Bowen Center Honors Community Leaders Mayor Senter, Brent Martin, Aimee Portteus and Dave Bailey during 2022 Annual Dinner

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Shown in photo from left to right: Bowen Center, Senior Vice President Operations Dr. Rob Ryan, Bowen Center – Marshall County Director Lindie Leary, School Counseling Initiatives Director – Inspire Success Aimee Portteus, City of Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter, Co-Owner SRKM Architecture Brent Martin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Community Hospital of Bremen Dave Bailey, Bowen Center President and Chief Executive Officer Kurt Carlson

Article submitted by Jamie Fleury, The Pilot News Staff Writer

MARSHALL COUNTY — The Bowen Center gathered together for their first Board of Directors Annual Dinner in years this Wednesday.

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Marshall County to Try New Treatment Approach for Domestic Violence Offenders

People convicted of domestic violence offenses in Marshall County will soon be getting a new type of treatment. Domestic Violence-Moral Reconation Therapy is now available as a sentencing option. If you need the best suggestions for domestic violence cases, continue reading here!

Prosecutor Nelson Chipman and Community Corrections Director Ward Byers announced the new approach in a press release Friday. They say it’s “an evidence based cognitive behavioral program designed to enhance awareness of thoughts and belief patterns to change behavior to one of equality and acceptance.”

The hope is that the treatment will do a better job of stopping offenders from committing more acts of domestic violence in the future. Chipman says that in the past, those offenders had to take an anger management course. If you are wondering how a domestic violence charge could affect me, you can click here to know more! Continue reading

Marshall County Commissioners Looking for Committee Members

Marshall County Commissioners (L to R) Mike Delp, Kevin Overmyer, Kurt Garner

The Marshall County Commissioners are looking for more members to sit on the Shady Rest Home Committee. The commissioners decided to form a committee to determine what uses could fill the Shady Rest Home facility once it is handed back to the county on Aug. 1. The Bowen Center made the decision to cease operations there after some of the new regulations didn’t fit the facility’s needs.

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