FLOYD VALLEY HEALTHCARE PROJECT
Floyd Valley Healthcare celebrated the opening of their just-completed Maternal Health Renovation project. Director of Nursing Kristen Ball says the rooms are designed to provide care through the entire labor and delivery process in an at-home atmosphere.
One of the hallmarks of Floyd Valley Healthcare’s maternal care is it’s one to one pairing of nurses and patients.
The project is the latest in a series of upgrades at Floyd Valley Health. The next project is consolidating lab services.
REMSEN ST MARY’S STUDENTS PACK MEALS FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN
The students from Remsen St Mary’s High School spent part of their afternoon yesterday packing meals for hungry children around the world.
The Spiritual Leadership Team at the school, led by Chris Schiltz, organized a Then Feed Just One event, in which the students took part in feeding children in need.
Football Coach Tim Osterman was with the group.
Student Caleb Gravenish saw parallels between the school’s football success and the task they carried out Tuesday.
A week ago, Dean Harpenau was competing in a football championship. Yesterday, he was one of the students helping at the warehouse in Le Mars
Delores Galles says Tuesday’s event was a great way to help students think beyond themselves. The lessons learned here will carry over when she moves on to university.
Over 50 Remsen St Mary’s students worked at the Then Feed Just One warehouse. Their goal was to pack 10-thousand meals for the program.
HAWARDEN RECEIVES GRANT
The city of Hawarden has received a $140,000 grant through the Rural Business Development Grants program to expand a revolving loan fund. The project will finance local small and emerging businesses through the revolving loan fund. This project is expected to create 14 new jobs and promote economic development and employment opportunities in the rural Sioux County community of around 2700 residents.
NEW LT GOVERNMENT COULD BE NAMED NEXT MONTH
We could find out who will be the new lieutenant governor sometime next month. Governor Kim Reynolds was asked Tuesday about her decision to replace Adam Gregg, a Hawarden native, who left in September.
Reynolds has been busy with the fall campaign, the Republican Governors Association, and a trade trip to India.
Reynolds says she has completed all of the interviews of candidates for the job.
Gregg resigned as lieutenant governor to take over as the leader of the Iowa Bankers Association. The president of the Iowa Senate is next in line of succession until a new lieutenant governor is named by Reynolds.
GOV. REYNOLDS APPOINTS KRISTI BUSSE AS DISTRICT ASSOCIATE JUDGE
Gov. Kim Reynolds Tuesday announced the appointment of Kristi Busse as a district associate judge in Judicial District 3A. Busse, of Spencer, Iowa, is an Assistant County Attorney for Clay County. She received her undergraduate degree from Buena Vista University and law degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law. Busse fills a vacancy created following the district judge appointment of Hon. Andrew J. Smith. Judicial District 3A is made up of 10 northwest Iowa Counties, including Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Clay and Dickinson.
INFLUENTIAL IOWA LAKES BUSINESSMAN HAS DIED
A member of the Arnolds Park City Council and the owner of two prominent businesses in the Iowa Great Lakes region has died. Jim Jensen began racing sailboats on West Lake Okoboji when he was five and started a sailboat business when he was 13. Jensen was a sales manager, then owner of Okoboji Boats. He sold in 2001 and soon after became one of the captains of the Queen II, a 75-foot-long excursion boat that cruises West Lake Okoboji. Jensen died November 14th at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester after a long illness. He was 74. The Arnolds Park City Council intends to appoint someone to replace Jensen, whose term on the council ran through the end of 2027. After a new council member is appointed, Iowa law says citizens have 14 days to collect petition signatures if they favor a special election to fill the vacancy.
