Health board moving forward on possible restrictions

The Hill County Health Board approved Wednesday taking steps to slow the spread of coronavirus in the county if the residents do not slow the spread themselves.

"Our rate of cases is climbing at a pace where we can't keep up,"Hill County Public Health Director and Heath Officer Kim Larson said. "Our health care system and our public health system are not keeping up and we need to do something."

The health board Wednesday approved the health department's plan to possibly implement more restrictions on the county in response to the recent surge in COVID-19, and reviewing a proposal by Hill Count...