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03/25/2026

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🚨 Heads Up: Tornado Drill Wednesday at 10 AM 🚨

Don’t be alarmed if you hear tornado sirens or your weather radio goes off this Wednesday, March 25th at 10:00 AM.

The National Weather Service will be conducting a statewide tornado drill as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week in Iowa and Nebraska.

03/20/2026

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That “free Wi-Fi” at your favorite coffee shop? 👀 It might not actually be the coffee shop.

Criminals can set up fake networks that look almost identical to the real one — sometimes just one letter off — and wait for you to connect. Once you do, they can see what you’re doing… and even capture passwords as you type them.

Golden rule:
If you’re on public Wi-Fi, act like the whole world can see your screen.
🚫 No banking
🚫 No online shopping
🚫 No entering passwords or credit card info

Save that for a secure network you trust. And make sure your devices are NOT set to auto-connect to open networks.

If you absolutely have to use public Wi-Fi:

🔎 Double-check the network name. When in doubt, ask the business for the exact Wi-Fi name.
⚠️ Be cautious of pop-ups. Fake networks use fake “accept terms” screens to trick you into downloading malware.

Extra ways to protect yourself:

🔐 Use a VPN (it scrambles your data)
🔑 Use strong passwords + turn on 2-Factor Authentication
📱 Use your phone’s hotspot instead of public Wi-Fi
🔌 Bring your own charging cable and plug into a wall outlet — public USB ports can be risky

Bottom line: If it’s free and open to everyone, slow down and be cautious.

Public Wi-Fi is like having a conversation in a crowded room. Don’t share anything you wouldn’t want a stranger to hear.

03/15/2026

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What is going on in Iowa? 😭

While Iowa is currently under a Blizzard Warning, the newest SPC outlook has also introduced a Marginal Risk of severe weather, driven by the potential for large hail, in the same areas that are expecting blizzard conditions!

03/15/2026

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03/15/2026

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03/14/2026

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A BLIZZARD WARNING has been issued for parts of the TV6 viewing area. Dangerous to impossible travel conditions will persist late Sunday ini Monday morning.

03/10/2026

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‼️SIGNIFICANT SEVERE THREAT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT‼️

Storms capable of producing TORNADOES 🌪️ (a few may be STRONG – up to EF2), VERY LARGE to GIANT HAIL 🧊 (3.5”+ possible in parts of Texas), and Damaging Winds💨 (74+ mph possible, primarily in Texas).

➡️ SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES (Primary Tornado Corridor)

The greatest tornado threat will likely develop from northern Missouri into northern Illinois and Indiana late this afternoon and evening as a surface low tracks along a frontal boundary. Storms forming along and just south of the warm front may become discrete supercells capable of producing TORNADOES — including STRONG tornadoes 🌪️ (up to EF2).

VERY LARGE HAIL 🧊 (2+ inches) will also be possible with the strongest storms. As the evening progresses, storms should spread east toward southern Michigan and possibly northeast Ohio overnight, with an increasing DAMAGING WIND THREAT 💨 as storms begin to organize.

➡️ SOUTHERN PLAINS (EXTREME HAIL RISK)

Across the Texas Panhandle into western and central Texas, storms are expected to develop along the dryline late this afternoon as a strong upper disturbance moves out of northern Mexico.

Initial discrete supercells could produce VERY LARGE TO GIANT HAIL 🧊 (potentially 3–3.5”+ in diameter). As storms grow upscale into clusters or a squall line, the threat for DAMAGING WINDS 💨 (74+ mph) will increase through the evening, especially across parts of central Texas.

Additional storms may develop earlier across south-central Texas, where hail and gusty winds will be the main threats.

⏱️ The Timeframe:

• Afternoon: Storm development begins along the Texas dryline and near the MO/IL frontal boundary

• Evening: Supercells capable of tornadoes and very large hail

• Overnight: Storms move east and may organize into lines with damaging winds

⚠️ BOTTOM LINE: Severe storms today could produce STRONG TORNADOES, VERY LARGE TO GIANT HAIL, and DAMAGING WINDS, especially from Missouri into Illinois and Indiana, while parts of Texas could see extremely large hail and destructive wind gusts with the strongest storms.

⚠️ Have a plan in place today and tonight.
DO NOT SLEEP NAKED. 🌪️

02/26/2026

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WE NEED YOUR HELP
RSVP is partnering with a local school to try out a pen pal program. This will be our very first time doing pen pals and we are so excited.

Pen Pal programs help build student's reading and writing skills. It can also build their confidence around these skills as they practice them.

We are looking for 27 individuals 55 or older who are interested in being a pen pal.
If you already volunteer with us please let us know you want to do this program.
If you have never volunteered with us please call us at 563.243.7787 or stop by the office to fill out a form.

02/23/2026

02/18/2026

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02/06/2026

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Some nursing homes struggle to get visitors. One in the Netherlands decided to invite roommates instead.

In Deventer, a retirement home called Humanitas nursing home made a quiet decision that would later be studied and praised worldwide. Instead of treating loneliness as an unavoidable part of aging, they treated it like a design problem.

For more than a decade, Humanitas has offered university students free rent inside its facility. The exchange is simple and clearly defined. Students commit around thirty hours a month to spending time with residents. That means conversations, shared meals, helping with small daily tasks, or just sitting together when the day feels long. They are not caregivers, and they are not staff. They are neighbors.

At first glance, it looks like a clever housing solution during a student rent crisis. But that’s not the real story. The deeper impact showed up in the residents. Reports from outlets like PBS NewsHour and AARP describe seniors who became more socially active, more engaged, and less isolated once young people became part of their daily environment.

Here’s the turn most people miss. Many students ended up giving more time than required. Some stayed long after graduation. Friendships formed that outlasted the program itself. What began as a contract quietly became community.

Humanitas didn’t invent anything new. It revived something old. Different generations sharing space, routines, and responsibility.

Maybe the problem wasn’t aging. Maybe it was separation.

Sometimes progress looks less like innovation and more like remembering how people used to live together.

02/04/2026

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Here Is Our Updated Groups Calendar! Hope to see you all soon We would love for you come share these amazing groups with Us and our wonderful Recovery Community