Tom Bice, a partner in the Johnson, Erb, Bice, Kramer, Good, Mulholland & Cochrane PLC Law Firm, of Fort Dodge, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the National Conference of Bar Examiners.

The Messenger invites businesses in its circulation area to submit brief, typewritten items concerning their employees for the newspaper’s Business Briefs column.

Julie Frye, RN, CHPN, has accepted the position of clinical coordinator for the Trinity Hospice program.

She replaces Nadine Schlienz, who will be the clinical coordinator for the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home.

Mary Kruse, Trinity Regional Medical Center, has completed her sexual assault nurse examiner training.

This training will allow Kruse to examine patients and collect evidence on sexual assault victims.

Diane DeBruin, DeAnn Hewitt and Jeri VerHelst, Trinity hospice nursing assistants, took the NBCHPN nursing assistant examination.