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Progress: Health

Huge healthcare growth on the horizon

The beginning of an exciting chapter has started in Marshalltown - a chapter about growth. Three medical facilities are under construction - a $36 million hospital expansion at the UnityPoint South Campus, an $18 million McFarland clinic behind Walmart and a new UnityPoint Urgent Care by ...

More seek alternative health options

Alternative health practitioners in Marshalltown say their forms of treatment are on the rise. ”We’ve been crazy crazy busy, and it’s been a wonderful thing and I’m very grateful,” owner of Nourish Healthy Weight and Wellness Center Rhonda Spellman said. In August 2020, ...

Art and equines help kids open up

Mental health counseling doesn’t always look the same. Youth Shelter Services in Marshalltown knows there is more than one way to help clients. Director David Hicks and the team have been thinking outside the box on ways to give effective services. Thanks to a partnership with Marshall ...

McFarland brings back occupational medicine

At McFarland Clinic, there are many special types of care provided to customers, some are not well known to patients. One that is not well known is occupational medicine, which is returning to McFarland Clinic, 312 E. Main St. “We're really excited to have that service available,” ...

UnityPoint rakes in awards

UnityPoint locations in Marshalltown are racking up awards this year, all of which have to do with patient care and patient satisfaction. The Wound Healing Center has become a model of patient care consistency. The Wound Healing Center is one of three centers (one in Oregon and one in ...

Marshall County successful in vaccine effort

Vaccines for the COVID-19 virus became available on a limited basis toward the end of 2020, beginning of 2021. And Marshall County was in line to get shipments so residents could be inoculated. Waiting in that line and leading the way was Marshall County Public Health Nurse Pat Thompson. ...