An incident involving an armed man and authorities in Crawford County Wednesday evening resulted in the subject involved in a stand-off being shot. The unidentified man suffered what were described as non-life threatening injures, and was flown by helicopter to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha.

According to reports, the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a concerned citizen requesting a welfare check on a male subject residing at the Schleswig Manor Apartments, in Schleswig. Deputies arrived at the apartment complex at around 6:20-p.m. and approached the apartment. A man inside the building pointed a long gun at the deputies and allegedly threatened to shoot them if they didn’t back away.

Deputies evacuated other residents of the apartment complex as a precaution. As a standoff with the suspect was underway, negotiators from the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa State Patrol tried to communicate with the subject and resolve the incident peacefully, but at around 11:45- p.m. (Nearly 4 1/2 hours after the stand-off began), the subject opened a door and pointed the long gun in the direction of officers before firing a single round.

A Crawford County deputy returned the fire, striking the man. The incident remains currently under investigation by the Crawford County Attorney’s Office , the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s Division of Criminal Investigation. The name of the man who was shot was being withheld, pending notification of family members.

The Cass County Health System (CCHS) is offering low-cost community blood screenings for people ages 18 and over in late March and early April in Atlantic, Anita, Griswold, and Massena. Mitch Whiley, CCMH Laboratory Director, says “Regular blood screenings are a valuable tool in the early detection and treatment of many chronic diseases.”

The screenings schedule is as follows:

CCMH Conference Room 6, Atlantic, 7 – 9 am
• Wednesday, March 30
• Thursday, March 31
• Friday, April 1
• Saturday, April 2
• Wednesday, April 6
• Thursday, April 7
• Friday, April 8
• Saturday, April 9

Anita Medical Center, 7 – 9 am
• April 11

Griswold Medical Center, 7 – 8 am
• April 12

Massena Medical Center, 7 – 8 am
• April 13

Appointments can be made by calling 712-250-8091. The cost for the blood profile is $35, and it includes the following: Lipid Panel (total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL, LDL), Glucose, Complete Blood Count (CBC), Liver Function, Kidney Function, and Thyroid Screening. With the $35 blood profile, you can also add these screenings for an additional fee:
• A1c: $12
• PSA: $20
• Vitamin D: $30
Participants should fast overnight before their appointment, although a small amount of water or black coffee the morning of the blood draw is fine.

Officials with the Fremont County Sheriff’s office report that on Wednesday, Southwest Iowa Home Health Services (a Department of the George C. Grape Community Hospital and home of the Fremont County Public Health Department) presented Sheriff Kevin Aistrope with five brand new Automated External Defibrillator (AED) systems.

Jamie Behrends, RN, is the Director of Home and Community Based Services/Disaster Coordinator for SW IA Home Health. She said in a statement, that they learned there are a total of eight vehicles utilized by the Sheriff’s department. All of the deputies are deemed first responders and are CPR certified. Behrends says they were “A bit surprised to learn that not a single [Sheriff’s Department] vehicle is equipped with an Automated External Defibrillator.” She added, that “According to the CDC,less than 8% of people who experience a heart attack while outside of the hospital survive.”

Armed with that information, Behrends said they began the process of obtaining quotes and approval from both state emergency preparedness grant contacts as well from the other members of the Corner 3 Coalition (C3C) [which consists of public health departments and hospitals from Fremont, Page, and Montgomery counties], and used grant funds from both their own allotment as well as from the C3C pot of funds to cover the cost of new AED’s. Behrends said “Our hope is that this gift will reach many and assist our deputies in providing the best possible initial care to those in need.”

Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope said “The Sheriff’s Office couldn’t be more grateful for this donation, since the Deputies are first responders and will help the Deputies better serve the people of Fremont County. “