The Des Moines Fire Department is launching a program designed to cut the number of non-emergency calls while connecting frequent 911 users with long-term services. People can now get medical care at a downtown homeless shelter, while paramedics will visit public housing, homeless encampments, and people who often call 911. Assistant Fire Chief Percy Coleman […]
Midwife bucks trend and opens birthing center in central Iowa
Iowa has a free-standing birthing center again after a law lowered barriers for midwives to operate one. A birthing center is
