Atlantic, IA – The October session of Healthy U will be held Thursday, October 18, at Cass County Health System. The program, The Medication Experts will be presented by two CCHS pharmacists, Crystal Starlin, PharmD, and Sara Arnold, PharmD. They will be discussing several areas of medication safety and education, including Ask 3 Teach 3, Medication Reconciliation and appropriate use of antibiotics.  “Medications play a critical role in healthcare and have become more complex and diverse over the years,” Crystal noted. “It is important that patients partner with their healthcare providers and pharmacists to ensure medications are used effectively and safely.”

Crystal Starlin, PharmD, and Sara Arnold, PharmD

Crystal has served as the Pharmacy Director since joining CCHS in 2006; Sara has been a staff pharmacist at CCHS since 2009. Together, they provide pharmacy oversight for all medications issued in the hospital for inpatients and patients receiving outpatient treatments.

Healthy U will be offered at both 7:30 am and noon on Thursday, October 18. Healthy U is a free educational series at Cass County Health System held monthly in Conference Room 2. The public is invited and welcome to attend, but reservations are required as a meal is provided for all attendees. Call 712-243-7479 to reserve your seat.

(DES MOINES) – Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, October 13, 2018, to honor a fallen U.S. sailor killed during World War II. Navy Seaman 2nd Class Bernard V. Doyle, of Red Cloud, Nebraska, was killed in action on December 7, 1941, when the USS Oklahoma was attacked by Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor. The 19-year-old was classified as non-recoverable until March 2018. Doyle’s remains were returned to his family for burial in Lake City, Iowa, with full military honors.

Saturday, October 13, 2018: Mass of Christian burial at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Lake City, IA – 11 a.m.

Flags will be at half-staff on the State Capitol Building and on flag displays in the Capitol Complex. Flags will also be half-staff on all public buildings, grounds and facilities throughout the state. Individuals, businesses, schools, municipalities, counties and other government subdivisions are encouraged to fly the flag at half-staff for the same length of time as a sign of respect.

CHEROKEE, Iowa – Oct. 12, 2018 – A road construction project on U.S. 30 east of the north junction with U.S. 59 in Denison will require closing the roadway to traffic starting at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, until 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Cherokee construction office. During this closure, traffic will be detoured around the work zone using Seventh Street, Avenue C, Iowa 39, and U.S. 59.

The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey the posted speed limit and other signs in the work area, and be aware that traffic fines for moving violations are at least double in work zones. As in all work zones, drivers should stay alert, allow ample space between vehicles, and wear seat belts.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A judge says the city of Burlington and the Iowa Criminal Investigation Division broke Iowa law by refusing to turn over all records gathered in investigating a police officer’s accidental shooting of a Burlington woman. The Hawk Eye reports that Administrative Law Judge Karen Doland said in the decision she filed Monday that the public’s right to transparency should have outweighed officials’ desire for secrecy.

The newspaper and the family of Autumn Steele have sought the records since she was fatally shot on Jan. 6, 2015, by an officer responding to a fight between Steele and her husband. A federal judge already has ordered the city to release body camera video from the officer, his medical records and a portion of the state investigative files.