The Calmar ceremony will be held at Upper Iowa University Dorman Gymnasium in Fayette at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, and the Peosta ceremony will be held at the Five Flags Center in Dubuque at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 13. Both events are free and open to the public.
Deaths after taking the COVID-19 vaccine total 8,214 across the US, with 91 deaths being in Iowa, according to the National Vaccine Information Center.
Iowa's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending April 16, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There were less than 10 deaths with diabetes mellitus listed as the underlying cause reported in Iowa during the week ending April 30, 2022, a decrease from the previous week.