The Office of U-S Senator Joni Ernst, Thursday, announced the Republican from Red Oak will offer traveling office hours to residents of southwest Iowa the last half of this month and during September. Representatives from her office will serve as a resource to Iowans, to help them with problems they may be having, or answer questions they may have, with regard to: Social Security; Medicare; Veterans benefits or military affairs; Passports; Immigration issues, and other, federal programs.

Her staffers will be in: Monona, Crawford and Carroll Counties next week (Aug. 19th-20th); Dallas, Madison, Adair and Guthrie Counties, Aug. 31st; Sept. 1st in Union, Audubon, Ringgold, Shelby and Harrison Counties; Sept. 2nd in Adams, Montgomery, Cass and Pottawattamie Counties; and, Sept. 3rd in Taylor, Page, Fremont and Mills Counties.

The complete schedule for Ernst’s Traveling Office hours is listed below:

Wed., Aug. 19th: Onawa Public Library, 3:30-4:30-pm; Norelius Community Library in Denison, 6-7pm; Carroll County Courthouse – Meeting room, 7:30-8:30-pm.

Mon. Aug. 31st: Dallas County Courthouse (Adel) – 2nd floor Conference room, 9-to 10-am; Madison County Courthouse (Winterset) – 3rd floor Conference room, 11-am to Noon; Adair County Courthouse (Greenfield) – in the courtroom, from 1-until 2-pm; Guthrie County Courthouse (Guthrie Center) – Public Meeting Room, 3-4pm.

Tue., Sept. 1st: Union County Courthouse (Creston) – LEC Conference Room, 9-to 10-am; Audubon County Public Library, 11-am to Noon; Mount Ayr City Hall Council Chambers, 11-am until Noon; Harlan Public Library, 1-until 2-pm; and at the Missouri Valley Public Library, from 3-until 4-pm.

Wed., Sept. 2nd: Corning Public Library – 9:30 to 10:30-am; ISU Extension Office in Red Oak – Suite 2, 11:15-am to 12:15-pm; Atlantic Public Library, 1:30-to 2:30-pm; Avoca Public Library, 3:15 to 4:15-p.m.

Thu., Sept. 3rd: Bedford Public Library, 9-am to 10-am; Clarinda Public Library – Large Meeting Room, 10:45-11:45-am; Hamburg City Hall, 1-2pm; and at the Glenwood Senior Center, from 2:45-3:45-p.m.