LAKE CITY — Stewart Memorial Community Hospital announced that its Wound Care Center has received two achievement awards from RestorixHealth for the July–December 2025 evaluation period. Stewart Memorial was honored with the Clinical Distinction Award, presented to wound centers that ...

UnityPoint at Home has been named a Best Home Health agency for 2026 by U.S. News & World Report. This recognition comes as part of U.S. News’ first-ever ranking of home health providers, identifying the top-performing agencies in the United States. Four UnityPoint at Home agencies in ...

Friendship Haven announced that Heather Ochs-DeCoursey has joined the team as wellness coordinator. In this role, she brings a lifelong passion for fitness, health, and nutrition to the Friendship Haven campus. She graduated from Iowa State University in Ames with a degree in animal ...

Gunderson Funeral Home and Cremation Services welcomes Matthew Berry, funeral director, and Alyssa Pieper, funeral director, to its professional staff. Berry joined the staff of Gunderson Funeral Home and Cremation Services as a funeral director in August 2025. He is an Iowa native who grew ...

Desiree Diemer has joined the staff of the Community Health Center of Fort Dodge as a mental health therapist. She has a master’s degree in mental health counseling from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She is trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, internal family ...

CLARION — Helen Retleff, an advanced registered nurse practitioner, has joined the staff at the Clarion location of the Community Health Center of Fort Dodge. Retleff has worked as an emergency room nurse. She has also worked for UnityPoint Health, Proteus and the Mason City location of ...