Officials with the Obama campaign have announced  First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to Iowa, where she will speak to grassroots supporters in Iowa City and Sioux City, Monday. With early voting underway in Iowa, the First Lady will speak about what’s at stake in this election for Iowans and ask them to help organize their communities and get out the vote between now and Election Day. Early vote ends on November 5th in Iowa.

The events featuring Mrs. Obama are free and open to the public. Tickets are required due to limited space, and will be available to the public starting on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets are available for the Sioux City event at the  Sioux City Convention Center beginning today (Friday, Oct. 26th)  from 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM, and will continue if tickets are still available on Saturday, October 27, from 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM and on Sunday, October 28, from 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM.

The tickets can be found at Organizing for America – Sioux City at 520 14^th Street, and at 4106 Morningside Avenue, in Sioux City. Tickets will also be available online at http://OFA.BO/FLOTUS-SC.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Colleges and universities around the country are offering veterans-only courses as a way to cater to military students.  The classes are one way to accommodate a student population that tends to be older, more experienced and further removed from the classroom than the typical undergraduate.  Advocates say the classes can ease the transition from military to civilian life. But not all courses have had staying power, and there’s some concern that veterans-only courses don’t necessarily help re-integrate veteran students into the broader student population.

George Washington University offers a weekend writing seminar for veterans. Wright State University in Ohio offers a psychology class, and a class at the University of Iowa covers everything from reading comprehension to healthy sleep habits.

November is National Home Care and Hospice Month, and it marks 40 years since Cass County Home Care first began providing home health care for patients and their families in southwestern Iowa. CCHC  will commemorate its anniversary with an open house for the public on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 1500 E. 10^th Street in Atlantic. Cass County Home Care first opened its doors in November 1972, at Cass County Memorial Hospital.

Over the years its services have expanded to include wound care; physical, occupational and speech therapies; public health; telehealth monitoring; palliative care and hospice care. In 2010, Cass County Home Care became part of Iowa Health Home Care, the largest home health care provider in the state of Iowa, and an affiliate of the Iowa Health System. This past year, Cass County Home Care has been recognized for its quality care and service by being ranked in the top five percent of home health care agencies in the United States by HealthInsight.

Denise Coder, site manager of Cass County Home Care says they are proud to have served the community for four decades, helping patients and their families achieve their goals of optimal health, well-being and independence, in the comfort of their homes. She says the open house event is a way to say ‘thank you’ for all of the support residents of the area have given them over the years.

National Home Care and Hospice Month was designated to recognize the work of home health care professionals, including administrators, nurses, clinicians, therapists, aides, homemakers and companions, who bring comfort and compassion to patients and families. To learn more about Iowa Health Home Care and its services, visit www.yourhealthcareathome.org. For more information about Cass County Home Care and its services, call 712-243-8006.

A deer in the road was partly to blame for a Villisca teen losing control of the vehicle he was driving Thursday night. The 2003 Dodge Dakota pickup driven by 17-year old Cole Louis Sunderman, of Villisca, was traveling north on Union Avenue at around 10:45-p.m., when he swerved to avoid a deer. The pickup got too close to the soft shoulder of the gravel road, and slid into the ditch before rolling over and coming to rest on the driver’s side. The pickup, registered to Denise Sunderman, sustained $2,000 damage. There were no injuries reported, and no citations issued.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says two arrests have been made in connection with burglaries that occurred on or about October 16th, in the Locust Grove Township. Officials said Thursday afternoon, that 19-year old Colton Frank Sederburg, and 42-year old Shantel Leigh Johnson, both of Shenandoah, were arrested following an investigation into the theft of items from the Raymond Welchans residence and Brad MacDonald farm.

The stolen property was recovered from a home at 602 Illinois Street, in Essex, following the execution of a search warrant. Sederburg and Johnson were charged with multiple counts of burglary and theft. They were being held in the Fremont County Jail on $5,000 bond each.

Earlier in the week, 21-year old Michael Lee Glenn, of Shenandoah was arrested in connection with the thefts, following the execution of search warrants at 306 West Washington Street in Randolph, and 1114 West Sheridan, in Shenandoah. Glenn faces a Possession of Drug Paraphernalia charge.