young people.
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Health Department reported more than 600 new laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, along with three more deaths and an increase in hospitalizations.
FROM STAFF REPORTS Two men face felony drug charges following an undercover investigation by the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office into the distribution of crystal methamphetamine in Troutman and Mooresville. Sheriff
Special to Iredell Free News Ever wonder how a hospital is kept clean even though thousands of people, including patients, staff, and visitors, walk the halls of a hospital each
FROM STAFF REPORTS Iredell-Statesville Schools administrators want to use grant funds to hire 33 temporary employees to help district nurses with contact tracing and other duties related to COVID-19. More
FROM STAFF REPORTS More than 3,500 Iredell-Statesville Schools students were required to quarantine or isolate last week after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 or after
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office reported the following felony arrests: SEPTEMBER 3 ♦ Brittany Elizabeth Butler, 30, of Brookridge Lane, Mooresville, charged with larceny. SEPTEMBER 4 ♦
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Special to Iredell Free News When Valerie Allen learned she was pregnant with her fourth child, she knew it would be her last pregnancy. The 29-year-old Statesville resident was already
BY KARISSA MILLER This school year N.B. Mills Elementary school is offering special programming during the weeks when the students are on intersession break. Principal Jonathan Nicastro said the first
BY BRANDY TEMPLETON The Town of Mooresville and the Exchange Club of Mooresville-Lake Norman held its 20th anniversary 9/11 Memorial Walk on Saturday morning. Gatherers met at Main Street at
Special to Iredell Free News Iredell Health System is pleased to welcome Elaine Haney (CCRN, MSN, RN) as the new director of Iredell Memorial Hospital’s Five North Nursing Unit. Haney
Special to Iredell Free News The Statesville Planning Board and Board of Adjustment are looking for representatives from the City’s Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) to serve on these boards. The ETJ
BY WENDY GORDON PAKE Congregation Emanuel in Statesville, North Carolina’s second oldest synagogue, began the observance of its 138th Jewish High Holidays on Monday, September 6 (1). This year was
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Iredell County Health Department reported two more deaths attributed to COVID-19 on Friday. Some 268 lives have now been lost in Iredell during the pandemic. According
Special to Iredell Free News Performing Arts Live of Iredell promises an energetic start to the 2021-2022 concert season on Saturday, September 18, when the Shaun Johnson Big Band Experience,
Special to Iredell Free News The Birth Place at Iredell Memorial Hospital announces the following births: AUGUST 24 ♦ A girl, Emerson Layne Whitaker, born to Andrew and Delayne Whitaker of
FROM STAFF REPORTS Four Iredell-Statesville Schools schools will return to in-person learning on Monday, September 13, after being forced to remote instruction by rising COVID-19 numbers. North Iredell High, Lakeshore
Special to Iredell Free News RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper and N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy K. Cohen provided an update on the state’s COVID-19
Special to Iredell Free News Iredell Museums will celebrate its grand re-opening on Friday, September 24, during Downtown Statesville’s Fall Art Crawl. The public is invited to drop in between 5:30
Special to Iredell Free News Iredell County Planning & Development staff have completed a draft of its first countywide transportation master plan and is seeking public comments. The Iredell County
Special to Iredell Free News The deadline is quickly approaching for local K-12 teachers to apply for grants of up to $2,000 from EnergyUnited through the Bright Ideas Education Grant