Allina News

[New Ulm Journal, Nov. 22, 2010] Toby Freier has been named as the next president of the New Ulm Medical Center. Freier will succeed Lori Wightman who is leaving New Ulm Medical Center (NUMC) to assume the role of president of Unity Hospital on Jan. 1. Freier has served as the director of Finance and [...]

[New Ulm Journal, Oct. 1, 2010] In recognition of National Rehabilitation Awareness Week (Sept. 19-25), Blake Dufner was presented with the 2010 Inspiration Award for his inspiring story of recovering from a car accident. Dufner suffered severe injuries that put him in a coma for two and a half weeks. He began physical and occupational [...]

[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Oct. 1, 2010] Allina Hospitals & Clinics reached inside the organization to appoint a new president at Unity Hospital in Fridley. Lori Wightman, now president at Allina’s New Ulm Medical Center, will take over at Unity in January. She replaces Rickie Ressler, who retired at the end of last year. Dr. [...]

[Sleepy Eye Herald-Dispatch, Sept. 17, 2010] High schools in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota have teamed up with Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute’s Sports Medicine Department at New Ulm Medical Center to do a better job of evaluating head injuries. Over the past month, all athletes in grades 9 to 12 took an ImPACT test (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment [...]

[New Ulm Journal, August 4, 2010] New Ulm has been named a “Heart Safe” community by  Allina Hospitals and Clinics. Officials from Allina and New Ulm Medical Center gave the news and presented a certificate to the New Ulm City Council at its meeting on Tuesday. New Ulm is only the third community in Minnesota [...]

[Fox 12 News, Mankato, Minn.] In order to get advice or a diagnosis on a minor medical condition, people are used to making an appointment and going to see their doctor. Now at New Ulm Medical Center, patients can take advantage of new, convenient services that allow them to check their symptoms and communicate with [...]

[Mankato Free Press, April 23, 2010] Your chance of dying from a heart attack, pneumonia or heart failure can be significantly different at hospitals just miles from each other. That’s the findings of the latest report from a federal agency that tracks what happens to the nation’s 44 million Medicare patients. Lori Wightman, president of [...]

[New Ulm Journal, April 24, 2010] Community garden plots are a great idea, and we are glad to see that idea taking root in New Ulm. Lonnie Luepke, with the help of his friend Bob Grussendorf, was plowing up plots on land owned by New Ulm Medical Center, near Oak Hills Living Center this week. [...]

[The New Ulm Journal, April 22, 2010] A retired school teacher is creating a community garden on New Ulm Medical Center property. Administrator Lori Wightman said she was pleasantly surprised to get a letter in the mail recently from Lonnie Luepke, asking if the land could be used for a community garden. “The hospital board [...]

[New Ulm Journal, April 16, 2010] While you might not consider New Ulm as a trend-setter, in some ways, this town just may be “ahead of the curve.” As anti-obesity efforts nationwide gain urgency, the New Ulm Medical Center is pointing to specific data that its DAAN program, now in its third year, may already [...]

[New Ulm Journal, March 24, 2010] The Heart of New Ulm program would receive $2 million in federal funds if Rep. Tim Walz’s 2011 appropriation requests are approved in Congress. The funding for the Heart of New Ulm is part of over $134 million in funding requests, or earmarks, that Walz is making for fiscal [...]

[New Ulm Journal, Feb. 18, 2010] Brown county received a mix of good and bad news Wednesday when a health rankings study was released by the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Each county was ranked within its state on how healthy people are and how long they live. [...]