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Rice Memorial Hospital’s strategic plan is beginning to bear fruit 
WILLMAR — Rice Memorial Hospital’s new strategic plan will begin producing concrete results in the next couple of months with the finalizing of both a growth plan and a facilities plan for the city-owned hospital.
By Anne Polta , March 10, 2010
State senate votes to override Pawlenty veto on health plan
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Senate has voted to override Gov. Tim Pawlenty's veto of a bill maintaining an expiring state health care plan for 30,000 low-income adults.February 25, 2010
Minnesota Dems open session with $1 billion borrowing plan
ST. PAUL — Democrats who control the Legislature began the session today by unveiling a $1 billion plan to fix up college buildings, build civic centers, forge trails and upgrade airports.
February 04, 2010
Rice begins early stages of tackling long-range strategies
WILLMAR — It has been a little more than one month since Rice Memorial Hospital adopted an ambitious new strategic plan, and the hospital is already starting to tackle some of the initiatives.
By Anne Polta , January 28, 2010
Editorial: Lobbying plan for vet home needs OK
The Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economic Commission operating board recently voted 2-3 against recommending a lobbying effort for the proposed veterans’ nursing home and mental health care facility in Willmar.
By West Central Tribune , January 23, 2010
Editorial: State in wrong on rail plan omission
The latest rail plan for Minnesota is far from comprehensive and state planners have again neglected southwest Minnesota in their strategic planning.
By West Central Tribune , January 22, 2010
Rice optimistic about future goals
WILLMAR — Under a new strategic plan, Rice Memorial Hospital will develop a plan to help beef up the number of primary care doctors, orthopedic surgeons, cancer specialists and hospitalists in Willmar.
By Anne Polta , December 16, 2009
Minnesota Dems have plan to save canceled health plan
ST. PAUL — Legislative Democrats are unveiling a plan to provide health care for more than 30,000 low-income adults when their state coverage ends next year.
By AP wire report , December 10, 2009
Strategic plan at Rice will be unveiled next week when board meets
WILLMAR — A final draft of Rice Memorial Hospital’s new proposed strategic plan will be unveiled at a meeting Monday of the hospital board of directors and the strategic planning steering committee.
By Anne Polta , December 10, 2009
Senate Democrats make progress in health care reform plan
WASHINGTON — Democrats in the U.S. Senate, moving to make good President Barack Obama's pledge to reform the health care system, say a compromise that erases a government-run health insurance program from legislation moves them closer to passing the measure in the upper house.
By AP wire report , December 09, 2009
Editorial: State plan on H1N1 vaccine is best way
As west central Minnesota hears the growing demand for the H1N1 vaccine, they are instructed to wait until their medical clinic calls.
By West Central Tribune , November 13, 2009
Big Stone II developers decide not to build
Developers of the Big Stone II electric power plant in northeastern South Dakota say they’ve decided not to build the $1.6 billion project.
By AP wire report , November 02, 2009
Rice strategic plan nearing final phase
WILLMAR — A new strategic plan for Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar is likely to be crafted into final form in December.
By Anne Polta , October 19, 2009
Editorial: Seniors will need 2010 plan for bonus
Seniors in west central Minnesota and the rest of the U.S. are facing a tough 2010 without any cost-of-living adjustments, according to an announcement Thursday by the Social Security Administration.
By West Central Tribune , October 16, 2009
Commentary: Teacher without a lesson plan
Let’s go back to that “teachable moment.” It was proclaimed by Barack Obama after he said that police in Cambridge, Mass., had acted “stupidly” in arresting Henry Louis Gates for essentially being black in his own house. It has been a month now, and the one sure thing we have learned in this extended teachable moment is about Obama himself. He can’t teach.
By Richard Cohen , August 25, 2009
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