Surgeon with Nebraska roots new in Winona
WINONA, Minn. – A western Nebraska farm boy who grew up to be physician, [...]
Kushner details Mayo surgery in new book
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Former presidential aide Jared Kushner has been in and out of [...]
Death claims Rochester ambulance innovator
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The founder of the Rochester ambulance service Gold Cross, John Robert [...]
Nurses, hospitals back to negotiations
ST. PAUL, Minn. --Thousands of nurses returned to work at Minnesota hospitals following a [...]
It’s back in Trempealeau County: West Nile virus
MADISON, Wis. -- A horse in Trempealeau County has tested positive for the mosquito-borne [...]
Hospitals pay $8,000-up for temp nurses
SR.PAUL, Minn. – Hospitals have offered strike-breaking nurses almost $8,000 each for five days [...]
Profs join nurses’ picket lines
WINONA, Minn. – In a show of solidarity, the Minnesota State professors union donated [...]
Hearing expert: Seek professional diagnosis first
WINONA, Minn. – Over-the-counter hearing aids that become available in October may be attractively [...]
Forbes: Mayo a good place to work
NEW YORK – The business magazine Forbes reported its nationwide survey of employees and [...]
Strike-struck hospitals lean on traveling nurses
ST.PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota hospitals where nurses are on strike report minimal disruptions to [...]
HelloFresh issues contamination alert
WASHINGTON – The German mail-order service HelloFresh advised customers that its ground beef may [...]
Autopsy: No foul play in Danesh death
ROCHESTER, Minn – The death of Scottish singer and actor Darius Campbell Danesh on [...]
Minnesota nurses begin giant strike
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- More than 15,000 nurses at 15 Twin Cities. Duluth and [...]
LaCrosse enacts conversion therapy ban
LACROSSE, Wis. – The City Council voted 8-4 to ban medical and mental health [...]
Gas puts nursing facility at risk
STEWARVILLE, Minn. – Attendants at the 76-bed Stewartville Care Center prepared to evacuate patients [...]
Post-cancer rehab free at WSU
WINONA, Minn. – Cancer survivors are being invited to a 12-week free exercise course [...]
$1.2 million grant to Winona famiiy agency
WINONA, Minn. -- The Winona Family and Children Center was awarded a $1.2 million [...]
Data: Minnesota fitness mediocre
ATLANTA, Ga. – The treadmill evaluation site RunReviews placed Minnesota 15th on a state-by-state [...]
Monkeypox shows up in Rochester
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The first local monkeypox case has been diagnosed. Denise Daniels, Olmsted [...]
State recalls bad lard: Throw it out
MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin food safety agency recalled lard from four Wisconsin stores. [...]
Fifth opioid-maker agrees to settle lawsuits
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Another settlement with an opioid manufacturer will send $450 million [...]
Study measures boozing’s dollar impact
ST.PAUL, Minn. – A study by the state health agency found that excessive drinking [...]
Nurses target big hospitals for strike
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Nurses Association authorized a strike for better contracts [...]
Mayo taps CDC leader as trustee
ROCHESTER, Min. – A former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Julie [...]
Monkeypox case diagosed in LaCrosse
LACROSSE, Wis. – The first case of monkeypox virus has showed up in La [...]
State quits CoVid tests for unvaxed workers
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- State government employees who are unvaccinated for CoVid are no [...]
E.coli bacteria plague swimming spot
ROCHESTER, Minn. – It’s happened again: The swimming beach at Cascade Lake in northwest [...]
Miss Winona organizes second Pink Run
WINONA, Minn. – The new Miss Winona, Mikaela Mohr, is organizing the Think Pink [...]
Medical triumph: Kevin’s home again
RED WING, Minn. – The hospital staff lined the way out and clapped and [...]
Coming: Birth control for men but not too soon
MINNEAPOLIS – For men not seeking parenthood, the choice has been abstinence, or the [...]
Mayo study: Genes can identify CoVid risk
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Mayo Clinic researchers reported a discovery that could lead to a [...]
Minnesota opioid deaths up 22%
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state Health Department reported drug overdose deaths increased 22% [...]
State medical cannabis system in place
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state Health Department announced that patients registered in Minnesota’s [...]
New outreach nurse at Winona Health
WINONA, Minn. – Nurse practitioner Lisa Burkhalter has moved to Winona Health’s occupational health [...]
Airline pilot blinded by Kenyon laser beam
KENYON, Minn. – The pilot of an airliner descending into the Minneapolis airport was [...]
Brain-eating infection traced to Iowa park
BEDFORD, Iowa —The beach at Lake of Three Fires State Park has been closed [...]
Grief skills offered at Winona Manor
WINONA, Minn – The Winona Health hospice begins a free, six-week grief support group [...]
600 Minnesota Guard soldiers defy CoVid order
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota National Guard may order 600 soldiers to hang [...]
Massage therapist charged with fondling
SPARTA, Wis. – The owner of Sparta chiropractic and massage therapy business was charged [...]
Winona Health creates audiology unit
WINONA, Minn. – Winona Health has established an audiology department and hired an audiologist, [...]
53 years later, physician leaves Winona hospital
WINONA, Minn. – A Winona physician for 53 years, internist Andrew Edin, is retiring. [...]
Hospital lights up its presence
WINONA, Minn. – With traffic backed up some days for a couple miles at [...]
Mayor on conversion ban: Let them protest
LACROSSE, Wis. – Mayor Mitch Reynolds said he has put a new ordinance into [...]
Mayor under pressure to kill conversion ban
LACROSSE, Wis. – Two former City Council members, Lorraine Decker and Tom Sweeney, called [...]
135 new Covid cases in Winona
WINONA, Minn. – The state Health Department reported 135 new COVID-19 cases in Winona [...]
$1 million gift for Mayo LaCrosse hospital
LACROSSE, Wis. – So appreciative of the care received by Rosemary Crisp at the [...]
State takes over struggling nursing home
PIINE ISLaND, Minn. – The state Health Department took control of the financially troubled [...]
Heavy tick season looms in Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Last summer’s drought and this year’s late spring are worrying [...]
LaCrosse outlaws turning kids straight
LACROSSE, Wis. – The City Council voted 6-4 to ban so-called “conversion therapy” that [...]
Kids’ summer meals start Friday
WINONA Minn. – Children ages 18 and under can have free meals through theWinona [...]
New apartments to include mental health units
WINONA, Minn. – Hiawatha Valley Mental Health Centers confirmed it will have five units [...]
County starts up new CoVid clinics
WINONA, Minn. – An uptick in CoVid cases in Winona has prompted the county [...]
Citizen ideas on health services sought
WINONA, Minn. –A citizen assessment project begins Tuesday to seek input that can guide [...]
Mayo fiscal update: Costs up, income off
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Mayo Clinic operating income fell $100 million in the first three [...]
Avian flu jumps species; fox dies
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A sick wild fox in Anoka County died of avian [...]
Mega-feedlot ban again before County Board
WINONA, Minn. – Two consistent supporters of the Daley Farm plan to triple the [...]
Winona Health stressing everyone as a caregiver
WINONA, Minn. – After e year-long self-evaluation, the Winona Health organization has come up [...]
Red ink threatens nursing homes’ future
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Many Minnesota nursing homes and assisted -living facilities are in [...]
Health alert: Untreated mental illness
WINONA Minn. – Mental illness typically goes untreated for months, sometims years, before a [...]
Hospital chief: Interstate nursing standard needed
WINONA, Minn. – The chief executive of Winona Health, Rachelle Schultz, favors an interstate [...]