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Exhibits to portray Rice Hospital, past and present

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...

news / local / business Mon, Jul 30, 2012 - 12:00am

Rice Memorial Hospital open house

Rice Memorial Hospital will host an open house for the community from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday in honor of the hospital's 75th anniversary. The event will include exhibits of...

news / local / business Mon, Jul 30, 2012 - 12:00am

Willmar Hazardous Materials Emergency Assistance Team members place chemicals believed to have been used Tuesday by a Willmar city worker in a special container for their safe removal from the wading pool at Rice Park. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Willmar, Minn., worker resting after exposure to chlorine fumes

WILLMAR -- A Willmar Public Works Department employee rested at home Thursday after he was exposed to chlorine fumes while performing maintenance at the city-owned Rice Park wading pool Tuesday...

news / local Fri, Jul 27, 2012 - 12:00am

The chemicals used by the worker were placed in a special container for their safe removal. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Several homes evacuated as precaution near Rice Park in Willmar, Minn.

WILLMAR -- A Willmar city worker was treated at Rice Memorial Hospital for a chemical reaction experienced while performing maintenance work Tuesday on the Rice Park wading pool. The man's...

news / local Wed, Jul 25, 2012 - 12:00am

Willmar, Minn., city worker overcome by fumes when cleaning wading pool

WILLMAR -- A Willmar city employee was taken to Rice Hospital Tuesday afternoon after being overcome by fumes he was using to clean the pool shed at the wading pool...

news Tue, Jul 24, 2012 - 3:12pm

Rice Hospital in Willmar, Minn., projects ongoing to offer safe care

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...

news / local / business Tue, Jul 17, 2012 - 12:00am

600 runners and walkers set off from the intersection of Third Street and Litchfield Avenue Southwest at 8 a.m. Saturday for the Foot Lake 4 Run/Walk in Willmar, sponsored by Rice Memorial Hospital.

National XC champ 1st at Willmar Fests (Minn) 4-mile run

WILLMAR -- One never knows who will show up race day. Saturday morning in downtown Willmar, it was 2011 NCAA Division III Cross-Country champion Ben Sathre of Chaska. The 22-year-old...

news Sat, Jun 23, 2012 - 1:34pm

Willmar, Minn., hospital investing more than ever in workforce preparation, training

WILLMAR -- Rice Memorial Hospital is investing more than ever in workforce preparation, training and education, to the tune of thousands of hours annually, according to the hospital's latest human...

news / local Sat, May 12, 2012 - 12:00am

An empty hospital bed is seen in this undated photo at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Officials say the city-owned hospital is struggling with a deficit driven by a drop in patient volume. Courtesy photo

Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, Minn., struggling with ups and downs in patient volume

WILLMAR -- Three months into a new fiscal year, Rice Memorial Hospital is struggling with a deficit driven largely by a drop in patient volume. The red ink follows a...

news / local / business Wed, May 09, 2012 - 12:00am

Transparency guideline for collecting patient payments, Willmar, Minn.'s, Rice Hospital says

WILLMAR -- Transparency is Rice Memorial Hospital's guideline for collecting payment from patients for the care they receive, hospital officials says. It's a message they reiterated this week in the...

news / local / business Fri, May 04, 2012 - 12:00am

Koenen gains slightly over Rice in District 17 Senate DFL race

Lyle Koenen inches up to 85 votes with Larry Rice receiving 73 in third round of Senate District 17 DFL endorsement vote. No endorsement looking likely and this DFL race...

news Thu, Apr 12, 2012 - 9:02pm

Koenen leads Rice by 5 votes in SD 17 DFL endorsement voting first round

Lyle Koenen received 81 votes and Larry Rice got 77 votes in first round of balloting in Senate District 17 Senate endorsement. Neither will abide by endorsement.

news Thu, Apr 12, 2012 - 8:48pm

Willmar, Minn., hospital reports 6% profit in '11 but seeing gains erode this year

WILLMAR -- Rice Memorial Hospital had the best financial performance in 2011 in at least five years, earning a 6 percent overall return on total revenue of more than $100...

news / local Thu, Apr 12, 2012 - 12:00am

Sen. Franken to visit Willmar, Minn., to discuss rural health care workforce issues

WILLMAR -- Sen. Al Franken will visit Willmar on Tuesday to tour Rice Memorial Hospital and talk to area health care officials and employees about the workforce challenges facing rural...

news / local Mon, Apr 02, 2012 - 2:44pm

Madi Picht, 5, of Montevideo, selects her dessert Saturday at the Tea Party in Wonderland at the Alilu Studios in Willmar. Proceeds from the event went to Rice Hospital Caring for Kids Endowment and the Teddy Bear Project which provides a teddy bears for each child who undergoes surgery at Rice Hospital. The event was sponsored by Gracie Margaret's Children's Boutique. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

news / local Mon, Mar 26, 2012 - 12:00am

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