(Des Moines)--A northwest Iowa nurse charged with domestic abuse at a Spirit Lake assisting living center is now facing disciplinary charges for alleged drug-related offenses.
According to the Iowa Capital Dispatch, the Iowa Board of Nursing has charged 32-year-old Taylor Lynn Syndergaard, also known as Taylor Lynn Miller, with obtaining or possessing or administering controlled substances without lawful authority, and with violating an agreement or contract with the Iowa Professional Health Program that assists health professionals with substance abuse issues.
Board records describe Syndergaard as currently living in Odebolt and Alta. The investigation into the matter was initiated in 2025. A board hearing on the matter is scheduled for August 7th.
Court records show that in July 2024, while working at Spirit Lake’s Wel-Life Assisted Living Center, Syndergaard was charged with domestic abuse-assault. Syndergaard has not entered a plea in that case and after six continuances the charge is still pending, with hearings scheduled for consideration of a deferred prosecution in the matter.
In 2025, Syndergaard was charged with selling methamphetamine. She was also charged earlier this year with violating a co-contact order and in a separate case second-degree theft and criminal mischief. The outcome of those cases is still pending.
