health care

Demand more funding for community mental health care

Sep 21, 2022

Decades of failed mental health policies have placed law enforcement on the front line of mental health crisis response and turned jails and prisons into the new asylums. Deinstitutionalization, treatment laws demanding a person become violent before intervention, discriminatory Federal Medicaid...

Mayo plans to defer elective care at least eight weeks

Mar 19, 2020

Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Health System have announced that, beginning March 23, they are deferring elective care for at least eight weeks. A full statement from Dr. Amy Williams, Dean of the Practice at Mayo Clinic, is below: “Mayo Clinic continues to actively monitor all aspects of the COVID-...

Low/No Vision meeting rescheduled for May 9

May 1, 2019

Lake City’s Low Vision/No Vision support group welcomes Jonathan Campbell, IT specialist from the Minnesota Services for the Blind, to their meeting Thursday, May 9, at 2:15 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church 110 S. Oak Street. Campbell is one of two IT specialists employed by the State of...

Mayo promotes organ donation with local ceremony

Apr 24, 2019

Thanks to an organ donation, John Gruber was able to walk his oldest daughter down the aisle and, six weeks ago, to become a grandfather, he said. Gruber, a member of the Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City Community Board, was among the Mayo Clinic Health System officials and guests who...

Mayo closing Wabasha clinic as St. Elizabeth's announces a new one

Jun 22, 2017

Mayo Clinic Health System has announced it is closing its Wabasha clinic as St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center prepares to open a primary care clinic staffed by some familiar faces. Saint Elizabeth’s primary care clinic will open in July with three providers, including Dr. Dennis Spano, primary care...

Mayo to end home health care services

May 3, 2017

Mayo Clinic Health System will no longer provide home health care services in Red Wing as of June 30, according to a news release. Five of the 70 patients impacted are in Lake City, according to Mayo Clinic Health System spokesperson Asia Zmuda. The program will work closely with patients and...

Letter: Local cancer fighters lobby for palliative care access

Apr 13, 2017

To the editor: We recently traveled to St. Paul to participate in the American Cancer Society (ACS) Cancer Action Network’s (CAN) Day at the Capitol, where we met with our local lawmakers to talk about the issues important to our community. ACS CAN is working on several initiatives at the Capitol...

Letter: Concerns about future medical service

Sep 21, 2016

To the editor: It has been an honor and privilege to serve this community as a member of the City Council for the past 10 years. I am again asking for your vote in November for one more four-year term. I personally believe there are some very important issues that will be coming before the council...

Letter: MNsure is a boondoggle