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[WCCO-TV, Jan. 21, 2010] A Minnesota mother is sharing her story of survival and her one big regret after she was in a terrible motorcycle crash. Last fall, Dayna Halbert was thrown off her motorcycle and into the truck that t-boned her in an Owatonna intersection. The other driver was going 60 mph, she said. [...]

[Owatonna People's Press, Jan. 15, 2010] Adverse health events increased at Owatonna Hospital in 2009, according to a report released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Health. The report, which provides information on 28 adverse health events that fall in different categories under the health events reporting law, cites two adverse health events stemming from [...]

[Owatonna People's Press, Jan. 11, 2010] While most Steele Countians were fast asleep in the wee hours of the morning on Oct. 16, personnel from the Owatonna Hospital were busy at work moving equipment from the old building to the new facility on 26th Street in anticipation of the official opening of the hospital at [...]

[Owatonna People's Press, Jan. 2, 2010] Asher Andrew Oetljenbruns is 2010’s first new resident of Owatonna. Andrew and Katie Oeltjenbruns rang in the new year by starting a new family. In fact, Katie started to feel the baby coming on Dec. 31, but it wasn’t until 2:45 p.m. Friday that the family went into the [...]

[Owatonna People's Press, Dec. 11, 2009] Allina’s Owatonna Hospital hopes to appeal to a younger generation through a Facebook page. The page has been up for a few weeks and already has more than 100 fans. Among other features, fans can view upcoming events and health tips. For example, Allina Hospitals & Clinics provides information [...]

[Owatonna People's Press, Nov. 4, 2009] 2,416. If that number doesn’t sound very high, try your hand at turning that many pieces of sewn fabric inside-out. That is exactly what Arlene Smeby, a nonagenarian, has been doing since 2007. But she hasn’t been doing it alone. Instead, she has called on the help of her [...]

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[Owatonna People's Press, Nov. 1, 2009] It’s time for a little common sense. In its most recently released statement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that influenza activity continued to increase in the United States. The conclusion that we ought to draw is that the H1N1 virus is real and is a threat [...]

[Owatonna People's Press, Oct. 17, 2009] All was quiet, except for the measured breaths of about 350 local medical professionals and the dozens of assisting personnel that traveled in to assist with the transition. It was the morning of the big move that hospital staff have spent more than a year and a half preparing [...]

[NBC, Rochester, ABC 6 News, Austin, and FOX 12, Mankato, Oct. 16, 2009] More than a century after Owatonna’s first hospital opened its doors, the city’s newest facility is now up and running. But it had one last hurdle to clear today, transfer everything from the old hospital to the new one. See stories on the [...]

[Owatonna People's Press, Oct. 12, 2009] The new Owatonna Hospital opens Friday, Oct. 16, and the Owatonna People’s Press feature a supplement with everything you’d want to know about the new hospital. You can read the full supplement at the Owatonna People’s Press web site.

[KEYC-TV, Mankato, Minn, Oct. 8, 2009] City officials cut the ribbon on a new hospital in Owatonna this evening.The new facility is a partnership of the Owatonna Clinic and the Owatonna Hospital. It’s located on the northwest side of the city… about three miles away from the old site. Owatonna’s new hospital will bring new [...]