UnityPoint Health — Fort Dodge President Leah Glasgo was recently elected as an at-large delegate to Regional Policy Board 6 by the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association. “It’s an honor to serve as a delegate to the regional policy board and advocate for health care ...
GreenState Credit Union, which has a branch in Fort Dodge, has announced that it has made more than $500 million worth of mortgage loans to Black, indigenous and other Iowans of color. Many Iowans are enjoying this holiday season in a new home, thanks to GreenState Credit Union’s goal of investing $1 billion in mortgage lending to those Iowans. Just three years into its ambitious 10-year goal to close the racial homeownership gap, GreenState announced it has surpassed the halfway mark. Dubbed the H.O.M.E. Program (Helping Originate Minority Equity), GreenState has successfully ...
Lori Platt, a licensed practical nurse at UnityPoint Clinic Kenyon Road — Neurology, was named the November Employee of the Month. Platt was nominated by Caitlin Bernau, an advanced registered nurse practitioner in neurology, who shared about a time Platt cared for a patient having an ...
Megan Mason, a registered nurse in Surgery, received the DAISY Award at UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center. She was nominated for the award by a patient. The nomination reads: “Before and after my hip replacement surgery, my nurse, Megan Mason, did a phenomenal job of ...
EAGLE GROVE — Bryan Whaley, of Eagle Grove, has been named chief executive officer of the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association, effective Dec. 4 Whaley most recently worked as the director of field operations – north for Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Before that, he was a ...
EAGLE GROVE — Brian Ayersman, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, is joining the staff of the Community Health Center of Eagle Grove. He will be available to take patients, children through adult, starting Nov. 28 for evaluation and treatment. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, Ayersman is able to diagnose psychiatric or mental health illnesses and provide medication management. Ayersman earned his associate degree in nursing from Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, his bachelor’s degree from Chamberlain College in Addison, Illinois; and his master’s degree from ...
