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This letter is the second in response to a Public Forum letter appearing in the July 18 edition of the Tribune written by Nancy Snyder. The title of the letter...

WILLMAR -- Starched white nurses' caps, a stethoscope and even an old-fashioned enamel bedpan are among the artifacts collected for Rice Memorial Hospital's 75th anniversary party this week. Organizers are...

WILLMAR -- Hungry teenagers will need to fill up on fruit and vegetables and not bread when new school lunch guidelines launch this fall. The Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act,...

This letter is in response to a July 18 Public Forum letter written by Nancy Snyder and entitled "Obamacare must be repealed." Although I take issue with nearly everything in...

WILLMAR -- Reflecting intensive countywide efforts to reduce sudden cardiac deaths, Kandiyohi County is applying for designation as a Heart-Safe County. The application received formal support this week from the...

WILLMAR -- The city of Willmar issued a statement today saying there are no health concerns at either Dorothy Olson Aquatic Center or the Rice Park Wading Pool and that...

A recent study by the nonpartisan Doctor Patient Medical Association shows that 83 percent of doctors are considering quitting because of Obamacare. If even half of these quit, a doctor...

WILLMAR -- When Rice Memorial Hospital conducted a hospital-wide survey late in 2010 on the organization's patient safety culture, one of the things learned was that information about errors in...