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We've been following the recent announcements that hospitals in Fosston and New Prague will end their birthing services, which means people who are going into labor in those areas will have to travel much farther to deliver their babies in a hospital. At a public hearing in New Prague last night, Mayo Clinic leaders discussed their plan to end labor services this coming Friday and move them to Mankato.
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City of Fosston Mayor Jim Offerdahl is pushing back on Essentia Health after they stopped delivering babies in Fosston.
There's a public hearing Tuesday evening in Fosston Minnesota, which is in the northwestern part of the state, on a decision to stop delivering babies at the hospital in town. It is the second hospital this month to announce a closure of its delivery ward. Mayo Clinic in New Prague also said it intends to close it's ward. That means that pregnant people in Fosston and New Prague will have to travel unprecedented distances to find an obstetric unit that delivers babies. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with Fosston's mayor, Jim Offerdahl. Offerdahl said that city officials, community members and doctors alike are upset about the decision from the organization that runs the hospital, Essentia. He argued that Essentia breached their agreement with the town. Katy Backes Kozhimannil, a professor at U of M's school of public health, also joined Minnesota Now to talk about what it might mean for those two rural birth wards to be at risk of closing soon. Essentia sent MPR News the following statement:Due to a pending dispute with the City about the terms of the affiliation agreement, Essentia will not comment on matters that will be resolved through an arbitration process.Decreasing birth volumes, the growth in high-risk pregnancies and challenges recruiting providers have resulted in Essentia Health-Fosston relocating labor and delivery care. We remain committed to providing high-quality obstetric care and continue to offer excellent access for women locally, with expert prenatal and postpartum services available in Fosston. We work closely with our patients to ensure a seamless delivery plan at Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes.We appreciate the opportunity to further explain this transition during the public hearing. We recognize that members of the community have questions about this change, and we look forward to providing additional information. Our highest priority is the safety and well-being of the patients we're privileged to serve, and this increasingly common model of shared maternity services provides the safest care possible to our moms and newborns.And just generally speaking and for additional background, it's no secret that this is a significant challenge affecting health care in rural communities. Minnesota has seen a disproportionate loss of labor and delivery services in rural communities — between 2000 and 2015 alone, 15 of the state's rural hospitals stopped delivering babies, according to this 2019 MPR article. Nationwide, fewer than 45% of rural hospitals offer labor and delivery, according to this report.
The man who admitted stealing a pair of ruby red slippers worn in the "The Wizard of Oz" will not go to prison. And Essentia Health is closing its labor and delivery services unit in the rural northwestern Minnesota city of Fosston. Mayor Jim Offerdahl says the announcement breeches a contract Essentia has with the city to offer core services.This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Phil Picardi. Music by Gary Meister.
The benefits of thoughtful and careful broadcast engineering cannot be overstated. Indeed, Jim Offerdahl, thought carefully about our offer to be on TWiRT for over 10 years! And, with some encouragement from Angry Audio's Mike Dosch, we're delighted that Jim is finally sitting in the TWiRT Guest Chair! We're talking with Jim about his particular style of serving radio stations effectively and reliably. He's sharing some tips and favorite equipment for monitoring and troubleshooting today's transmission systems, plus letting us in on his part-time mayoral career in Fosston, Minnesota. Stay tuned until the end of the show when Jim is making an announcement about expanding Radio Gearheads!
The benefits of thoughtful and careful broadcast engineering cannot be overstated. Indeed, Jim Offerdahl, thought carefully about our offer to be on TWiRT for over 10 years! And, with some encouragement from Angry Audio's Mike Dosch, we're delighted that Jim is finally sitting in the TWiRT Guest Chair! We're talking with Jim about his particular style of serving radio stations effectively and reliably. He's sharing some tips and favorite equipment for monitoring and troubleshooting today's transmission systems, plus letting us in on his part-time mayoral career in Fosston, Minnesota. Stay tuned until the end of the show when Jim is making an announcement about expanding Radio Gearheads!
The benefits of thoughtful and careful broadcast engineering cannot be overstated. Indeed, Jim Offerdahl, thought carefully about our offer to be on TWiRT for over 10 years! And, with some encouragement from Angry Audio’s Mike Dosch, we’re delighted that Jim is finally sitting in the TWiRT Guest Chair! We’re talking with Jim about his particular style of serving radio stations effectively and reliably. He’s sharing some tips and favorite equipment for monitoring and troubleshooting today’s transmission systems, plus letting us in on his part-time mayoral career in Fosston, Minnesota. Stay tuned until the end of the show when Jim is making an announcement about expanding Radio Gearheads! Show Notes:Radio Gearheads - Broadcast Engineering and EquipmentJim likes the Burk Arc Plus Touch broadcast remote control & monitoring system Guest:Jim Offerdahl - Senior Broadcast Engineer at Radio Gearheads and Mayor of Fosston, Minn.Host:Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas BroadcastingFollow TWiRT on Twitter and on FacebookTWiRT is brought to you by:Nautel’s new GV2 FM transmitters are here - chock full of features!Broadcasters General Store, with outstanding service, saving, and support. Online at BGS.cc. Broadcast Bionics - making radio smarter with Bionic Studio, visual radio, and social media tools at Bionic.radio.Angry Audio and the new Rave analog audio mixing console. The new MaxxKonnect Broadcast U.192 MPX USB Soundcard - The first purpose-built broadcast-quality USB sound card with native MPX output. Subscribe to Audio:iTunesRSSStitcherTuneInSubscribe to Video:iTunesRSSYouTube
Kingdom Quest founder Tim Holmes, originally from the Fosston area, joins Phil to share his inspiring story!
Mid-week at FLY 2023, Dan asks students from Fosston, MN and Bethel Park, PA about leadership and responsibilities within their church. Their answers were enough to warrant its own episode, so...enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flyoverministry/message
Also, Fosston wins their first baseball state championship. Listen to the Grand Forks Herald Minute on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the Herald homepage or where ever you get your podcasts. Recap and preview your daily news from the Northern Red River Valley area with the Grand Forks Herald Minute.
This week on Live Joy, Share Joy: "JOY and Keeping Advent Alive" with Kristi Noel, a small business owner in Fosston, MN. Kristi attended the "Rise of the Resilient" course taught by Deb McGregor in late 2022 and follows up with some key takeaways. Hosted by Deb McGregor of Life Full of Joy. Visit debmcgregor.com.
The Bemidji City Council will once again revisit the possibility of displaying tribal flags at City Hall in their work session tonight; today is the first day of Minnesota's Winter Hazard Awareness Week; a Fosston doctor was recently recognized with a Rural Health Lifetime Achievement Award; the American Academy of Pediatrics for the first time recognized the American Indian cradleboard as an appropriate sleep surface for infants during Infant Safe Sleep week; and the debate about legal recreational marijuana will likely ramp up this next legislative session with the DFL "trifecta" in state government.
Jarred LeBon (Pastor at New Journey Church, Fosston, MN) preaches from Colossians 3:1-4. The post Featured Sermon: A Heavenly Perspective appeared first on .
No injuries reported in Bemidji area school bus crash; Fosston set to receive $5.8 million in ARP dollars to expand their airport industrial park; the Department of the Interior removed "sq---" from 650 geographical features across the nation including one lake in Minnesota; there were 100 more drunk driving arrests this Labor Day weekend than the year prior; and Go Green Friday is back in conjunction with Bemidji State's homecoming kickoff this Friday.
The Beltrami County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the final jail needs and feasibility report currently available online with seven potential options for the county jail's future; MnDOT will begin a road project on Highway 2 in Fosston in early September with an expected completion by mid-September.
A Shevlin man is being held without bail after allegedly stealing a Bagley Police Department squad and fleeing the scene; the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office identified the male found dead at a Lake Bemidji State Park cabin last week; the Bemidji School Board reviewed drug policy updates for employees and students; three were injured in an alcohol-related ATV crash in Cass County; and MnDOT announced a traffic switch tomorrow on Highway 2 from Fosston to Erskine.
Evangelist Don Perkins will be teaching Bible Prophesy at New Journey Church in Fosston, September 11th and 12th. He joins Phil to share some of the details.
Guests include Ryan Hanlon, Fosston baseball coach, Justin Conzemius, former Gopher football player, and Jim Cella, Concordia Sports Information Director. Watch Hot Mic with Dom Izzo weekday mornings from 9 to 11 on WDAY XTRA and streaming live at Inforum.com.
There were a WHOLE lot of Lakers wins last night: Wrestling defeated Fosston 67-12 (but dropped their match to TRF 39-34), Laker Girls hockey beat East Grand Forks 1-0, Laker Boys hockey beat Wadena-Deer Creek 3-2, and Laker Boys Basketball held on to beat Crosby-Ironton 71-70. Boys Basketball coach Markus Okeson joined Zeke on the Wrap this morning to re-cap the win over the Rangers and this three-game winning streak his team is on. Also, the Wild win a physical game with a hot offensive start (?!?) against the Kings last night that saw five goals from five different players last night, and what the fallout of the Kevin Fiala hit could be. Also, WNBA free agency doesn't officially begin until Monday but it looks like the Lynx are going to add two All-Stars to their roster in 2021.
In this episode, we discuss:Life as a first generation student and single mother from rural Minnesota with Beth Vigoren. What assumptions do we make about first-generation and/or rural students? How do we handle sensitive, but timely topics in our classroom, that could potentially divide the classroom community, and at the same time, take care of our students' emotional well-being during these conversations? How do we develop skills in self-advocacy and asking powerful questions?Highlights include:First experiences transitioning into college (2:15)Self-advocacy and rural students' perception of professors (6:55)Student conferences and de-centering authority (10:15)Finding and developing an on-campus community (13:02)Stereotypes of rural students (14:57)Being belittled in academia as a rural student (18:00)Defining rural intersectional feminism (20:40)The death of George Floyd and the recent protests (23:00)Handling sensitive, but timely topics in the classroom and asking powerful questions (25:41)Challenging thoughts and beliefs when one feels their identities are at-stake (35:47)Process-Based Pedagogy (42:52)What failure teaches about having good conversations (45:55)Resources MentionedThe Art of Asking Powerful Questions: https://umanitoba.ca/admin/human_resources/change/media/the-art-of-powerful-questions.pdfGreg Barnhisel, et al. “Incorporating Process-Based Writing Pedagogy into First-Year Learning Communities: Strategies and Outcomes.” The Journal of General Education, vol. 61, no. 4, 2012, pp. 461–487. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/jgeneeduc.61.4.0461About Beth VigorenBeth Vigoren (she/her/hers) was born and raised near Fosston, MN, and earned her MA in English at Bemidji State University. She identifies as a rural writer and focuses her attention primarily on stories that delve into the experiences of working-class women living in rural America. Her academic interests include creative writing and composition pedagogy, rural feminism, rural and working-class women writers, and the work of Willa Cather.In addition to writing, Beth teaches English Composition and Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and hopes to pursue a professorship position after completing her Ph.D. in Creative Writing – Fiction, Women's and Gender Studies certificate, and a Special Emphasis in Writing Program Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is currently working on a collection of short stories that center on the people of the fictional rural town of Nede. Music“Fresh Fallen Snow” by Chris HaugenSupport the show (https://stereotype.life/donate/)