OSKALOOSA – Mahaska Health Partnership Adult Medicine Nurse Practitioner Lisa Nelson urges women to get regular screenings to prevent cervical cancer. “A regular pap test is the best defense women have for protecting themselves against cervical cancer because abnormal cells can usually be detected before they become cancerous,” Nelson stressed. Cervical cancer occurs in the […]
Oskaloosa – The 3 and 4 year old class of Kid’s Corner Preschool enjoyed a ‘behind the scenes’ look at the inner-workings of Mahaska Health Partnership Laboratory, Radiology and Emergency Services. The laboratory explained all the ways to analyze blood and showed them what germs can do if they do not practice good hand washing. […]
Health care has been a national debate since the town halls erupted, in the summer of 2009, with those in opposition and those in favor of the national health care overhaul. I was one of the multitudes of people that became more active in directly attempting to understand and participate in that debate. Flash forward […]
It’s 10 p.m. on a summer night along a gravel road anywhere in Iowa. A raucous chorus of male frogs are making themselves heard as they vie for mates in the farm pond next to the road. A volunteer stands clipboard in hand, ear cocked, mentally sorting out each of the calling species and the […]
PELLA — The 2011 Central College High School Bandfest will feature students from 16 high schools across the state. The 79-member festival band and three ensembles, as well as a special performance by the Central College Symphonic Wind Ensemble, will perform at an evening concert Thursday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. in Douwstra Auditorium. The […]
January 20, 2011 (DES MOINES) – The Iowa Department of Economic Development announced today that more than 230 new jobs are planned or proposed for Iowa as a result of awards from the department. The Iowa Economic Development Board approved awards for projects or proposals in Muscatine, Cedar Rapids, Johnston, Des Moines, Story City, Sioux […]
(DES MOINES, Iowa) On November 19, 2010 Attorney General Tom Miller, representing the State of Iowa, joined in an Amici Curiae (friends of the Court) brief supporting the federal government’s argument that the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) is constitutional. The brief stated that the law will help states fulfill their goals […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today announced that Beth Townsend will be the Director of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission in the Branstad/Reynolds administration. “Today I am pleased to announce that Beth Townsend will serve as the Director of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission,” said Branstad. “Beth’s experience representing individuals before the commission […]
ANKENY, Iowa (January 20, 2011) – A family of three credits the activation of their smoke detectors with providing them sufficient time to escape their burning home early this morning. The Ankeny Fire Department was dispatched on Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 12:49 a.m., to a residential structure fire at 1930 NW 70th Place, SW […]
DES MOINES – The DNR is now accepting applications for a grant designed to help locally-led groups develop water quality improvement efforts in Iowa communities. Groups can request Watershed Planning Grants from $10,000 to $50,000 to develop plans to improve a local river, lake or stream on the state’s impaired waters list. Offered by the […]
