Crossing The Border As States Reopen

As Minnesota turns the dial on another phase of reopening-Iowa has already been experiencing that.

Cross the border-stinger-3 iowa and minnesota leaders are dealing differently with their response to the pandemic.

As minnesota turns the dial on another phase of reopening-iowa has already been experiencing that.

And that includes entertainment options - with some willing to cross from one state to another to get their fix.

Live kimt news 3's alex jirgens is live at the top of iowa welcome center in worth county.

Alex - how many out of state plates are you counting?xxx lowerthird2line talent coronavirus:alex jirgens ajirgens@kimt.com coverage you can count on amy - here in the parking lot - traffic has been fairly light throughout the day.

But right now - out of the vehicles here - i'm counting minnesota plates.

Talking with some of those that have passed through here today - they tell me they're just wanting to get out and travel again.

Cross the border-live vo-1 lowerthird2line coronavirus:crossing the border as states reopen worth county, ia across the road - michelle neeley at the holiday inn and suites has seen several vehicles coming from the land of 10 thousand lakes.

Just this past weekend - she noticed as she was getting takeout at a restaurant in northwood - there was an entire row of vehicles from minnesota.

She chalks it up to cross the border-live sot-1 patios...they're small patios, so there's not a lot of people that can be held out there, and here, the restaurants are open, they're half capacity here also, but you can take people in.

So a lot of people are making their plans to come down to iowa to actually go out for different options."

Cross the border-live sot-3 before diamond jo reopened today - neeley tells me she was getting calls from those interested in wanting to book rooms live in worth county - alex jirgens kimt news 3 thanks alex.

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