Gundersen widens services. Tri-County Hospital provide primary care for a 30-mile radius including Blair, Independence and Whitehall and. Solar panels are expectex to cut energy costs 50% to 60%.
Contractor Kraus-Anderson ahead of schedule
WHITEHALL, Wis. — The new Tri-County Hospital, part of LaCrosse-based Gundersen Health, will be open this summer, four months ahead of schedule. Administrator Joni Olson said an open house will be July 12. The full transition from a previous facility will be complete July 14, she said. The multi-million dollar project, two stories and 69,000 square feet, has expanded space for emergency rooms, operating rooms and dedicated rooms for trauma cases, Olson said. The adjoining clinic is 17,000 square feet. There also is a separate maintenance building.