The Minnesota Mission of Mercy dental event will provide free dental services to children and adults who are uninsured or not able to access dental care.
No black sheep in Langsjoen family February 20, 2021 5:13pm Text size Copy shortlink:
In the midst of the Great Depression, Nels and Alma Langsjoen packed their lunch and kids into the family Buick for a 230-mile drive across Minnesota from Fergus Falls to St. Peter.
Nels, 48 and also known as Pops, had been president of Northwestern College in Fergus Falls before the secondary school went belly-up during the era s financial tumult. He had luckily landed a job paying $2,200 a year to teach German, French and Spanish at his alma mater, Gustavus Adolphus College.
Alma, a 37-year-old mother of eight, recalled years later that they found plenty of houses to rent in St. Peter until we told landlords how many children we had. I think the neighbors were holding their breath.
Minnesota s independent clinics struggle to get COVID-19 vaccine Providers say focus on large health systems left them behind January 30, 2021 12:02pm Text size Copy shortlink:
While Minnesota s large health care systems are wrapping up COVID-19 vaccinations for their employees, some independent providers say they are still waiting for the shots despite being in the state s high priority group.
Six weeks after the first COVID-19 vaccine was administered in Minnesota, clinics that are not part of the large health systems are getting their first notification about where they stand in line, although some have not been contacted. We ve had 10 months knowing the vaccine was coming. To think that there was no plan for distribution for that last mile to get the vaccine into arms is a bit frustrating, said Carmelo Cinqueonce, executive director of the Minnesota Dental Association.