WCV School Resource Officer

WCV School Resource Officer Sgt. Katie Guisinger with the Stuart Police Dept is the SRO for West Central Valley School District.

Reminder! We are 24 aways hours away from our annual foam and sno cone party!
06/15/2026

Reminder! We are 24 aways hours away from our annual foam and sno cone party!

On Thursday, June 11th, Books & Badges was held at the Stuart Public Library for our big June event!Anyone who has been ...
06/14/2026

On Thursday, June 11th, Books & Badges was held at the Stuart Public Library for our big June event!

Anyone who has been to Books & Badges, in the summer, knows that it's almost more like a party than anything. A giant theme party where we might be giving away items (books, games, puzzles, toys, you name it), spinning for prizes, taking silly photos in our photo booth or waiting in line for a sweet treat.

And since we broke records this week with our Summer Youth Programs camp, we thought we should break records with Books & Badges, too. The grand total of attendees, courtesy of Librarian Lisa, was 128! And, even better, everyone did great in the space we had and were patient and waited their turns at all the different activity stations. Great job!

As always, June is all about donuts because of National Donut Day on the first Friday in June. And, this year, I might have gone a little overboard, but I brought anything and everything donut that I could find. Books? Donuts. Games? Donuts. Arts/Crafts? Donuts. Basically, it was a sweet day full of all things donut. Also, between the To-Go Donut Bar (because we don't eat donuts in the library!) and the spinning prize wheel, no one should have left empty handed! And many were also lucky enough to win a prize from the raffle carts.

I'm already looking forward to Books & Badges next month where our theme will be, Christmas in July. I even heard a certain green grumpy friend might stop by. Can't wait.

PS: If anyone has any fun photos from the photo booth to share, please put them in the comments!

Summer Youth ProgramsCamp 2: Springbrook State Park: Water AdventuresWe love breaking records and this camp had a reco...
06/13/2026

Summer Youth Programs
Camp 2: Springbrook State Park: Water Adventures

We love breaking records and this camp had a record-breaking attendance with 50 campers! Now, that's probably over the number that I had planned to bring but our leader, DNR Naturalist Anne Riordan, was game and decided that we'd just split into three groups instead of our usual two groups. Problem solved.

Well, then we had another problem to solve. As soon as we arrived at camp, around 9am, mother nature decided that we were all looking a little hot and needed to cool down with some rain. Now, a little rain isn't usually a problem, but this rain brought some lightning within a few miles. Thankfully, the shelter house has plenty of room and seating for everyone, so that problem was addressed. But now, what do we do with 50 kids stuck inside a shelter house? And that's when one of our chaperones, who also happens to be a WCV 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Nelson, saved the day with a couple games that all 50 could play. And, when they all started getting a little squirrely, I decided that we should just forget the scheduled afternoon treat and eat dessert first. So, dirt worm cups before lunch, it was.

Once the rain cleared, the sun come out and it was time to get all these activities started. We had fishing, kayaking and beach engineering to tackle. And, yes, beach engineering sounds really fancy but it's just playing in the sand and building things with buckets, scoops, shovels and whatever else they could find.

Our luck eventually had to run out, because we did lose our first fishing pole in the lake this year. But the kid told me that the fishing pole hit him and he ended up dropping the pole from being taken by surprise. Well, I really can't argue with that. Fishing poles hitting kids is just not acceptable. But the fishing pole's fate is now at the bottom of the lake, on the northside of the new dock. So, if you're feeling adventurous and want to fish for a fishing pole, you just might find one in the lake at Springbrook State Park.

Lots of fish were caught. Perhaps a pretty big bullfrog. Perhaps I had to tell a couple boys to stop poking a water snake with a fishing pole, mostly because when I asked them what their plan was if they caught it, all I got back for an answer was silence. Clearly, the plan had not been planned beyond that point.

Beach engineering really kept everyone happy for most of the afternoon. Castles were made and moats were dug. Giant holes that kind of resembled beach hot tubs were made and sat in. Critters were found, mostly frogs, and each was proudly brought over to show me or the boujee chaperones that were sitting in cushioned chairs, on the beach, under the shade.

All in all, it was a great day at the park. Next week, we'll be tackling the zoo. Nothing like bringing wild kids to visit the wild animals. Can't wait.

On Monday, June 8th, officers with the Stuart Police Department joined Southwest Iowa Driver's Education for a class bei...
06/12/2026

On Monday, June 8th, officers with the Stuart Police Department joined Southwest Iowa Driver's Education for a class being held at WCV.

During the class, students were given the chance to wear a variety of impairment goggles (alcohol, THC and opioid) and participate in hands on activities like driving the pedal kart through traffic cones, using their fine motor skills to stack cups, using their depth perception to try and shoot a basketball and finally, attempting a few field sobriety tests.

We lost a few traffic cones; basketballs went soaring over the backboards and cups went flying a few times. And the field sobriety tests weren't pretty, and I believe every one of them failed rather obviously.

And, while I think the students had a good time participating in the activities, at the end, I asked them how hard it was and they all said that it was pretty hard to complete any of the activities.

Please reach out to me, at my email below, if your group, organization, class, etc. is interested in having us join for a hands-on learning opportunity and presentation.

Sgt. Katie Guisinger
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Congratulations to James Owens on winning the family pool pass contest that was held at the Stuart Public Library and sp...
06/12/2026

Congratulations to James Owens on winning the family pool pass contest that was held at the Stuart Public Library and sponsored by the Stuart Police Department Community Programs!

There were 142 donut figures in the guessing jar and with a guess of 143, James couldn't get much closer than that! James was surrounded by his family, including a couple of very happy sisters, as he claimed his prize.

Congratulations Owens family!

Week two of free summer movies at the Stuart Fremont Theatre starts tonight with "How to Train Your Dragon".The Stuart P...
06/09/2026

Week two of free summer movies at the Stuart Fremont Theatre starts tonight with "How to Train Your Dragon".

The Stuart Police Department Community Programs is a proud sponsor of these movies, along with so many other great community members and businesses. So, if you're able, definitely check out a movie on all of us!

Reminder! Our first Books & Badges of the summer is Thursday at 10am at the Stuart Public Library! For anyone who has ...
06/08/2026

Reminder!

Our first Books & Badges of the summer is Thursday at 10am at the Stuart Public Library! For anyone who has been to Books & Badges in the summer, be ready for lots of fun! And people. And activities. It's kind of like a party.

This month, to continue our celebration from National Donut Day on June 5th, it's all about the donuts. Donut books? Check. Donuts to go? Check. Donut photo booth opportunity? Check. Donut prize wheel? Double check.

Hope to see you there!
Sgt. Katie

Summer Youth ProgramsCamp 1: Springbrook State Park: Land AdventuresInto the wilderness. We started camp with 37 kids...
06/06/2026

Summer Youth Programs
Camp 1: Springbrook State Park: Land Adventures

Into the wilderness. We started camp with 37 kids, and we ended camp with 37 kids (and they were the same kids we started with!), so that in itself, is a victory.

As always, our camps at Springbrook are under the leadership of DNR Naturalist Anne Riordan, who probably has enough energy and confidence for all of the other chaperones combined. Thank goodness for Anne. Because, without Anne, there's a good chance I wouldn't have had the gumption to let the kids shoot bows and arrows and throw atlatls (primitive spears).

Besides spear throwing, there were a lot of activities completed yesterday.

While Anne spoke with one group about animal adaptations, complete with her animal educator friends (turtles and a snake), I took a group on an insect safari. Things went astray, rather quickly, as insects became frogs, toads and well, someone (me) fishing out a snakeskin, that was in the lake, for a group. The group was pretty insistent that they needed the snakeskin for their inspect habitat. I hope I got some brownie points for that one. And I really hope the ladybug forgives us for putting a snakeskin (a soggy one, at that) in the bug box. The things I do for these kids, I tell you.

My high school volunteer chaperones, Maia and Jaeci, took on the arts and crafts section and helped the kids make plaster animal tracks to take home. And, I think, most of the animal tracks even made it home in one piece.

Another highlight included walking around the lake. It turns out, that I'm the last one on these hikes because I tend to dawdle with the other kids that are busy looking at every animal track, insect, animal or shiny rock that we find along the way. At one point, we saw that the front of the group had already gone around the bend and was well in front of us (don't worry, that group had a different and apparently, faster, leader). One of the kids said that they must be really fast hikers. I didn't have the heart to tell them that it might just be that we are really slow hikers. But I think that's true for many hikers, you are either a hiker with a goal to get there and back, or you are a hiker that likes to stop and take 587 pictures and point out everything that looks interesting.

I won't tell you what category of hiker that I fall into but enjoy my 587 pictures.

Sgt. Katie

While our National Donut Day event at Ruthie's Coffee House • Stuart, IA might be a wrap, there are still plenty of hour...
06/05/2026

While our National Donut Day event at Ruthie's Coffee House • Stuart, IA might be a wrap, there are still plenty of hours left in the day to celebrate and get yourself a donut. So, donut delay, go find those power rings and celebrate the holiday to the fullest!

I appreciate everyone that came out today. Enjoy some pictures of Stuart's biggest donut fans.

Sgt. Katie

Reminder! Tomorrow is a wonderful holiday celebrated by police officers nationwide! That's right, it's National Donut D...
06/04/2026

Reminder! Tomorrow is a wonderful holiday celebrated by police officers nationwide!

That's right, it's National Donut Day!

Come see me at Ruthie's Coffee House • Stuart, IA tomorrow from 7am-9am to get your free donut (while donuts last!).

Hope to see you there!
Sgt. Katie

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