BOMGAARS DONATES LADIES NIGHT PROCEEDS TO CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (December 28, 2021) Jim Nelson, manager of the Cherokee Bomgaars, recently presented a check in the amount of $1,068.84 to representatives of Cherokee Regional Medical Center. The funds were raised during this year’s Bomgaars Ladies Night promotion and will be earmarked…

(December 23, 2021)Since being established in 2007, the Cherokee Regional Medical Center Foundation has raised thousands of dollars to help support the mission and service offerings of Cherokee Regional. The brain child of past CEO, John Comstock, the original Cherokee Regional Foundation Board consisted of several retired Cherokee Regional…

Cherokee Area Service of Remembrance to be held Tuesday, November 30th For the first time, a Cherokee-area Service of Remembrance will take place as a joint effort by Boothby Funeral Home, Cherokee Regional Hospice, and Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home. The…

As noted in an October 22nd Health Alert and press release, CDC identified Burkholderia pseudomallei in an aromatherapy room spray product. The Better Homes and Gardens-branded Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones “Lavender & Chamomile” scent was sold at a limited number of Walmart stores and…

CHEROKEE REGIONAL & SENIOR LIFE SOLUTIONS TEAM UP FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION   September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, so Cherokee Regional Medical Center and Senior Life Solutions have teamed up for the 2nd Annual Suicide Prevention Awareness Walk to shed more light on this topic.   Event supporters are encouraged to join in…

Public Meet and Greet for Sean Nelson, M.D., Scheduled for Wednesday, August 11th Cherokee Regional Medical Center (Cherokee Regional) is pleased to announce that Dr. Sean Nelson has joined the medical staff. Dr. Nelson has been seeing patients in the Cherokee Regional Emergency Department since early July and will begin…

Effective immediately, all Cherokee County Public Health COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics held in the city of Cherokee will be moving to the old Roosevelt Elementary School building located at the corner of E. Bow Drive and N. Roosevelt Avenue.  The first clinic to be held in the new location will be…

Cherokee Regional Medical Center 300 Sioux Valley Drive Cherokee, Iowa  51012   PRESS RELEASE   CONTACT: Kent Lundquist (712)225-3368 ext. 202 klundquist@cherokeermc.org   February 15, 2020 – For Immediate Release!   Cherokee Regional Medical Center 2021 Scholarship Applications Now Available   Cherokee Regional Medical Center is accepting applications for the CRMC Auxiliary, CRMC Foundation, Kenneth Hobson Memorial, and…

Cherokee County COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center Established Limited Supply Available for Phase 1-B Vaccination Clinic Scheduled for Friday, February 5th The Cherokee County Public Health Department has learned they are scheduled to receive a very limited supply of COVID- 19 vaccine doses this week. Assuming that they do receive…

Cherokee County COVID-19 Vaccine Update Following the Emergency Use Authorization of both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) is partnering with county public health departments to begin vaccinating Iowans. Both vaccines are currently being administered in Iowa to the Phase 1A priority populations…