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(Atlantic, Iowa) – Cass Health’s Senior Life Solutions has received the 2024 Program Finalist of the Year Award from Psychiatric Medical Care, which manages the program. According to the facility, Psychiatric Medical Care (PMC) partners with more than 250 hospitals and health systems across the country to provide behavioral healthcare services. Top-performing employees and Senior Life Solutions programs are recognized annually based on their excellence in demonstrating PMC’s values of care, compliance, and community. Award recipients were chosen for providing outstanding patient care, excellent comprehension and execution of compliance regulations, and strong community engagement.
Senior Life Solutions Program Director Karmen Roland, RN, says “It was an unexpected surprise to have received this great honor. I am truly humbled and grateful to see my team being acknowledged for all the hard work they have put into improving the lives of our community members.”
Cass Health’s Senior Life Solutions program supports the unique needs of individuals, typically 65 and older, experiencing symptoms of depression, anxiety, grief and other mental health challenges that are often associated with aging. Senior Life Solutions program staff includes a board-certified psychiatrist, a nurse practitioner, a licensed therapist, a registered nurse, and other trained professionals to ensure each patient receives the best possible care.
Families, friends, community members, physicians, self-referrals, or other health professionals can refer people to the program. For more information, education, or if you would like to discuss support, please call 712-250-8100.
Cass Health Senior Life Solutions award for 2025 (Photo submitted)
ABOUT SENIOR LIFE SOLUTIONS
Senior Life Solutions is managed by Psychiatric Medical Care (PMC). Founded in 2003, PMC is a leading behavioral healthcare management company. Focused on addressing the needs of rural and underserved communities, PMC manages inpatient behavioral health units, intensive outpatient programs, and telehealth services in more than 35 states. The company’s services provide evaluation and treatment for patients suffering from depression, anxiety, mood disorders, memory problems, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other behavioral health problems. For more information, visit www.seniorlifesolutions.com
(Radio Iowa) – A senate subcommittee has unanimously voted to require that online sports wagering companies withhold state taxes from Iowans who win at least five-thousand dollars. Tyler Ackerson of the Iowa Department of Revenue says the bill makes it easier for sports book operators to know when to withhold taxes.
The bill would align Iowa’s withholding requirement with federal tax policy.
ALL winning bets on sporting events are considered ordinary taxable income and Iowans are to pay a six-point-75 percent tax on those winnings — regardless of the amount of their winning wagers.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County 4-H Endowment committee will host their annual 4-H Endowment Pancake Supper on Thursday, March 13 from 4:30-p.m. until 7:30-p.m. at the Cass County Community Center in Atlantic. The Pancake Man will be dishing up fresh pancakes while 4-H members serve sausage, milk, juice, and coffee. Supporters can enjoy all you can eat pancakes, cost is $8/adult and $6/youth 10 & under.
A silent auction will take place throughout the evening. Local 4-H clubs in Cass County as well as additional friends of 4-H and local business supporters, can donate items. If a community business is interested in supporting the Pancake Supper with a Silent Auction donation, please contact the Extension Office. Baskets need to be at the office by Friday, March 7th at 4:30-p.m. Cass County Youth Coordinator Katie Bateman says “The silent auction is a really fun added activity to the event. I love to see the little competitions that get started as well. When we make final announcements about closing down bidding, people and pens really get to moving!” Bateman added, “We will be featuring different baskets on our Cass County 4-H and Extension social media pages the first weekend of March. Be sure to check out the previews and find a favorite to bid on!” 
Proceeds from the 4-H Pancake Supper directly benefit the Cass County 4-H Program. All funds raised go to the Cass County 4-H Endowment. There is a committee that distributes money to cover the 4-H Program Development Fee for all Cass County 4-H and Clover Kid members, financial aid for out of county events, senior scholarships, and start-up dollars for innovative youth programs.
The 4-H Program Development Fee is $40 per youth each year to enroll. Instead of having individual 4-H’ers and families take on that expense, the Cass County Extension Council and the 4-H Endowment Committee pick up this cost for our members. Katie Bateman says “We are very fortunate in Cass County that our 4-H Endowment covers this cost for all members. That would not be possible for us to continue without the outstanding support from our community.”
The Cass County 4-H Endowment also offers grants for youth to attend 4-H camps or conferences outside of Cass County, encouraging them to take their 4-H experience to the next level. They also offer scholarships to graduating senior 4-Hers.
Members of Pleasant Noble United helping serve butter, silverware, and sausage at the 2024 Annual Cass County 4-H Endowment Pancake Supper. Left to Right: Hunter Wise, Gage Ritter, Emma Ritter. (Photo courtesy Katie Bateman)
For more information on the Pancake Supper, Cass County 4-H Endowment or how to join 4-H, contact Katie Bateman, Cass County Youth Coordinator, at 243-1132 or kbateman@iastate.edu.
(Radio Iowa) – While President Trump says he personally plans to check on the nation’s massive gold stockpile at Fort Knox, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says other ranking government officials have verified the supply of precious metal is indeed there and safe. Grassley sent a Tweet on Sunday to correct reports that indicated it’s been decades since outside sources confirmed the gold’s presence in the Kentucky stronghold. “I read that a group had gone there in ’74,” Grassley says, “and then the president was going to go, and you got the assumption that nobody had been to Fort Knox since ’74 and I wanted them to know that I had visited there in ’76.” Grassley says his visit to Fort Knox in the nation’s bicentennial year had nothing to do with conspiracy theories, rather, he was there as a student of history. He recalls seeing the vast hoard of gold with his own eyes.
“When I went into Fort Knox, you could view the piles of gold,” Grassley says. “There were separate sections of the vault, and each separate section had a door that was locked, but it had a peephole, maybe six inches square, maybe a foot square, I don’t remember anymore, and you saw the stacks of gold brick there.” The military installation is legendary for its high level of security, though Trump’s post on X Monday said “…maybe somebody stole the gold. Tons of gold.” Grassley says he heard over the weekend how very recent tours of Fort Knox confirm the many thousands of gold bars housed there are safe and sound.
“The new Secretary of Treasury said something like on September 30th, there was an inventory taken at that particular time,” Grassley says. “I suppose that’s the end of the fiscal year, and maybe that’s something they do annually, I don’t know that, but he said, ‘I can assure you that the gold’s there.'” During a conference call with Iowa reporters, Grassley was asked about the gold’s relevance, since President Nixon took the U-S off the so-called gold standard in 1971, which had linked the country’s currency directly to gold.
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (official photo)
“I suppose it’d be one penny on the dollar, maybe not even that, that we have gold backing our business,” Grassley says. “It’s hard for me to say the role that gold pays, but if somebody was demanding payment in gold, we’d have to have a supply to pay them. Now that doesn’t happen very often, thank God.” President Trump said Monday he intends to visit Fort Knox soon to make sure the gold is still there. He’d be the first president to do so since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943. Reports say the depository contains more than 147-million troy ounces of gold, which would peg its value around 436-billion dollars.
(Audubon, Iowa) – The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office, Monday, arrested a man who allegedly scammed a Shelby County resident out of cash. According to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, a black male traveling in the rural Tennant/Portsmouth area driving a black Chrysler minivan scammed a resident out of cash, claiming a family member needed bond money. The suspect’s name was not released.
Authorities urge the public to call law enforcement if someone you don’t know asks you for money. 
(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Board of Supervisors in Montgomery County met this (Tuesday) morning in Red Oak, and approved a letter authorizing the Montgomery County Secondary Roads Department to utilize the County’s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), for the purpose of FEMA reimbursements and documentation. Montgomery County Engineer Karen Albert explained…
Engineer Albert, in her regular report to the Board, issued a reminder about e-mails that have been sent out seeking support for a Highway Bridge Competitive Program (HBCP) grant application. The HBCP funds will consolidate bridge projects to replace or rehabilitate bridges two proposed bridges in Montgomery County.
MC BOS mtg 2-25-25
The grant encompasses 28 county bridges across 20 different counties in Iowa. In addition to the e-mails sent out to County officials, residents of the County are asked to fill out a survey on the County’s website, to go along with the grant application.
There is also a link on Facebook. Those surveys also need to be completed by no later than this Friday (Feb. 28th). Supervisor’s Board Chair Charla Schmid added…
Karen Albert updated the Board on various Montgomery County bridge and other projects.
In other business, the Board also approved an application for the suspension of taxes on a parcel, as allowed under the Code of Iowa, and the abatement of taxes on land owned by the City of Red Oak.
The next meeting of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors is set for 9-a.m. Tuesday, March 4th.
(Radio Iowa) – A Bedford man who was convicted of killing his mother in 2020 has died in prison. The Iowa Department of Corrections reports that 36-year-old Christian Andrew May died Sunday morning at the University of Iowa Hospitals. The Department of Corrections did not give a cause of death.
May was serving a 30-year sentence in the stabbing death of his 62-two-year-old mother, Penny Sue Godfirnon, of Bedford. May began his sentence on July 18th, 2023.
(Creston, Iowa) – Two vehicles collided Monday evening in Creston, but no one was injured. According to the Creston Police Department, the accident happened at around 5:30-p.m. at the intersection of S. Sumner and Laurel Streets. Authorities say a 2017 Chevy Cobalt driven by 20-year-old Bryant Tucker, of Bemidji, MN, was stopped, and facing east on Laurel Street. A 2020 KIA Forte driven by 46-year-old Maria Webb, of Shannon City, was traveling north on S. Sumner.
Police say Tucker did not yield long enough for the KIA to fully pass by before turning northbound onto Sumner. The front left side of his vehicle struck the right rear side of the KIA, causing a police estimated total of $4,000 damage. No citations were issued.
[CORRECTED TIME/DAY info. due to discrepancy in the PD report]
(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston have arrested a woman on numerous drug-related charges. Authorities say 34-year-old Yasmin Rae Banda, of Creston, was arrested at around 4-p.m., Monday. She faces charges that include:
Banda was taken to the Union County Jail where she was being held without bond.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The First Church of Christ and their “Shine Like Stars” Committee, have set the date for the “2025 Shine Like Stars” event. Shine Like Stars is a free, prom-like experience for persons with intellectual/physical limitations. Honored guests dress up and are treated to an evening of dinner, dancing, flowers, karaoke, photo booth pictures, and goody bags with fun swag for them to take home. Organizers says there are typically 80-to 90 special guests in attendance in addition to the dance buddies and volunteers needed to make the evening of April 5th a success. Each guest goes through a special ceremony to receive a crown or tiara so that they may be celebrated for the Kings and Queens that they are. It truly is a special night! A mailer has gone out to guests who registered last year, but others may register. A Formal Invitation will be mailed to each registrant (so that they get a nice formal invitation to the event). The registration deadline is March 21st.
Some important dates to remember, include:
March 16, 2025: From 2-until 4-p.m., is “Yes to the Dress-Up.” Any lady or man who would like to attend the event can come to FCC and see if there is a dress or suit that they might like to have for the event – no charge
April 5th, from 5:30-p.m. until 8:30–p.m., is the “Shine Like Stars” event. This is a free event for the honored guests. Doors at FCC open at 5:30pm with dinner, dancing, photo-booth, party bus rides, crowning ceremony, and gift bag activities.
The event is hosted by First Church of Christ and Central Churches of Christ along with help from New Life Church. As with all events such as this, it takes volunteers and donations to ensure that participants have that special red-carpet experience. If you would consider making a monetary donation to this event or would be willing to help – there are many opportunities for you to get involved. Checks can be made out to FCC/Shine Like Stars and mailed to 1310 SW 7th St, Atlantic, IA 50022. (Their Tax ID# is 42-1178870) If you would like to sign up for a volunteer spot, watch for sign-up opportunities on the FCC Facebook page, go to https://www.fccatlantic.com/ministries, or reach out to one of the committee members:
If you have any question, please call or e-mail one of the committee members listed above.
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