Posted Today At 2:07pm

(Atlantic) An open house will be held at Sunday at the Cass County Memorial Hospital. The purpose of the event is to unveil Phase 1 of the Addition and Renovation Project.

Phase 1 of the project is 42,250 square foot addition to the hospital.  CEO Pat Markham (pictured) says she’s excited to share the progress with the community.

“I think they are going to see a state of the art facility that going to maximize patient privacy and security. It has the latest in medical technology. It’s homey it’s warm and comforting. I think everyone is going to be very impressed. We are very proud of what we have accomplished here.”

The addition will help enhance customer care in several ways. Specifically, one of those improvements will be an addition to the physical therapy area.

“It’s all about patient care and patient services.  One area that we are expanding and that will be a completely new and additional is we will have a pool in our physical therapy area.  You will be able to get water therapy in a nice warm pool for athletic injuries or post-surgery, or many of those kinds of things.”

Phase 1 includes the new construction on the project. Phase 2, includes remodeling the existing 22,000 square feet for improved outpatient services.

*Photo is from a tour of the addition in February
 

Posted Today At 10:44am

(Neola) 10-5 Tri-Center goes up against 15-4 St. Albert tonight in the Class 1A Region 1 soccer final tonight. At stake is a trip to the state tournament.

Tri-Center girls soccer coach Jeff Lefeber says he’s not surprised that his team’s season is still alive heading into the regional finals. Tonight against St. Albert will be a rematch of an April 13th game that St. Albert won 7-1. Allison Cox scored five goals for St. Albert in that first meeting prompting Tri-Center to focus their defense on her tonight.

Cox ranks 4th in class 1A in goals scored this season. The state leader is Tri-Center’s own Kaylee Grotee who has scored 48 goals for the year. Lefeber describes Grotee as a great player who makes everyone on the team better.

Tri-Center has never advanced to the state tourney in girls soccer. Coach Lefeber says making it to state would show the team how important all of their off-season work as been.

Click here for the interview with Coach Jeff Lefeber