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Faribault County Register
Wells Council learns Mayo Clinic closing
The biggest news at the Wells City Council meeting on Monday, Sept. 8, came at the end when members of the council were giving their reports. “Well, you are all going to see this on the 10 o’clock news tonight,” mayor David Braun said. “I received word that Mayo is closing six clinics, including the one in Wells.”
St. Peter Herald
Mayo Clinic announces closures of 6 Southern Minnesota clinics
On Tuesday, Sept. 9. the Mayo Clinic Health System announced plans to close six Southern Minnesota clinics in a move to consolidate its rural healthcare offerings. Clinics in St. Peter, Northridge (North Mankato), Montgomery, Belle Plaine, Caledonia and Wells are set to end services by Dec. 10, 2025, and transition care for patients alternate Mayo Clinic Health System locations. Mayo Clinic stated the change is part of ongoing efforts to strengthen rural healthcare delivery and ensure safe, high-quality and sustainable care for generations to come. In a press release, Mayo Clinic said its smaller, rural clinics have been facing significant challenges between staffing shortages and declining patient volumes. To continue providing access to quality rural healthcare, officials from the Mayo Clinic stated that it must adapt by consolidating clinic services to maintain patient and staffing volumes, modernize facilities and ensure care remains safe and reliable. “These decisions reflect the realities of delivering high-quality care in smaller communities today,” said Mayo Clinic Vice President Karthik Ghosh, M.D. “They allow us to strengthen access to high-quality, coordinated care — while also expanding flexible care options, like Primary Care On Demand, to meet patients where they are and how they prefer to receive
CBS News
Six Mayo Clinic sites in southern Minnesota to close
KTTC
Mayo Clinic Health System closing area clinics, consolidating care
KEYC
Mayo Clinic Health System closing area clinics, consolidating care
Faribault County Register
Blue Earth receiving $19 million from the PFA
The Minnesota Public Facility Authority (MPFA) today announced more than $236.4 million in loans and grants to 30 wastewater and drinking water infrastructure projects in 18 cities throughout the state. One of those 18 projects is for the city of Blue Earth. Blue Earth was awarded $19,594,021 for an addition...
KEYC
Mayo Clinic Health System closing area clinics, consolidating care
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Mayo Clinic Health System (MCHS) announcing plans to close six clinics and transition care from several clinics to other locations by December 10, 2025. This includes four clinics in the KEYC News Now coverage area. Mayo says this change is part of ongoing efforts to strengthen...
FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
Pharmacy lawsuit highlights human, religious rights
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Faribault County Register
UHD makes proposal for change
It sounded a bit ominous when a resolution was passed at the Winnebago City Council meeting to call upon the United Hospital District and its board of directors to be dissolved. And that the hospital had been purchased by another entity. “I want to stress that this does not mean...
KEYC
Gustavus Football adjusting to the end of the COVID eligibility era
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Sun Patriot
Spine surgeon joins Ridgeview's Waconia staff
Vamsy Bobba, MD, is now seeing patients in Waconia for Spine & Pain services. Bobba is a fellowship-trained spine surgeon who specializes in treating various conditions of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. He has extensive experience in treating a range of spinal conditions, including spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, herniated discs and spinal trauma. Bobba offers a range of surgical techniques, including minimally invasive, robotic and revision surgeries. Using both surgical and conservative approaches to care, he provides individualized treatment strategies to meet each patient’s unique needs and lifestyle. Bobba enjoys the field of spine surgery because of the profound impact it can have on one’s quality of life. He feels privileged to help patients regain mobility, function and freedom from pain. In addition, he is particularly interested in the vital role that therapy and nutrition play during the post-operative recovery period. Ridgeview’s Spine & Pain team are experts in diagnosing and treating a variety of spine and pain-related conditions. The team offers a range of nonsurgical and surgical treatments designed to reduce pain, improve function and enhance quality of life. Consults and most interventional procedures are done at Two Twelve Medical Center in Chaska, while some consults and
KEYC
Madelia Health expanding into New Ulm despite struggles for rural health care
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Madelia Health expanding into New Ulm despite struggles for rural health care
MADELIA, Minn. (KEYC) - The town of Madelia is home to around 2,500 people with the majority of them using the Madelia Health Hospital and Clinic. “All of the providers are local providers. We either live in the area or grew up in the area and we know the patients and their families, and I think that’s important to them,” Madelia Health Nurse Practitioner Cameron Ryer said.