Tuesday, June 18 2013 12:03 AM EDT2013-06-18 04:03:53 GMT
An action-packed North Mankato City Council meeting as the city gets a first look at a plan to get their financial house in order. Northland Securities, the firm that put together tonight's debt study,
Tuesday, June 18 2013 12:00 AM EDT2013-06-18 04:00:32 GMT
Sherry Batrus is trying to be healthy, especially when it comes to food. "I grew up in the south. I grew up with fried foods, carb city, tons of sugar. I mean if it was up to me I could eat Krispy Kreme
A new study followed 100–thousand people for four years.
Monday, June 17 2013 8:03 PM EDT2013-06-18 00:03:42 GMT
An accident just before noon at the intersection of Star and Tullamore Streets sends two women to the hospital. According to Mankato police, Amanda Knutson of Mankato was driving eastbound on Tullamore
An accident just before noon at the intersection of Star and Tullamore Streets sends two women to the hospital.
Monday, June 17 2013 8:01 PM EDT2013-06-18 00:01:05 GMT
A woman is dead after an apparent drowning Sunday in Owatonna's Lake Kohlmier. This is the second drowning on the lake since the city decided to get rid of the lake's lifeguards.
A woman is dead after an apparent drowning Sunday in Owatonna's Lake Kohlmier. This is the second drowning on the lake since the city decided to get rid of the lake's lifeguards.
Monday, June 17 2013 7:54 PM EDT2013-06-17 23:54:46 GMT
Today is national garbage man day and LJP waste and recycle is doing something extra to celebrate the holiday.
Today is national garbage man day and LJP waste and recycle is doing something extra to celebrate the holiday.
ST. PETER, MINN. -
There's trouble brewing between St. Peters Rivers Edge Hospital and Mayo Clinic Health System.
Leadership from Rivers Edge sent a letter to Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson in October, alleging predatory business practices, and requesting an investigation.
In their letter to the Attorney General, River's Edge says doctors at the MCHS St. Peter Clinic were lying to patients that requested to stay at River's Edge for their treatment, saying it was full, which they feel is unethical and possibly illegal.
River's Edge CEO Colleen Spike says, "Deceptive trade practice means that someone is saying something about someone else's business that isn't true. And we know for a fact we have not been full of patients and so by having patients being told this we know that is a deceptive trade."
The harshly worded letter says the tactics are being employed in an attempt to purchase the hospital outright, and continues by laying out how they feel Mayo is monopolizing medicine in southern Minnesota, listing examples from hospitals in Madelia, Springfield and Fairmont.
Spike says, "All that I want from all of this is that patients be given the right to choose. If they choose to go to Mankato, that is fine. But they need to be allowed the chance and that's what's not occurring now."
In a statement released today, MCHS says they are aware of the letter, but have not been contacted by the Attorney General's office, adding that they are proud of their record in health care.
MCHS and St. Peter are currently putting together a commission to work through the issues.
