Blood Pressure Clinics

Clinics to monitor blood pressure will also be held each Tuesday or the month. They will be held at the Senior Center and rotate between each town in Polk County. 1st Tuesday - Osceola 2nd Tuesday - Shelby 3rd Tuesday - Stromsburg 4th Tuesday - Polk

MCH Awards Scholarships

Midwest Covenant Home is proud to announce our 2022 Scholarship award winners, Christina Rystrom and Blaike Bryan. Each is awarded a $500 scholarship to use as they further their education. The Board of Directors reviewed several applications and found these two applicants worthy of their award.

Community Connection

Call Annie Jeffrey Health Center at (402) 747-2031 for more information May is Osteoporosis Awareness & Prevention Month. Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break. If not prevented or if left untreated, osteoporosis can progress painlessly until a bone breaks.

NEWS IN BRIEF

Osceola Senior Center Breakfast The Osceola senior center will host a fundraiser breakfast on May 29, 2022 from 10 AM to 1 PM at the Osceola Civic Center. Free will donation. Stromsburg Woman’s Club The Stromsburg Woman’s Club will meet on Monday, May 23rd at 6:00 p.m. at the Viking Center.

District Track Champions

Shelby-Rising City Girls won the Class C-6 District track meet last Thursday hosted by Centura in Cairo.

National Nurses Week

Nurses at Annie Jeffrey Hospital in Osceola. (left to right) Mindy Bryan, Jane Hays, Kim Yungdahl, Sabrina Sumsion, Robin Carlson, Megan Fitzgerald, Lori Palik, Taylor Boruch, and Chris Gabel.

Nurses Are An Important Part of Healthcare

The approximately 3 million nurses working today make up the backbone of the U.S. healthcare industry and are the largest single profession within the field.