Plymouth County Supervisors Approve New Defibrillator
The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of a new, state of the art defibrillator for the Le Mars ambulance service at yesterday’s (Tuesday) regular meeting in Le Mars. The cost is 58-thousand dollars. The funds will come from the county’s share of the state’s opioid settlement.
John McGregor is the Battalion Chief for Fire Rescue Department #1 in Le Mars. McGregor told the board that the LifePak 35 defibrillator was an asset that would help resuscitate any patient.
McGregor said after the meeting that we was thankful that the supervisors approved the purchase of the advanced defibrillator and that they were educated about the effect of opioid crisis in Plymouth County.
McGregor says he expects to have the new defibrillator fairly soon, because the money is available and the board has approved the purchase. He adds that, usually, it can difficult to raise nearly 60 thousand dollars for new equipment.
The board also discussed the possibility of providing the Lifepak 35 defibrillators for other Plymouth County ambulances. In other business today the Plymouth County Board of Supervisors approved two subdivisions. One is the Dale Beckman Addition, a minor subdivision in Section 10 of Remsen Township, and the Bryce and Mary Wienreich Addition, a minor subdivision in Section 20 of Garfield Township.
The board also approved resurfacing of two local county roads, according to Plymouth County Engineer Tom Rohe.
The board also approved a project to improve a road near Hinton, C-80 from K-22 East 3.5 miles to HWY 75.
The Hinton area project will cost 2.5 million dollars but federal funds will cover at least a million dollars of that bill. Rohe says he would like to hold a public hearing in Hinton on the C-80 project sometime in mid-July. Rohe says he wants to make sure the project does not cause problems for people live on C-80 that have driveways on that stretch of road. Knife River is expected to begin work on the C-80 project in late August or early September.
Mental Health First at NICC
On Monday, June 30, the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is offering Mental Health First Aid for adults, an educational program to help Iowans help each other with mental health challenges.
The program will be offered in-person 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon.
Mental Health First Aid covers how to intervene during a wide range of mental health-related challenges, including depression and anxiety symptoms, panic attacks, and substance abuse, as well as when someone who is thinking about dying by suicide.
You can register by going to go.iastate.edu/2LQ0GJ.
Forage Field Day in Castana In July
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, in partnership with I-29 Moo University and the Northern Plains Forage Association, invites producers, agronomists and forage enthusiasts to attend the 2025 Forage Field Day on July 31 at the Western Research and Demonstration Farm near Castana, Iowa. Forage topics will focus on summer annuals for silage, baleage and grazing, interseeding strategies, as well as pasture management.
This all-day event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and feature field demonstrations, expert talks and hands-on learning opportunities.
For information on the forage field day go to http://www.extension.iastate.edu.
