Iowa HHS Adds Ottumwa Pizza Ranch to Measles Exposure List as Cases Reach 15
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Updated · KCCI Des Moines · Aug 21
Iowa HHS Adds Ottumwa Pizza Ranch to Measles Exposure List as Cases Reach 15
3 articles · Updated · KCCI Des Moines · Aug 21
Summary
Ottumwa’s Pizza Ranch at 1791 Venture Drive was added as a potential measles exposure site for noon to 3 p.m. on Aug. 14, making it the latest Iowa location flagged by state health officials.
15 measles cases have been confirmed in Iowa this year, and Iowa HHS said 13 of those infections were in people who were unvaccinated.
The exposure list already included five businesses in the Des Moines metro and two in Bloomfield, showing the investigation has widened beyond one community.
That total is nearly double Iowa’s 2025 case count, underscoring a broader rise in measles activity in the state.