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

Get a Flu Shot in October

The Polk County Health Department will be giving flu shots in the senior/community centers at the following locations. Please REGISTER for an appointment at the location of your choice. Bring your Medicare card.

Immunization Clinics Oct. 12, 17

The Polk County Health Department will hold immunization clinics at the Polk County Health Department in Osceola on Wednesday October 12th, 2022 from 1:30 to 3:30 and Monday, October 17th from 3:30 to 5:30. An appointment is required for compliance to the COVID-19 directives.

Pedicure Clinic

Pedicure clinics will be held at the Polk County Health Department the 1st Wednesday morning and 3rd Wednesday afternoon of every month. Please call the health department at 402-7472211 to make an appointment.

Governor Supports Multi-State Challenge to Biden Administration’s Student Loan Cancellation Program

LINCOLN — Thursday, Nebraska and five other states filed a challenge to the Biden Administration’s Student Loan Cancellation Program.

Get a Flu Shot in October

The Polk County Health Department will be giving flu shots in the senior/community centers at the following locations. Please REGISTER for an appointment at the location of your choice. Bring your Medicare card.

MEDAL OF HONOR

CLARKS — When Spencer Tedford joined the army in 1941, he was an under-age New Hampshire lumberjack. He was assigned to Fort Riley, Kansas after his training. In 1943, he was one of many men who volunteered for a “dangerous and hazardous” mission which included serving in India and northern Burma.

Annie Jeffrey Health Fair October 4th

Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Health Center is always taking precautionary steps to protect our patients, community members and staff from the exposure and spread of any illness including COVID-19.

Wheeler Wins Football Contest For Week Four

Dean Wheeler of Osceola is this week’s Polk County News Football Contest winner! He only missed two entries. Runner-up also missing two was Dennis Koinzan of Stromsburg. They both missed the upset games of Texas versus Texas Tech and Oklahoma losing to Kansas State.

Governor in favor of voter ID

Gov. Pete Ricketts said Monday that Nebraskans should be required to show photographic identification before voting, even though he acknowledged there have been few cases of voter fraud in the state. “The time to try to correct your system is not after you discover there’s fraud,” he said.