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8 News at Nine starts right now"> New tonight - cases are climbing of a rare and serious form of pneumonia in Marshall county. There are at least 34 confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease. One person has died from the illness. ����vlog's Pepper Purpura is in studio with us tonight. Pepper, city and county leaders say they're trying to find the source. They do Stacey. I talked with the mayor of Marshalltown this afternoon about who's helping to investigate the Legionella outbreak, and what steps they're taking to track down the source. <water nat> Water - <ac vent nat> air systems- <nat of marshalltown > and other potential sources around Marshalltown - <nat of the marshalltown shots i got> are all under investigation, as public health experts and elected leaders search for the cause of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in the county. < Joel Greer 13;26;42;07 " COUNTY HEALTH FOLKS, HAVE THIS AS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, THE TWO PEOPLE I TALKED TO TODAY IN DES MOINES THAT ARE WITH HHS, IT'S, IT'S THE MAIN THING ON THEIR RADAR. I'M GLAD THAT THE CDC IS INVOLVED. " > Mayor Joel Greer lives in north, central marshalltown - where cases are clustered. He's spent the last week fielding calls from officials, and questions from residents - < "I'M GETTING A LOT OF CALLS, TEXTS, AND I CAN'T GO TO THE GROCERY STORE WITHOUT PEOPLE STOPPING TO ASK ME QUESTIONS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING AND WHAT'S GOING ON? AND SO THAT'S WHY I'VE CONNECTED WITH THE PEOPLE I KNOW TO CONNECT WITH, TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AS WELL AS WE CAN. " > a curiosity that's reflective of the community's concern. < "I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WEARING MASKS AROUND TOWN THAT REMINDED ME OF THE COVID DAYS.> Monday night, the mayor spoke about the search during the city council meeting - < quick nat of this > < 13;23;26;15 "IT'S LIKE DOING A TIGHTROPE WITHOUT THE POLE. YOU DON'T WANT TO SCARE PEOPLE, BUT YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO, THINK NOTHING IS GOING ON."> The Marshall county health department also released this video of doctor Lance VanGundy. He says healthcare providers in marshall county have tests available for anyone concerned they may have the disease. < 00:03:28:00"BY IDENTIFYING WHO ACTUALLY HAS LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE, WE CAN START TO GET FURTHER DATA AND, YOU KNOW, UNCOVER THE MYSTERY OF, GOSH, WHERE THE HECK IS THIS THING COMING FROM? " > Even though the county is still working to find the outbreak's source, the city's water provider says, after testing the water, it's confident that the legionella is not coming from them. The mayor says people should NOT feel afraid to use local water. Legionnaires' is not contagious. It is not spread from person-to- person. The State Health department has a disease information page tha