ELM GROVE, Wis. - In the year since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, many things have become part of daily life. At this point, we all have quite a collection of masks---many made by local ...

From her home in Willow Spring, Amelia Patel is sewing face masks — and encouraging others to do the same. Over the weekend, the mom of two and CPA launched a Facebook group where she's sharing a ...

Let me tell you from the get-go that the creator of one of the nation’s largest and most diverse grass-roots mask-making efforts did not intend to start a movement, to mobilize the masses, to spend ...

Given the spread and nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks have now become an integral part of our “new normal.” Since most masks typically completely hide the user’s mouth, individuals within the ...

An area student has taken up the battle against the coronavirus by firing up a sewing machine to make protective masks. Brooklyn Work, 11, of Lebanon Schools has helped her mother Christine, a Mason ...

An Amherst pediatrician, concerned over the critical shortage of surgical masks now worn by many people to help slow the spread of COVID-19, has taken matters into her own hands. Dr. Martina Puzanov ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY - When Abby Lewis' daughter Olive, who is deaf, has trouble understanding her, Lewis often ...

AMES, IA — During a critical face mask shortage at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, home sewers responded by pulling out fabric stashes, threading their machines and getting to work. Recently ...

A year ago, performance artist Kristina Wong started a Facebook group called the Auntie Sewing Squad to get people to help sew COVID-19 masks. She's now working on a show that chronicles that ...