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US-GCS DCL Arch Pamph-Grinnell-Hospitals/Health-4.1
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Grinnell-Hospitals/Health-Ambulance Service
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Des Moines Register article about death of Darwin and Marlene Stepanek in October 2020 due to a house fire. Grinnell's sole ambulance was on another call and took 20 minutes to respond to the call, prompting reforms.
GHR article 9/26/22: Grinnell City Council is in the early stages of founding a municipality-owned ambulance service when the current contract with Midwest Ambulance expires in early 2025. The city is also hiring a new Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Administrator.
Other GHR articles from 2018 - 2020 about city plans regarding ambulance services