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53 years later, physician leaves Winona hospital

John VivianJune 17th, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – A Winona physician for 53 years, internist Andrew Edin, is retiring. [...]

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Hospital lights up its presence

John VivianJune 16th, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – With traffic backed up some days for a couple miles at [...]

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Mayor on conversion ban: Let them protest

John VivianJune 14th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

LACROSSE, Wis. – Mayor Mitch Reynolds said he has put a new ordinance into [...]

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Mayor under pressure to kill conversion ban

John VivianJune 14th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

LACROSSE, Wis. – Two former City Council members, Lorraine Decker and Tom Sweeney, called [...]

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135 new Covid cases in Winona

John VivianJune 14th, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – The state Health Department reported 135 new COVID-19 cases in Winona [...]

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$1 million gift for Mayo LaCrosse hospital

John VivianJune 14th, 2022|Categories: Health|

LACROSSE, Wis. – So appreciative of the care received by Rosemary Crisp at the [...]

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State takes over struggling nursing home

John VivianJune 14th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

PIINE ISLaND, Minn. – The state Health Department took control of the financially troubled [...]

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Heavy tick season looms in Minnesota

John VivianJune 12th, 2022|Categories: Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Last summer’s drought and this year’s late spring are worrying [...]

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LaCrosse outlaws turning kids straight

John VivianJune 8th, 2022|Categories: Health|

LACROSSE, Wis. – The City Council voted 6-4 to ban so-called “conversion therapy” that [...]

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Kids’ summer meals start Friday

John VivianJune 7th, 2022|Categories: Health, Schools|

WINONA Minn. – Children ages 18 and under can have free meals through theWinona [...]

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New apartments to include mental health units

John VivianJune 6th, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – Hiawatha Valley Mental Health Centers confirmed it will have five units [...]

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County starts up new CoVid clinics

John VivianMay 24th, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – An uptick in CoVid cases in Winona has prompted the county [...]

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Citizen ideas on health services sought

John VivianMay 22nd, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. –A citizen assessment project begins Tuesday to seek input that can guide [...]

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Mayo fiscal update: Costs up, income off

John VivianMay 21st, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Health|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Mayo Clinic operating income fell $100 million in the first three [...]

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Avian flu jumps species; fox dies

John VivianMay 12th, 2022|Categories: Environment, Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A sick wild fox in Anoka County died of avian [...]

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Mega-feedlot ban again before County Board

John VivianMay 10th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Environment, Governance, Health|

WINONA, Minn. – Two consistent supporters of the Daley Farm plan to triple the [...]

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Winona Health stressing everyone as a caregiver

John VivianMay 10th, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – After e year-long self-evaluation, the Winona Health organization has come up [...]

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Red ink threatens nursing homes’ future

John VivianMay 9th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Governance, Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Many Minnesota nursing homes and assisted -living facilities are in [...]

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Health alert: Untreated mental illness

John VivianMay 7th, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA Minn. – Mental illness typically goes untreated for months, sometims years, before a [...]

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Hospital chief: Interstate nursing standard needed

John VivianMay 6th, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – The chief executive of Winona Health, Rachelle Schultz, favors an interstate [...]

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Mild CoVid variant pushes risk higher

John VivianMay 5th, 2022|Categories: Health|

ATLANTA, Ga.  – The CoVid risk in several Minnesota and Wisconsin counties, has been [...]

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Walz adds voice for U.S. abortion law

John VivianMay 4th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz joined governors of 17 other states calling [...]

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Walz on abortion ban: “Not on my watch”

John VivianMay 3rd, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz pledged to resist any new attempts to [...]

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Senate health bill, as amended, clears House

John VivianMay 3rd, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. –The two-year $768 million health bill passed the Minnesota House 69-64 [...]

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Anti-abortion GOP moves fail in Minnesota House

John VivianMay 3rd, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The day after it was leaked that the U.S. Supreme [...]

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Spring house cleaning? An option for old meds

John VivianApril 25th, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. -- The Winona County Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention announced a drive-through [...]

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Walz: Poultry safe on dinner plate

John VivianApril 23rd, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The avian bird flu among birds doesn’t affect human beings. [...]

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Suspected salmonella leads to zucchini recall

John VivianApril 22nd, 2022|Categories: Health|

VERNON, Calif. – The giant importer World Variety Produce recalled six-ounce packages of zucchini [...]

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New Winona CoVid cases like a cold, flu

John VivianApril 20th, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – The latest CoVid variant, Omicron BA.2, has led to a slight [...]

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Full range of CoVid vaccines at pop-up clinic

John VivianApril 20th, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – A pop-up CoVid vaccine clinic will be offered Sunday at the [...]

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Mississippi River threats: Pollution, habitat loss

John VivianApril 19th, 2022|Categories: Environment, Governance, Health, Tribal|

WASHINGTON – The Mississippi River is the sixth most endangered river in the United [...]

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Short-staffed group home provider closing homes

John VivianApril 13th, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – The organization that operates Winona group homes for vulnerable adults, Home [...]

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Egg prices soar as avian flu spreads

John VivianApril 7th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Environment, Health|

WASHINGTON – Highly pathogenic avian flu has forced chicken farmers to kill millions of [...]

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Minnesota avian flu toll at 1 million

John VivianApril 6th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Environment, Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – More than 1 million flu-infected turkeys have been euthanized at [...]

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Fourth run of CoVid boosters on hand

John VivianApril 5th, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA Minn. – The CoVid vaccine clinic at Winona Health has begun offering fourth-dose [...]

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Researchers widen pre-blindness detection

John VivianApril 3rd, 2022|Categories: Health|

MADISON Wis. – Researchers at the University of Wisconsin Medical School plan to expand [...]

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Mayo aging research bound for orbit

John VivianApril 1st, 2022|Categories: Health|

ROCHESTER, Minn.  – A Mayo Clinic research project on aging will be carried to [...]

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Space tests ahead for Mayo heart research

John VivianMarch 31st, 2022|Categories: Health|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – A Mayo Clinic research heart project will be carried on the [...]

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Avian flu found in North Dakota chickens

John VivianMarch 31st, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

BISMARCK, N.D. – Farmers have been alerted to put additional biosecurity in place against [...]

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State commits funds to Lou Gehrig’s research

John VivianMarch 31st, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz signed a $25 million bill for research [...]

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Minnesota avian flu outbreak at 376,000 birds

John VivianMarch 28th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Health|

ST.PAUL, Minn. – The avian flu outbreak is more extensive in Minnesota than first [...]

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Watercolors as grief-coping tool

John VivianMarch 25th, 2022|Categories: Arts, Health|

WINONA, Minn. – Artist and teacher Faye Schoen will offer a class on dealing [...]

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Winona Health offers volunteer hospice training

John VivianMarch 22nd, 2022|Categories: Health, News|

WINONA, Minn. – Hospice volunteers are being sought Winona Health to provide respite care [...]

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Winona Health organizing grief support group

John VivianMarch 21st, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – A six-week grief-coping group is being put together by Winona Health [...]

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Hospital seeks to pre-empt staff shortage

John VivianMarch 21st, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Health|

WINONA, Minn. – The Winona Health staff is being restructured to address a future [...]

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New physician assistant at Winona Health

John VivianMarch 10th, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – A Saint Mary’s University biology grad, Anna Smaron, is back in [...]

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Sons: Sauer negligent in resident’s CoVid death

John VivianMarch 7th, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – The Sauer nursing home, where the first rash of CoVid pandemic [...]

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Mayo group aims at “affordable insulin” by 2024

John VivianMarch 6th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Health|

PETERSBURG, Virginia – Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic is part of a partnernship to manufacture low-cost [...]

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Solon: Insurance must cover cancer screening

John VivianMarch 6th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – State Senator Carla Nelson, R-Rochester, is working on a bill to [...]

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Cancer diagnosis for powerful state senator

John VivianMarch 4th, 2022|Categories: Health, Politics|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – An influential state senator, .Carla Nelson of Rocheste, has been diagnosed [...]

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Medicaid fraud charged against acupuncturist

John VivianMarch 4th, 2022|Categories: Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – An acupuncturist with four Twin Cities offices, Xiaoyan Hu, has [...]

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So-called “Freedom Convoy” traverses Minnesota

John VivianMarch 4th, 2022|Categories: Health|

NODINE, Minn. – Two truck convoys planning to converge on Washington to protest CoVid [...]

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Mayo rebounds financially from pandemic

John VivianMarch 4th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Health|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Mayo Clinic’s payroll has climbed to 41,000 in Rochester, according to [...]

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Mask guides eased for Winona, Fillmore counties

John VivianMarch 4th, 2022|Categories: Health|

WINONA, Minn. – The CoVid risk rating for Winona County has been lowered by [...]

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School Board: Masking to be optional

John VivianMarch 3rd, 2022|Categories: Health, Schools|

WINONA, Minn. – The Winona School Board voted 6-1 to lift its masking requirement [...]

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Opioid settlement funds on their way

John VivianMarch 1st, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – State Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that local governments in [...]

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Abbott recalls Similac formula lots

John VivianFebruary 28th, 2022|Categories: Health|

STURGIS, Mich. – Abbott Laboratories recalled lots of its Similac PM 60/40 powdered baby [...]

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Mayo relaxes hospital visitor max

John VivianFebruary 24th, 2022|Categories: Health|

ROCHESTER, Minn. –As CoVid cases fall, Mayo Clinic is easing restrictions on hospital visitors. [...]

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Mayo expanding old Franciscan hospital

John VivianFebruary 23rd, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Health|

LACROSSE, Wis. – Mayo Clinic unveiled plans for a new 70-bed hospital to expand [...]

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School Board dawdles on dropping masks

John VivianFebruary 17th, 2022|Categories: Health, Schools|

WINONA Minn. – The Winona School Board split on whether to end required face-masking [...]

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