Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City

Updated: Lake City providers sue mayo claiming retaliation for opposing unsafe ER change

Nov 20, 2019

Two former and one current Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City employees are suing the health system, alleging defamation, retaliation, and breach of contract, according to a news release from attorney David Shulman of the law firm Shulman and Buske. Plaintiffs Heidi Harms, an emergency nurse...

Care Center joins statewide effort to promote 'Safe Care for Seniors'

Jul 31, 2019

Senior residential care providers statewide, including in Lake City, held events July 24 to promote the “Safe Care for Seniors” campaign. “Safe Care for Seniors is a comprehensive safety and quality improvement program that will prevent the intentional and unintentional harm that can occur in the...

Tiger marching band plays for care center residents

Jun 26, 2019

The Lake City High School Tiger Marching Band, under the direction of Paul Holland and led by commanders Ashley Veronen and Allison Keller, brought their “Carry On” tour to the care center at Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City on June 11. Residents listened to the band and watched the color...

New bikes for students ‘on the move’

May 23, 2019

Seven participants in the Bluff View on the Move program at Bluff View Elementary School won new bicycles paid for with a donation from Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City. Students that gave up their screen time at home and increased their activity by 30 minutes on a daily basis for 16 out of...

Letter: Grateful for Mayo here in Lake City

Apr 24, 2019

To the editor: As a Lake City resident for the last decade, this will be my first letter to the editor—Lake City’s Mayo clinic and hospital facilities, the reason I write, was one of the top reasons we moved here from the Twin Cities. “Catch them being good,” I was encouraged when I started...

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...

Open house, ribbon cutting ceremony held for new Mayo emergency department

Feb 7, 2019

Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City hosted a community open house and ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 23 to celebrate the opening of the hospital’s newly renovated emergency department. The event marks the completion of the $1.1 million remodel project that began in the spring of...

Seven on the move thanks to new bikes from Mayo

May 24, 2018

Seven Bluff View Elementary School students were the grand prize winners of the school’s Bluff View On The Move program, which encourages children to put away electronics and get active for a few weeks in the spring. Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City provided funding to purchase one new bike...

Mayo names contractor for $1.1 million emergency department expansion

May 3, 2018

Construction to expand and remodel the emergency department (ED) at Mayo Clinic Health System is scheduled to begin in the coming months and will be managed by Weis Builders of Rochester, Minn, Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City has announced. The $1.1 million investment is intended to improve...

Mayo updates city council on staffing, renovation plans

Feb 14, 2018

Renovations at Mayo Clinic Health System (MCHS) in Lake City are on track, but scaled back. Early in 2017 MCHS announced renovations to its emergency department and hospital in Lake City that it expected to begin that year. In November Mayo announced that the project was being redesigned. On Feb....