Paulette Johnson described her brother John’s move from one nursing home to another as “traumatic.” John Johnson had lived in the Meadow Lane Restorative Care Center in Benson for about five years before he had to leave when the center announced its closure last summer. Since the COVID pandemic, nursing homes across Minnesota have been closing at alarming rates, due to financial stressors.
Reconnecting was the goal of the first Ridgewater College Foundation Board Member Reunion Sept. 11 in Spicer.
A Dassel man died Saturday from burns he suffered in a gas explosion. According to a Meeker County Sheriff’s Office news release, Jeffery Holmquist, 46, died from injuries he suffered when there was an explosion inside a fish house in the 70000 block of 178th Street in Collinwood Township.
Meeker Memorial Hospital announced this week it has entered a strategic partnership with St. Cloud Orthopedics.
The Minnesota Legislature made adult cannabis use legal within the state of Minnesota in 2023. However, sale of non-medicinal cannabis is not yet legal in most parts of the state, because it has taken time for cities and counties to establish regulations about sales and use of the controlled substance within their jurisdictions.
Nearing four-year anniversary, Rise + Roam continues to grow When Kayla Swenson and her family moved to Litchfield seven years ago, she found herself navigating the challenges of settling into a small town with three young children. She sought to connect with other parents and she wanted a place for her children to play.
We’re already in the throes of a new school year. Children are eagerly, or not so eagerly, making new friends, learning new things, and growing up way too fast. It’s inevitable that throughout the year, those same children will be discovering more about who they are, what they like, and what makes them them.