Allina News

[Anoka County Union, Dec. 15, 2011]Kids in the northwest metro area are riding high this holiday season thanks to Free Bikes 4 Kidz, its partner Allina Hospitals & Clinics and the many volunteers who worked to restore bikes generously donated by community members and businesses. Read the article.

  [Coon Rapids Herald, Sept. 21, 2011]  An Orange Alert drill involved evacuating about 20 patients.  Read the article.

[Coon Rapids Herald, Sept. 9, 2011]  Thanks to state-of-the-art software, a couple of fast-acting, quick-thinking IT staff members and expert medical care, when Samantha Robbins gave birth to little Emilynn via emergency C-section at Mercy Hospital Aug. 30, her husband, a soldier stationed in Kuwait, was right there by her side.  Read the article.

[Coon Rapids Herald, Sept. 8, 2011]  “This is a great thing, to talk about wellness and keep our community in that mode increasingly, rather than waiting until you are ill and show up here on not such great terms,” said Fridley Mayor Scott Lund.

[Anoka County Union Aug. 11, 2011} The Penny George Institute for Health and Healing at Allina’s Unity Hospital campus now offers a holistic approach to health care on an outpatient basis. But you don’t have to be a patient to benefit from its healing services. Services are open to the public. Read the article.

[Coon Rapids Herald, July 23, 2011] For the Sexual Assault Action Team of Anoka County, part of prevention is fighting the mentality that the victim is partially responsible. A recent New York Times article sparked controversy about this issue in Cleveland, Texas, with its description of a sexual assault victim. Readers complained that the stories [...]

[COON RAPIDS HERALD, July 21, 2011] A Coon Rapids Cub Scout pack partnered with Allina Medical Transportation to present a safety day for children at Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park Saturday. The idea for the safety day event came out of a monthly roundtable meeting of cub pack leaders in the Three Rivers Scout District, [...]

[Coon Rapids Herald, July 9, 2011]   A new partnership between Allina Hospitals & Clinics and Life Time Fitness  includes MyHealthCheck, a service available to Allina employees.  It gives employees a health score through testing their LDL/HDL ratio, glucose, triglycerides, body composition, tobacco use and blood pressure. Click here to read the article.

[Coon Rapids Herald, March 31, 2011] Ken Boelter, a 15-year veteran firefighter, is in the fight of his life after a stroke paralyzed the left side of his body last October. Boelter, captain of Coon Rapids Fire Department’s Station 1, was out fighting a house fire early last October. Boelter suddenly felt his left leg [...]

[Coon Rapids Herald, March 31, 2011] Fighting fires means saving lives, protecting property, halting damage. For Ken Boelter, fighting fires served as prelude to one of the toughest fights of his life. The 15-year veteran firefighter is currently in the fight of his life after a stroke paralyzed the left side of his body last [...]

[Coon Rapids Herald, Feb. 12, 2011] She’s the kind of person you meet for five minutes and feel like you’ve known her for a lifetime. Unity Hospital has a new president. Lori Wightman, who has grown up around hospitals, began her first day on the job Jan. 3 and she’s hit the ground running ever [...]

[Coon Rapids Herald, July 21, 2010] Dr. Stephen Remole parted with his signature locks Monday in the name of exercise. In a matter of minutes, Remole’s gray locks were piled on the grass of the park behind Mercy Hospital and electrophysiologist was rubbing his hands along his hair-free head. Remole’s new hairdo is the result [...]