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Two local businesses are working to help their community during the COVID-19 slowdown, teaming up to produce locally sourced hand sanitizer.

The Lena-made hand sanitizer will debut Friday with a special social distancing-compliant event from 2 – 7 p.m. at the Lena Brewing Company’s taproom, 9416 W. Wagner Road in Lena.

Lena Brewing Company, which has been brewing craft beer in Lena since 2015, is using Adkins Energy 190-proof ethanol to produce a special run of FDA-grade hand sanitizer to help local first responders and residents avoid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus.

Adkins Energy has p...