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NAMI Iowa to hold kickoff event Wednesday for NAMIWalks fundraiser

NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) Iowa will host a community kickoff event on Wednesday, July 27 at 8 a.m. to officially begin the NAMIWalks season and promote awareness about mental health care for …

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UnityPoint Health – Sioux City president and CEO abruptly departs

Sioux City Journal: Lorenzo Suter, who stepped into the role of president and CEO of UnityPoint Health – Sioux City barely a year ago, has left the organization, effective immediately. The reason for Suter’s departure was …

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Three Iowa nursing homes to close with owner owing taxpayers $2.1 million

Iowa Capital Dispatch: The planned sale of an Iowa nursing home chain is in doubt again as the owner moves to close three of the 10 facilities and the federal government seeks payment of $2.1 million …

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Carson King Foundation donates $25K to MercyOne NICU for Panda Warmer Bed

MercyOne Children’s Hospital received a special gift on Thursday, when Carson King (center of photo) personally dropped off a check for $25,000 in support of babies cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit at MercyOne Des …

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Meteorologist Amber Alexander leaves WHO-TV, citing mental health reasons

Des Moines Register: After more than six years as a WHO 13 meteorologist and digital content producer, Amber Alexander left the Des Moines station, citing mental health reasons. Alexander joined the Channel 13 weather team in …

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ChildServe to expand Ames facility, double capacity

ChildServe has announced to its donors the launch of an $8 million expansion project that will double the size of its Ames facility and enable it to serve twice the number of children on the …

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COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations in Iowa on the rise, latest weekly update shows

Des Moines Register: The COVID-19 pandemic continued to spread across Iowa over the past week, according to data released today by the Iowa Department of Public Health and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The …

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YSS unveils plans, name for new nature-based youth recovery campus

YSS shared the designs for its new youth recovery campus that will be located south of Ames and announced the facility’s name: Ember. “Ember symbolizes a small glowing fragment of a fire that can be …

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Kruse, Reisetter named to key positions with Iowa HHS

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services on Monday announced two key leadership positions. Dr. Robert Kruse will join the agency as the state medical director, and Sarah Reisetter has been named deputy director …

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Rising costs prompt a dozen Iowa nursing homes to close

Radio Iowa: A dozen Iowa nursing homes have closed in the past seven months for financial reasons. Iowa Health Care Association President and CEO Brent Willett said that like any industry, nursing homes face rising operating …

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