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South Heartland health director briefs council on annual report, air monitors and outreach van

Hastings Mayor and City Council · March 9, 2026
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Michelle Beaver, director of the South Heartland District Health Department, presented the annual report, described a new ARPA-supported outreach van for screenings and education, noted air-quality monitors in the district (including one in Hastings), and said the department has 24 employees and plans to add up to 10 community health workers over five years.

Michelle Beaver, director of the South Heartland District Health Department, provided a quarterly community update and distributed the department's annual report to council members and attendees.

Beaver said the department was formed under state legislation and that 2026 marks the 25th anniversary of the funding that helped establish local health departments. She highlighted an outreach van — which the department said was supported in part by…

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