Mayo Clinic
Mayo parking lot construction begins Aug. 8
Aug 3, 2016
The main parking lot at Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City will be under construction starting Monday, Aug. 8. Construction is expected to last approximately seven weeks. The project will involve a complete reconstruction to fix pot holes, low spots and cracks, and will allow for closer...
Pediatrician joins Mayo Lake City
Aug 3, 2016
Pediatrician Joel Cassingham, M.D., has recently joined the Mayo Clinic Health System team of primary care providers in Lake City.
Dr. Cassingham received his undergraduate degree at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. He studied medicine at the University of Illinois in Chicago, Ill., and...
A farewell for departing providers
Jul 14, 2016
Four departing Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City providers, three physicians and one nurse practitioner attended a farewell party in their honor July 9 at Lake City Golf Club organized by the acute care nurses at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City hospital. From left are Family Nurse...
Mayo: Agreement with city may change, not end
Jun 23, 2016
Any change in the affiliation agreement between the City of Lake City and Mayo Clinic may be as much as two years away and will not lead to ending the agreement, Mayo officials said this week.
“Mayo Clinic Health System does not plan to end its affiliation agreement with Lake City. We continue to...
Letters: Maybe its time to re-evaluate city's contract with Mayo
Jun 23, 2016
To the editor:
On June 16, Dr. Thomas Witt, Mayo Clinic Health System of Lake City, Zumbrota and Red Wing, sent a letter to patients of the physicians departing Lake City. In that letter he provided information regarding ongoing care at Mayo Clinic Health System Lake City.
In that letter, Dr. Witt...
Ed foundation announces 2016-17 grant recipients
Jun 23, 2016
On May 31, the Lake City Education Foundation (LCEF) awarded 11 grants to the Lake City school district.
LCEF grants will support more than 1,300 students throughout the 2016-17 school year and are valued at over $7,100.
Three community partnerships were significant in making this level of...
Gartner: Mayo wants out of city contract
Jun 16, 2016
Mayo Clinic Health System wants out of its 30-year contract with the City of Lake City, the City Council was told Monday night.
A new regional Mayo structure covering much of southeastern Minnesota and some western Wisconsin locations would be governed by a 15 member board which would replace Lake...
Letter: More interested in money than patients
Jun 9, 2016
To the editor:
I would like to express my disappoinment and anger with the mess Mayo Clinic has made of our medical clinic.
I suggest we do whatever we have to to boycott the Lake City Mayo Health System until they bring our doctors back.
Mayo Clinic is obviously more interested in money than the...
Letter: Loss of MDs inexcusable
Jun 8, 2016
To the editor: Mother Mayo’s pillage of Lake City is entirely inexcusable. I’m referring to what must be the departure of three extremely well trained, well qualified and experienced well liked MDs as well as a well qualified and liked nurse practitioner.They have abruptly resigned or retired from...
Another doctor leaves Mayo in Lake City
Jun 2, 2016
Dr. Steve Adamson has informed Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City of his plans to retire effective July 26, the system confirmed Tuesday.
“We thank Dr. Adamson for his six years of service in Lake City and wish him well in his retirement,” said Tom Witt, M.D., CEO, Mayo Clinic Health System in...
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