Students in one eastern Iowa high school will have a four-day weekend thanks to the flu. The Independence High School is closed today and Monday due to the flu outbreak. Superintendent Robert Stuermann says there have been more than 100 students absent each day this week with the flu and other respiratory ailments. The elementary and middle schools are still open as they haven’t had as much illness.
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