healthcare

Lake City Family Physicians becomes Olmsted Medical Center - Lake City

Dec 27, 2017

Lake City Family Physicians will become Olmsted Medical Center’s (OMC) newest branch clinic today (Thursday, Dec. 28), according to a news release. Officially called Olmsted Medical Center—Lake City, this will bring to 11 the number of branch clinics in Southeastern Minnesota where OMC provides...

Two join Wabasha community clinic

Dec 20, 2017

Expansion of providers and services continues at Saint Elizabeth’s Community Clinic in Wabasha with the upcoming addition of a physician and a nurse practitioner. John Cierzan, MD, will join the medical staff and begin seeing patients on January 8. As a board certified internal medicine...

Hospice 'not a dead deal'

Nov 29, 2017

Wabasha County commissioners dealt a setback to a proposed hospice facility in Lake City Nov. 21 when they refused to consider a tax abatement for the project, but the CEO of the company that would operate the facility said it was not a death blow. “I would say this is definitely not a dead deal...

Mayo Administrators: Sorry for the delays

Nov 22, 2017

To the editor: As leaders of the Mayo Clinic Health System sites in southeastern Minnesota, we want to offer a sincere apology to our patients for the long wait times they have experienced on the phone and in person over the past few weeks. This level of service is not acceptable, and falls well...

New co-op offers health plans for farmers

Nov 16, 2017

Ag Partners will host an informational event where farmers can learn about the health plans available from a newly established health care cooperative. 40 Square Cooperative Solutions is a healthcare cooperative enabled by legislation passed last year, according to the Minnesota Farmers Union,...

Renelt: What is it like to tell someone they have cancer?

Nov 9, 2017

A mother looks at her child of four years lying in her bed. Influenza had been going around at his elementary school, and it seems that her child had been hit hard. She raises his weak arm, and places a thermometer into the pit. 104 degrees. She rushes him to the emergency room, where a doctor...

Emergency department renovations on hold

Nov 2, 2017

A planned renovation of the emergency department at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City hospital is on hold while planning continues, according to Mayo. “The remodel of the emergency department in Lake City will get underway as soon as we’re able to determine the best way to move forward...

City Council tables tax abatement for Lake City Sanctuary Hospice

Oct 11, 2017

An abatement that the developer said is necessary to construct a hospice facility in Lake City is on hold. The abatement would refund the increase in city property taxes to the developer generated by the proposed 12-bed, $4.6 million facility in the Jewel development for 20 years or up to a...

Lake City hospice project gets a hearing

Sep 14, 2017

A proposal for what Lake City Mayor Mark Nichols said would be the largest tax abatement in city history will get a public hearing. The Lake City City Council approved the measure Sept. 11 in one of two votes relating to a proposed hospice facility in the Jewel development. Developer Scott LeFavre...

Ambulance chief: Service overhaul showing results

Aug 31, 2017

Lake City Ambulance Director Sarah Rybarczyk listed the areas the service has improved since an assessment last year identified numerous deficiencies at the service. Rybarczyk’s comments came at a special workshop meeting of the Lake City City Council on Aug. 28. She led the service as interim...