Atlantic, IA – The Cass County Health System (CCHS) Obstetrics (OB) Department announces the “Love Steps Up” walk will be held on Saturday, October 5th at 10 am at Cass County Health System. Love Steps Up is an initiative created by the OB Department to raise awareness and support for families impacted by pregnancy and infant loss. The annual walk is held in October.

“Most people don’t talk about miscarriage openly, but it has affected a large number of families,” said Britni Olson, RN. “We started Love Steps Up as a community event so that there would be more open discussion about it. We hope that parents affected by miscarriage know that they aren’t alone, and that the community is here to support them. When you suffer a miscarriage or infant loss, it’s a very personal experience, but it can also be very healing to connect with others who have been through similar experiences.” The event is free and open to the public. It will be held on Saturday, October 5th at 10 am at the Cass County Health System Healing Garden. Attendees are to park in Lot D on the west side of CCHS and enter through the West Entrance near the cafeteria. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held in the CCHS Cafeteria.

There is no registration or fee for the event, any questions can be directed to the CCHS OB Department at 712-250-8862.

DES MOINES – While the nation focuses on the Iowa Caucuses in the very near future, the State Historical Museum of Iowa turns to the tradition’s colorful past.

Featuring images, film clips, newspaper articles and more than 100 artifacts from 1972 to 2016, the museum’s “First in the Nation: Shaping Presidential Politics Since 1972” exhibition is now open and will help voters and others understand the state’s unique role in presidential politics.

“Every four years, Iowa becomes the focal point for presidential candidates, political insiders and the entire world as the first contest on the road to the White House,” said Susan Kloewer, administrator of the State Historical Society of Iowa. “With this exhibition, we are helping to demystify the caucus process while sharing campaign stories from the past. We encourage Iowans and visitors to see this exhibition.”

“First in the Nation” explores candidates’ journeys through the Iowa caucus cycle, from their first exploratory visits all the way through their frenzied final hours. The exhibition shows how candidates organize their campaigns, meet everyday Iowans and participate in the excitement of caucus day. While Iowa does not pick the president, it narrows the field of candidates who test their message and organizational skills to win one of the proverbial “three tickets out of Iowa” and a head start on the race to the White House.

In the exhibition, guests and visitors can:

• Watch a video about Iowa’s unique position as host of the first-in-the-nation caucus.
• Take a selfie with their favorite 2020 presidential candidates.
• See campaign and election artifacts, including the button collection of David Yepsen, the host of Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press” and former political reporter for The Des Moines Register.
• See an 1856 Republican Ticket, the first presidential election with a Republican nominee.
• See an Iowa Caucus jersey from the Iowa Cubs. It’s a newly acquired item from the team when it honored Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses with special uniforms and caps.

If you go:

What: “First in the Nation: Shaping Presidential Politics Since 1972”
Where: State Historical Museum of Iowa, 600 E. Locust St., Des Moines
When: Now through February
Hours: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday
Admission: Free

In addition, the “First in the Nation” traveling exhibit will be on display Nov. 1-27 at Drake University’s Cowles Library and Jan. 7-30 at the University of Northern Iowa’s Rod Library. The traveling exhibit is an extension of the museum exhibit and travels the state to share images, film clips and artifacts that also tell the story of Iowa’s unique presidential election process.

The State Historical Museum of Iowa is overseen by the State Historical Society of Iowa, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. More information is available at iowaculture.gov or 515-281-5111.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Court of Appeals will decide whether a lawsuit against the governor challenging a new law that changed the way Iowa picks some judges can move forward.

The Iowa Supreme Court on Thursday issued an order sending the case filed in May by a group of Democratic lawmakers and lawyers against Gov. Kim Reynolds to the appeals court.

The order signed by Justice Thomas Waterman said Chief Justice Mark Cady did not take part in the deliberations and that Justices David Wiggins and Brent Appel disagreed with the decision. They would have had the Supreme Court decide the case.

That means the four remaining justices, all Republican appointees, favored sending the case to the appeals court.

The case had been dismissed in June by a judge who said the lawmakers and other plaintiffs don’t have legal standing to challenge the law.

The new law signed by Reynolds in May gave the governor an additional appointment to the 17-member state judicial nominating commission, resulting in the governor having a majority of nine appointees.

The commission nominates justices for the Iowa Supreme Court and the Iowa Court of Appeals.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — The man who was killed in Monday night’s crash near Oakland was a volunteer with Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s campaign.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says 22-year-old Zachary Crombie Presberg was killed Monday night when the car he was driving on U.S. Highway 6 collided with two trucks as he tried to pass one of them.

A statement from Warren’s campaign says Presberg joined the campaign this summer after graduating from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, to organize voter meetings and build relationships in Cass County. He continued his service to Warren’s campaign as a volunteer after his fellowship ended.

He was a native of Piedmont, California.

Warren said in the statement that she and her husband “are heartbroken over Zac’s passing” and added that “Zac represented the very best of us.”

The Creston Police Department reports the arrest of 47-year-old Christopher McGinnis of Creston on Wednesday afternoon. At 4:05pm Officers arrested McGinnnis at his residence on a Union County Warrant for the charge of Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon-Injure/Provoke Fear and additionally charged with Controlled Substance Violation, 2 counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st Offense, Unlawful Possession of a Prescription Drug, Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp, and Possession of Paraphernalia. McGinnis was booked into the Union County Jail on $23,300 bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines will pay $90,000 to settle a lawsuit over the death of a man killed when the vehicle he was driving was struck by a car being chased by police.

On Monday the City Council approved settling the October 2017 lawsuit filed by the estate of Jason Hunt.

The 41-year-old Hunt was driving to a grocery store early on Aug. 14, 2016, when he was hit by a car that crossed into oncoming traffic. Police say the car driver was trying to evade Des Moines officers who’d attempted to stop him because his car didn’t have any license plates.

The lawsuit alleged police were partly at fault for Hunt’s death, because the defendants “acted in reckless disregard” for the safety of the public. Police spokesman Paul Parizek has said the officer who started the chase acted within department policy.