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Jumps for Hope will be hosting a skydiving event at the Rushford Municipal Airport in Rushford, next month to raise funds for...
The Minnesota House of Representatives Thursday passed the Medical Amnesty Bill which allows a person under the age of 21 who...
A 6 year old boy who has spent the last six months in intensive care has undergone heart transplant surgery at Mayo Clinic in...
The Minnesota Senate has passed a bill allowing the unionization of home child-care workers in Minnesota after an all-night d...
A bill introduced by First District Representative Tim Walz to give military retirees the honor they deserve passed through t...
Starting Wednesday, Gundersen Lutheran Health System becomes Gundersen Health System...the latest area provider to drop relig...
The Minnesota Hospital Association says a payment change plan by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota scheduled to take affect...
The Winona Community Health Clinic, a monthly free clinic for people who are uninsured or unable to pay for healthcare, will ...
State Senator Jeremy Miller, along with other members of the Minnesota Legislature's Rural Caucus, urged Democrat leaders...
Local veterans and their families who have questions about V-A benefits and military retirement benefits are invited to a Tow...
A Minnesota hospital is apologizing for mishandling a stillborn baby who was discovered at a laundry service.Regions Hospital...
None of the more than 2,300 deer tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in three specific areas of Minnesota have tested po...
Due to the increased number of hospice patients and the need for volunteers, Gundersen Lutheran Hospice is looking for caring...
State Senate Republican Leader David Hann has announced his support of the Destination Medical Center proposal in Rochester.H...
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Winona issued a statement following the announcement by the Mayo Clinic that St. Mary&#...
Winona State University and HealthForce Minnesota are teaming up to bring Scrubs Camp to middle school students in Winona Jun...
Governor Mark Dayton's latest budget proposal is calling for a significant increase in the state's tobacco tax and th...
The head of Austin-based Hormel Foods is presenting a $50,000 donation to a home for families of patients at the Minneapo...
The Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services had a chance to hear from local citizens, health care provider...
The Mayo Clinic's treasure trove of medical records is getting even bigger.Since 1966, Mayo has collected as many records...
On March 15th and 16th, more than 175 students, faculty, and staff came together to celebrate and remember those who have def...
Minnesota hospitals and nurses are moving past differences to back a compromise to track and study how patient care units are...
Governor Mark Dayton has announced that the seven member board for MNSure, Minnesota's health insurance exchange, will be...
An estimated 1,300,000 Minnesotans will benefit from legislation signed into law Wednesday by Governor Mark Dayton, including...
Republican State Representative Greg Davids is calling on his fellow lawmakers to get behind the proposal to expand the Mayo ...
Physicians across Minnesota are welcoming the new Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange passed by the legislature, they are als...
The Winona Community Health Clinic, a free clinic, will be open Tuesday, April 2nd, from 4:00 -8:00 p.m.The clinic provides f...
A Winona County Farmer has won $2,500 for St. John's Lutheran School through America's Farmers Grow Communities.A...
The Minnesota Senate has approved a bill to create the state's health insurance exchange. Lawmakers voted Thursday night ...
First District Congressman Tim Walz has introduced a bill he says would ensure justice by reviewing and, when necessary, corr...
The Minnesota House has passed a bill establishing Minnesota's health insurance exchange, with its sponsor calling it the...
Winona Health was awarded an "A" Hospital Safety Score by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run...
The Minnesota House has passed a bill establishing Minnesota's health insurance exchange, with its sponsor calling it the...
The Saint Mary's University Colleges Against Cancer group is inviting the community to its 2013 Relay for Life.The annual...
Doctors, nurses and staff members from the Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare will be at Valley View Mall in Ona...
Cotter High School is being cited for a successful blood drive at the school on February 26th.The local American Red Cross ch...
Winona Health has implemented a new approach to care in the Family Practice and Internal Medicine departments called the Care...
Mayo Clinic reports a strong financial performance in 2012 as the Minnesota-based health care provider added more employees a...
Doctors from BluePearl Veterinary Partners are urging people to stop using and return or discard certain bags of Hy-Vee dog f...
The Mayo Clinic has an AA credit rating and proven strength in attracting gifts as it prepares to embark on an ambitious expa...
Winona Health has lifted its visitor restrictions. The limitations, which were put in place to minimize patients' and res...
More than 35,000 low income Minnesota residents are a step closer to becoming eligible for a subsidized health insurance prog...
The founder of Logistics Health says the future is bright for the La Crosse company.LHI has won a 5 year contract with the U....
A generous donation from the Winona Health Auxiliary was used to add Tranquility TV to the channel line-up throughout the Win...
Winona Health's visitor limitations due to influenza are still in effect for the hospital, Lake Winona, Adith Miller and ...
The Mayo Clinic is pressing Minnesota state lawmakers to direct more than $500 million toward an ambitious development pr...
Minnesota's health insurance exchange has launched a new web site to connect with more than one million Minnesotans who a...
A bill was introduced in the Minnesota legislature to create a research grant program into spinal cord injuries and help fina...
Winona Health and Winona County Public Health are working together on a community health assessment of Winona County resident...
The 59th Annual Eagles Cancer Telethon held at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester over the weekend was a huge success.Teletho...
The Winona Community Health Clinic will be open Tuesday, February 5th from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.The free clinic provides pre...
State Representative Greg Davids says he has some concerns about the state healthcare insurance exchange legislation unveiled...
The 59th Annual Eagles Cancer Telethon held at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester will air on KTTC Channel 10 over the weeken...
Board-certified Internal Medicine physician Katrina Hammel, MD, has joined the Winona Health medical staff and serves as a ho...
A special public information meeting on frac sand and its impacts will be held in Caledonia this week, Thursday, January 17th...
Administrative Leader for Surgical and Specialty Services at Winona Health, Sara Gabrych, says the recent flu outbreak in Min...
The flu bug is hitting Minnesota hard this year with well over a thousand people having been hospitalized with symptoms.Sara ...
Gunderson Lutheran Healthcare says it will open its new Galesville clinic on Monday, January 21st.The new Gunderson Lutheran ...
A bipartisan group of Minnesota lawmakers has unveiled preliminary plans for the state health insurance exchange that will be...
Beginning Thursday morning, all Winona Health clinics will again have flu vaccine available for all ages.Those interested can...
Area cancer survivors can take advantage of a special program starting next month.Winona State University, Gundersen Lutheran...
Nearly $1.6 million in federal grants have been approved for research led by The Hormel Institute in Austin which is focu...
Winona Health has implemented temporary visitor limitations to allow visits from immediate family only in the hospital, Lake ...
Area cancer survivors can take advantage of a special program starting next month.Winona State University, Gundersen Lutheran...
Nearly $1,600,000 in federal grants have been approved for research led by The Hormel Institute in Austin which is focuse...
Further public health studies of frac-sand mining in Buffalo County will be limited to requests for additional information so...
The Winona Health Auxiliary will hold an informational program on Healthcare Directives Monday, January 21, from 6:30 to 7:30...
A fun free event for kids ages 6 to 11 and their parents, grandparents or guardians, will be held Sunday, January 20th, from ...
The Wabasha County Board has appointed an interim Veterans Services Officer until the position can be filled with a permanent...
Mayo Clinic Health System Franciscan Healthcare in La Crosse has been awarded with the Advanced Certification for Primary Str...
Governor Mark Dayton will ring in the new year at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, where's he's extending his stay by a day ...
Winona Health says Physician's Assistant Emily Tracey will be joining the Pediatrics Department full-time in January.Trac...
Community members will soon have a chance to help a great cause and enjoy some great food at the same time.Chula Vista in Win...
The Gundersen Lutheran Health System and Tri-County Memorial Hospital in Whitehall. will combine efforts and create a new ent...
Mayo Clinic is lobbying state lawmakers to build support for a new, possibly first-of-its-kind tax incentive program aimed at...
Community members have a chance soon to help a great cause by simply eating some good food.Chula Vista in Winona is participa...
Some children receiving care at Winona Health will have a happier holiday season thanks to some students at Winona State Univ...
Winona Health has produced a calendar inspired by the Healing Scapes photo competition held last spring. The calendar feature...
The National Child Protection Training Center in Winona and Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse announced what is ...
The Winona Community Health Clinic will be open Tuesday, December 4th (tomorrow) from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.The free clinic p...
Winona Health says nurse practicioner Sarah Rieder has joined the Winona Health staff and will also care for patients as a ho...
The Winona Health Urgent Care Clinic is celebrating five years of service to the community.The clinic is open seven days a we...
The Winona Health Foundation's holiday fundraising campaign, Trees of Light, is underway.The annual campaign is a way for...
Winona Health has welcomed two new physician specialists who are providing comprehensive orthopedic services.Dr. Michael Duss...
The City of Galesville will be getting a new health care clinic in 2013.The Trempealeau County Times reports Gunderson Luther...
The Winona Health Auxiliary will hold an informational program on Healthcare Directives next week.The program will be held on...
A new physician has joined the staff at Winona Health full-time.Dr. Britton Ercanbrack cares for patients of all ages at the ...
HIMSS Analytics has announced Winona Health has achieved Stage 6 on the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Adoption ModelSM.As o...
The Minnesota Department of Health says 129 clinics in Minnesota received injectable drugs from a pharmacy linked to a mening...
Dena Brion, a certified nurse practitioner, has joined Winona Health's Internal Medicine team and will provide care for a...
St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck has joined a network of hospitals connected with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.Official...
Minnesota's smoking law has made a noticeable difference in the health of state residents. On the law's five year ann...
Winona Health's Lewiston Clinic will be holding a Flu Shot Clinic for adults and children on Monday, October 22nd from 4 ...
The Mayo Clinic is announcing an affiliation with the Chicago-area's NorthShore University HealthSystem.The multi-year ag...
A University of Minnesota team has won a $600,000 federal grant to develop biotechnology for purifying wastewater from hy...
Certified Nurse Assistant – Lake Winona Manor, Winona HealthPosition Overview:This position exists for the purpose of p...
Minnesota Senator Al Franken says the Senate is expected to pass a bill designed to improve health care access to rural veter...
Winona Health certified diabetes educators are offering a four-week program to help people prevent Type 2 diabetes.The progra...
The Winona Community Health Clinic scheduled for Tuesday, September 4 has been cancelled.No explanation was provided for the ...
Winona Health announces its Winona Community Free Clinic will be open on Tuesday, September 4th, from 4 to 8 p.m.The clinic, ...
Former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy says Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is facing a deep depression and has a lot ...
Winona Health says a record $190,000 was raised Monday during the annual Ben ad Adith Miller Classic at Cedar Valley Golf...
Winona County is continuing the transition of its home health care program to the private sector. Merilee Hazelton updated th...
Nearly 13 million Americans, including many Minnesotans, are getting rebates for medical health expenses from insurers.State ...
Mayo Clinic has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit that accused Mayo of billing the government for thou...
Legislation, introduced by First District Congressman Tim Walz, to improve rehabilitation services for veterans suffering fro...
Winona Health has had its first positive case of Whooping Cough and the state department of health is recommending that young...
Joseph Kruse has been named as Chief Administrative Officer for Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Healthcare, succeeding...
Public health officials in La Crosse County will use part of a $450,000 state grant to persuade more landlords to ban smo...
Winona Health has announced a new addition to its medical staff in the Emergency department. Dr. John Gallagher will also ser...
Minnesota state lawmakers are reacting to the Supreme Court's decision Thursday to uphold the Affordable Care Act.Democra...
Wisconsin Third District Congressman Ron Kind praised Thursday's decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the Obama admini...
The project to rebuilfd Homer Road and Pleasant Valley Road will become less pleasant on June 25, Homer Road wil remain open ...
Gundersen Lutheran in La Crosse is considering dropping 'Lutheran' from its name.Gundersen executive Pamela Maas says...
St. Mary's and Methodist hospitals in Rochester each received an "A" by a nonprofit group that graded patient s...
Mayo Clinic is expanding its territory. The Rochester-based Mayo says it's reached a tentative deal to acquire Fairview R...
Veterans will be honored in a pair of ceremonies in Winona on Memorial Day. Dozens of observances are planned around southeas...
The Winona Community Health Free Clinic will be open on Tuesday, June 5th from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.The clinic, located on the se...
A jury has found Mayo Clinic was not negligent in its care and treatment of a 13-year-old girl who died after having a benign...
The Winona County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing next Tuesday, May 22nd, as commissioners consider transfe...
Minnesota health officials say the state is dealing with a rising number of whooping cough cases this year.The Department of ...
A former Mayo Clinic in Rochester employee will serve three years of probation for stealing patient information from the heal...
A Mayo Clinic research team is back in Minnesota after conducting research at Mount Everest.The Rochester Post-Bulletin repor...
A Mayo Clinic research team is back in Minnesota after conducting research at Mount Everest.The Rochester Post-Bulletin repor...
Terri Douglas, a certified nurse practitioner, has joined Winona Health's Urgent Care Clinic.Douglas earned her Master of...
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is ending its nursing education program at Gundersen Lutheran in La Crosse.The UW School ...
A six member Mayo Clinic team leaves Rochester Monday for a month-long expedition to Nepal and Mount Everest.The team include...
Winona Health has received a donation of $2600 from the Winona Family YMCA.The funds represent the proceeds from the YMCA...
The Minnesota Senate has passed a bill that uses money from a state settlement with HMOs to restore $22 million in cuts m...
A regional pharmacy chain headquartered in Austin is acquiring seven additional drug stores including stores in Rushford and ...
Minnesota U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and three others have introduced legislation designed to help veterans use the skills th...
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The Winona Fire Department will conduct a controlled burn next week on Prairie Island.
A day after Supreme Court justices indicated that the insurance mandate in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul ...
A wrongful death trial in Olmsted County focuses on whether Mayo Clinic staff failed to adequately protect a psychiatric pati...
Iraq President Jalal Talabani has completed medical care in Rochester.Mayo Clinic spokesman Bryan Anderson says Talabani had ...
The president of Iraq is in Minnesota for medical care. Mayo Clinic confirms President Jalal Talabani is in Rochester this we...
Winona Health says its next free Winona Community Health clinic will be held on Tuesday, May First.The clinic provides preven...
Winona State University will be sharing $3 million in grants from the Minnesota Department of Health with other colleges ...
Winona Health and the Winona Family YMCA are teaming up for the Colors of Cancer Fitness Festival. The event features a wide ...
A reminder that the Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Winona making five different stops at the end of this month.Blood donati...
Winona Health certified diabetes educators are offering a four-week program to help people prevent type 2 diabetes.The progra...
Winona Health and the Winona Family Y are teaming up for the Colors of Cancer Fitness Festival. The event, featuring a wide v...
A Minnesota food company is widening its recall of hard-cooked eggs because of a potential for listeria contamination.Michael...
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, researchers at the Mayo Clinic are working with more than a dozen community organizatio...
An infantryman from Mankato who served two tours in Iraq will be among veterans in the audience Tuesday for President Obama&#...
Minnesota U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken announced that Minnesota has received over $29 million in heating as...
The number of children in Minnesota who don't have health insurance continues to rise. A new report from Georgetown Universit...
Some of Winona County's 143 child care workers will have a chance to unionize thanks to a decision made by Governor Mark Dayt...
Winona's Veterans Day commemorations were a salute to all veterans...this year's 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil ...
Civil War re-enectors will be on hand for a special program on Veterans Day, Friday, November 11th, at Veterans Memorial Park...
Governor Mark Dayton has signed an executive order establishing a Vision for Health Care Reform in Minnesota. The order charg...
One of the keys to creating more jobs in Minnesota is new technology in the health care field. Minnesota House Democratic Min...
Kathryn Frie has joined the Internal Medicine Department at Winona Health. Frie is a certified adult and geriatric nurse prac...
Winona Health has announced that its Lewiston Clinic will re-open this coming Monday, October 24th. Certified Nurse Practitio...
A bill that would improve care for veterans suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury has passed the House of Representatives. Th...
A bill that would improve care for veterans suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury has passed the House of Representatives. Th...
A new national study ranks Minnesota among the least affordable for child care, with a $9,900 annualaverage cost for a ce...
State budget cuts are forcing a southeast Minnesota dental clinic that serves the needy to closeits doors. Main Street Manage...
The Mayo Clinic has announced the first expansion of its Minnesota medical school, a campus in Arizona. The clinic is collabo...
As the flu season approaches, Winona Health has scheduled three flu shot clinics in the coming weeks. The first clinic will b...
The Mayo Clinic is looking for ways to connect with patients around the world and is exploring anexpansion to India. Clinic s...
The Winona Health Auxiliary will hold an informational program on Healthcare Directives on Monday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in t...
First District Congressman Tim Walz told a gathering of enlisted National Guard members Sunday that America cannot balance it...
US Senator Amy Klobuchar announced that her bipartisan legislation banning the synthetic drug 2C-E cleared the Senate Judicia...
Winona Health continues to add more staff to its organization. Emily Tracey, a certified physician assistant, has joined Wino...
Winona Health Auxiliary is seeking people to help with a new volunteer service that will begin in August called "Caring ...
The Team Vogel vs. Cancer weekend-long event raising money for cancer research and families dealing with cancer in the Winona...
Winona Health's Diabetes Self-Management Program has been named an accredited diabetes education program by the American Asso...
The Wabasha Clinic has a new name this week but its services to the community are expected to remain the same. The Wabasha Co...
An increasing number of Iowans traveling to Minnesota for medical care at the Mayo Clinic is upping costs for the state's lar...
First District Congressman Tim Walz says cutting veterans benefits is not the way to help solve the nation's budget problems....
To help replenish the national blood supply, the American Red Cross is launching a program called Recovery 2011. The national...
A ban that prohibits the feeding of wild deer in Dodge, Goodhue, Olmsted and Wabasha counties will go into effect this coming...
The Winona County Veterans Services office says it will use a state grant to take its services on the road around the county....
The Mayo Clinic has opened an information office in Ecuador, its fourth international administrative services location. Offic...
Here's a chance for needy children in the Winona area to get some free dental care. The Minnesota Dental Association says den...
Deer hunters in southeastern Minnesota will be used to help the Department of Natural Resources determine the extent of an ou...
The deadline for signing up for Winona Health's Diabetes Prevention Series in this Friday, January 28th. It'sa four-week pro...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources may have found the state's first wild deer infected with chronic wasting diseas...
Governor Mark Dayton says that eligible Minnesotans will begin receiving improved Medicaid benefits on March 1 under an expan...
The Annual Eagles Eagles Cancer Telethon held last weekend on KTTC TV in Rochester has been termed a success. The station sai...
